Ben Robinson won the Irish Open 2026, beating William Clasborn of Sweden 279 to 215 in the stepladder final at Dundonald International Ice Bowl in Belfast. Robinson finished the Top 8 round robin in first place, and earned the No. 1 seed for the stepladder. He ended on 4,884 pinfall including bonus pins, ahead of Erik Larsson of Sweden on 4,830 and Clasborn on 4,715. Robinson bowled 300 in each…

Nick Jonas has shared the second episode of his search for the best bowling alleys across the country while touring with the Jonas Brothers. His latest stop was Tonawanda Bowling Center, just outside Buffalo, New York. In the Instagram video, Jonas jokes about his bowling equipment, admitting that he had been talking trash about his ball because it was from a different decade. But he makes one…

France won the men's team gold medal at the 2026 IBF World Cup in Munich. They beat Australia 3-2 in the best-of-five Baker final. Australia won game one 214-201, and France took game two 183-176 and game three 201-195. Australia levelled with a 225-172 win in game four. France won the deciding fifth game 204-163. France finished fourth in Group A, on 18 points, and reached the bracket as the…

Denmark won the women's team gold medal at the 2026 IBF World Cup in Munich. They beat Singapore 3-2 in the best-of-five Baker final. Denmark finished sixth in Group B, on 24 points, level with fifth-placed China. They then won four knockout matches in a row. In the final, Denmark won the first two games 198-177 and 244-212. Singapore took games three and four, 218-170 and 211-176. Denmark then…

The team finals at the 2026 IBF World Cup in Munich are set. Australia will play France in the men's final, and Singapore will play Denmark in the women's final. The United States and Malaysia, 2025 IBF World Cup champions in Teams, who each had a men's and a women's team in the semi-finals, were all knocked out. Men's Semi-Finals Australia beat Malaysia 3-2. The deciding fifth game finished…

The United States and Malaysia both have a men's team and a women's team in the semi-finals of the 2026 IBF World Cup in Munich. Men's Quarter-Finals Defending champions Malaysia beat Canada 3-2 in the closest men's match, winning the deciding game 236-213. The United States beat Sweden 3-1. Australia beat Hong Kong 3-0, and France beat Saudi Arabia 3-0. Women's Quarter-Finals The United States…

The women's team quarter-finals are set at the 2026 IBF World Cup in Munich. Macao won Group B with 13 wins from 13 matches and swept Germany 3-0 in the Last 16. Singapore won Group A and beat Austria 3-1. Both finalists from 2025, the United States and Malaysia, also advanced. Last 16 Results Every knockout match is best of five Baker games. Two matches went to a fifth game. Greece, who finished…

The men's team quarter-finals are set at the 2026 IBF World Cup in Munich. Eight teams won their Last 16 matches on Wednesday, October 21, including defending champions Malaysia, who beat Qatar 3-1. Two of the four group winners, Qatar and Germany, were knocked out. France beat Germany 3-1, while Hong Kong, China and the United States, the winners of Groups B and D, both won 3-0. Last 16 Results…

Defending champions the United States will face China in the women's team Last16 at the 2026 IBF World Cup, after group play finished in Munich on Tuesdaynight. All eight Last 16 matches, the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finalare bowled on Wednesday, October 21, the last day of the event. Macao, China are the only team without a loss, at 13-0 after two perfect days.Malaysia, beaten 3-2 by the…

All 16 men's teams are set for the Last 16 of the team event at the 2026 IBFWorld Cup in Munich. Groups C and D finished on Tuesday and eightmore teams joined theeight that qualified from Groups A and B on Monday. eight that qualified from Groups A and B on Monday. Defending champions Malaysiafinished fourth in Group D and will play Qatar, the Group A winners, in thefirst match of the bracket.…

Macao is the only unbeaten women's team after the first seven rounds of the team event at the 2026 IBF World Cup in Munich. Macao won all seven matches in Group B and leads with 21 points. Two women's groups bowled 7 games on Monday. The remaining six rounds are scheduled for Tuesday, starting at 6PM Munich time. Each match is best of three Baker games and a match win is worth 3 points. The top…

Eight men's teams have qualified for the Last 16 of the team event at the 2026IBF World Cup in Munich. Qatar and Hong Kong finished first inGroup A and B respectfully, after a full day of bowling on Monday. The team event uses the Baker format. Every match in the group stage is bestof three games, and a match win is worth 3 points. The top four teams in eachof the four men's groups go through to…