October 14, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Tianer Yu came of age with a brilliant double as England women sent Italy to the knockout stages of the European Championships in Croatia, where they will take on second-placed Germany. Yu, aged 17 and ranked just inside the top 300 in the world, defeated two players from the […]
October 13, 2025 | Paul Stimpson England dug deep to beat fourth seeds Portugal, getting their European Championship campaign off to an excellent start. Tom Jarvis, Paul Drinkhall and Sam Walker (pictured above) all won once, leaving Portugal’s Joao Geraldo empty-handed despite a brave double. The match also answered (at least based on this sample […]
October 13, 2025 | Paul Stimpson England’s women were beaten 3-0 by seventh seeds and hosts Croatia as the European Championships got underway in Zadar. With every Croatian player scoring significantly higher than their English counterparts, it was always going to be a tall order for England to get anything out of the match. However, […]
October 10, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Tom Jarvis says he is ready to “step up and contribute more” when England start their European team championships in Croatia. In the absence of the injured Liam Pitchford, Jarvis is the team leader in world rankings – although he is inferior in experience to both Paul Drinkhall and […]