Denmark almost swept the board at the European Badminton Championships in Manchester, with Peter Gade winning his fifth European singles title.

Gade (pictured) needed just 42 minutes to beat compatriot Jan Jorgensen 21-14 21-11 to secure the gold medal.

The women's title was also won by a Dane as Tine Rasmussen beat Germany's Juliane Schenk 21-19 14-21 21-18.

In the men's doubles, defending champions Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen beat Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen 24-22 22-20 in an all-Denmark final, while the mixed doubles also went to Danes as Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter beat Poland's Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Kostiuczyk 21-19 18-21 21-12.

But there was gold for other nations in the women's doubles as Russian duo Valeria Sorokina and Nina Vislova beat top seeds Petya Nedelcheva of Bulgaria and Anastasia Russkikh 21-18 21-14.