Spent morning in company of Chloe Magee at brilliant Raphoe Badminton Club Superb, until-now-unnoticed work going on behind the yew trees in corner of the Diamond 85 kids, with a group of 14 in a high performance environment with Chloe Tomorrow’s Donegal Democrat/DonegalLive 📸 North West Newspix

**World Championship update** Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds 🇮🇪 are through to the last 32 of the World Championships in Japan 🇯🇵 The Irish number ones beat Fabricio Farias and Francielton Farias 🇧🇷 21-18 21-19 in what was a very even match. The Irish will now face the 11 seeds.

On my visit Donegal it was great to meet with Irish Olympian Chloe Magee this morning alongside my Fianna Fáil colleague Senator Niall Blaney in The Royal & Prior School Raphoe. Chloe is doing amazing work growing badminton in the area and getting more people participating in sport 🏸

Fantastic performance from our junior athletes taking three 🥇 and one 🥈at the Irish U19 open Badminton Europe circuit event. The players have worked really hard throughout the summer and have received fantastic support from Sport Ireland and the Sport Ireland Institute team💪☘️

**Massive Upset at Dutch open** Rachael Darragh 🇮🇪 has beaten the number 3 seed Julie Dawall Jakobsen 🇩🇰 21-15 21-17 to progress to last 16 event. 🙌💪☘️

**Guildea and Pontanosa take out ninth seeds** Scot Guildea and Vincent Pontanosa played the match of their life to create a major upset on day two of the World Junior championships beating number 9 seeds Franconville and Lorrain 🇨🇭 15-21 24-22 22-20

There's a trend playing out in coaching that we need to be paying attention to. Good coaches are quitting, preferring to walk away than put themselves and their families through the lifestyle. Sports should be the bastion of leadership, not the industry leaders are fleeing. 👇

Plans for a new National Velodrome and Badminton Centre on the Sport Ireland Campus have been granted official planning approval. Designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, this is an important step on the masterplan development of the Sport Ireland Campus. bit.ly/3l7lZIE

Fantastic start for Ireland 🇮🇪 at the Polish open as Joshua Magee and Moya Ryan are through to the main draw with wins over Ounmaa & Üprus 🇪🇪 and a 21-17 21-17 win over Cattoen & Vercelot 🇫🇷💪☘️

Massive win from Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds 🇮🇪 on the World Tour in Madrid Spain 🇪🇸 this afternoon. The Irish are now into the main draw after beating Ondrej Kral and Adam Mendrek 🇨🇿 21-18 21-18. The Irish will now face Mitsuhashi and Okamura 🇯🇵 in the main draw 💪☘️

2023 European Games draws. #TeamIreland 💪☘️

Irish Badminton duo Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds are looking to boost their own Olympic Qualification hopes at the World Championships in Denmark this week 🏸 Having watched Chloe Magee and Scott Evans compete in Beijing, it’s given the pair the same dream and motivation to

Rachael Darragh’s 🇮🇪 good run of form continues as she progresses though to the quarterfinal of the Abu Dhabi World Tour 100. Rachael beat Jayme Laurens 🇳🇱 21-19 21-12 💪☘️

"You need to know about the song, then you understand the club..." ❤️ Jürgen Klopp on 60 years of You'll Never Walk Alone 🎶🔴

The tackle two minutes in is a personal highlight! This Swedish documentary on Donegal soccer keeps on delivering the goods

*Breaking News* Nhat Nguyen 🇮🇪 wins the AIG FZ Forza Irish Open 2023 Nhat Nguyen takes gold medal in the men’s singles of the Irish Open with an incredible win and comeback against Alex Lanier 🇫🇷 21-13 21-19

Europeans Men’s team qualification Irish team Joshua Magee, Paul Reynolds, Sam Magee (Coach), Adam McAllister, Nhat Nguyen, Jonathan Dolan Ireland first match is against Norway. Streaming available on Czech Badminton YouTube 🔗 youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Joshua Magee and Paul Reynolds🇮🇪 have won their opening match at the Indonesia Masters World Tour 500. The pair beat Castillo and Navarro 🇲🇽 21-11 21-11 so are now qualified for main draw. Nhat Nguyen lost out to Arnaud Merkle 🇫🇷 21-13 18-21 21-17. 💪☘️

Nhat Nguyen and Rachael Darragh have been officially selected to represent Ireland at the Olympic Games in Paris. rte.ie/sport/olympics…

🏸 “You’re out there on your own and it's a lonely world. . . You be going from place to place, Peru one week, Nigeria the next.” 🇮🇪 rachaeldarragh is ready for her first #OlympicGames ✍️ For Donegal Democrat/DonegalLive: donegallive.ie/news/other-spo…