PORTLAND, OR — The historic Multnomah Athletic Club played host once again to elite professional four-wall handball as the World Players of Handball (WPH) Race 4 Eight tour stopped in the Pacific Northwest for the Portland Classic, featured on ESPN. With four-time defending champion Martin Mulkerrins returning to defend his dominant reign and top seed Ray Ure sidelined while competing in the Chicago Marathon, the door stood wide open for challengers to make their mark on the glass court. Quarterfinal Fireworks The action heated up early Saturday...

Portland, OR, WPH Press, 10/11/26 Final: Mulkerrins def Lenning 15-11, 15-13 Martin Mulkerrins entered the 2026 R48 Portland Classic final seeking his fifth straight R48 Portland Classic title and his eighteenth Race 4 Eight title in his twenty-sixth Race final. Sean Lenning entered the 2026 R48 Portland Classic final aiming for his eighth Race 4 Eight title in his twenty-fourth Race final and first since 2023. Mulkerrins played his best handball of the event to start the final, building an 11-6 lead with airtight defense and stunning kills and...

Portland, OR, WPH Press, 10/11/26 With his eighteenth Race 4 Eight title at the 2026 R48 Portland Classic, Martin Mulkerrins remained the Race 4 Eight #1, while 2:30 marathoner Ray Ure remained at #2 after skipping Portland for the second consecutive year. Mark Doyle remained #3 with a quarterfinal, semifinal, and finals appearance this season, and Lucho Cordova remained #4 after successive semifinal appearances in his first two starts this season. Wedding man Leo Canales stayed in the top five after finishing third at the 2026 R48 Portland Classic,...

PORTLAND, OR — The historic Multnomah Athletic Club set the stage for an extraordinary showcase of elite professional handball this weekend as the 2026 WPH R48Pro Stop #3 ‘The Classic’ delivered relentless drama on the court and groundbreaking technological milestones on the broadcast. With the sport’s premier athletes battling for tour supremacy, the WPH broadcast team pushed tournament coverage into uncharted territory. Revolutionary Innovations: On-Court Microphones and Real-Time Stats Viewers tuning into ESPN+ experienced a historic...

Portland, OR, WPH Press, 10/10/26 Quarterfinals Mulkerrins vs. Langmack Four-time defending Portland Classic champion Martin Mulkerrins started quickly against Max Langmack in the first quarterfinal of the day, racing to a 6-0 lead in the first game. Langmack quickly cut into the lead with three ace serves down the right, but was sunk by fourteen first-game errors. Langmack rallied from a 0-4 second-game deficit to take a 10-8 lead in the second, but an error at 8-10 ceded Langmack’s momentum and ultimately his chances at forcing a tiebreaker. “I...