European Games: Chloe Magee misses out on last 16 despite win

Donegal badminton Chloe Magee bowed out of the women's singles despite winning on Wednesday

Chloe Magee bowed out of the women's badminton singles at the European Games in Baku despite victory on Wednesday.

The Donegal player won her final Group F match against Belgium's Lianne Tan 11-21, 22-20, 21-12 but an inferior points difference caused her to miss out on qualifiying for the last 16.

Irish men's doubles pair Joshua and Sam Magee beat their Czech opponents 2-0 to progress to the quarter-finals.

Ards' swimmer James Brown failed to make the 200m individual medley final.

The 18-year-old finished 18th fastest in qualifying and looked to have just missed out on the semi-finals by 0.18 seconds, but was promoted from first reserve.

He subsequently finished eighth in Wednesday's semi-final.

Number one seed in the men's badminton singles, Dublin's Scott Evans, reached the last 16 with a Group A win over Gergely Krausz.

The Magee brothers were pushed hard in the opening game of their quarter-final against Czech duo Pavel Florian and Ondrej Kopriva, but always stayed a comfortable distance ahead before winning 21-16.

They romped home 21-7 in the second game.