Brilliant Paul Brady bows out on top of the world

Paul Brady cemented his legacy as the greatest handball player the sport has seen with an unprecedented fifth successive world title last night in Calgary, Canada – and he revealed afterwards he was signing off from the Worlds after his finest hour.

Brady delivered arguably the best performance of his illustrious career as he saw off young Cork sensation Killian Carroll 21-8, 21-2 in just under an hour.

Brady tore into his young opponent from the off, firing bullets from the service box as he raced into a 17-4 lead in game one, reaching 18 with a deft ‘paddle kill’ in the left corner.