England, who hit back from their opening 4-1 defeat by Germany in Wuppertal on Tuesday with a thrilling 3-2 victory in Heilbronn on Wednesday, finished the job in Erlangen tonight when they snatched another 3-2 win take the series 2-1 and produce a brilliant winning start to their Center Parcs sponsorship of Team England.

Due to flooding affecting Chilwell Olympia Sports Centre, the Under 13 Bronze Event to be held on the 8th November has been relocated to Moorways Sports Centre in Derby.  

England led the gold rush at the European Senior Championships in Spain with 13 winners. Harry Shadwick took three golds in the 65+ category where England snaffled all five titles.

Jill Pittard bows out in the quarter-finals of the Bitburger Open in Saarbrucken.

Marcus Ellis, Mariana Agathangelou, Sarah Walker and Samantha Ward are all in line for first full England caps against Germany next week.

Former English National singles champion Aamir Ghaffar has retired from international play. But he won't be lost to the game. He is Badminton England's new High Performance Coach at Brunel University.