Italy set the European Short Course Swimming Championships alight by breaking the world record on their way to claiming gold in the men's 4x50 metres medley relay in Kazan.

eight-time long course world champion broke the Championship record after clocking 23.12.Katarzyna Wasick of Poland

Next year’s World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Yangzhou have been put back eight months, it was announced today.

its borders to international travel.The last World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia in Poland

provided when they became available.Last year’s World Half Marathon Championships were held Gdynia in Poland

Kraków City Council President Jacek Majchrowski has revealed that agreement has yet to be reached with the Polish Government over financial guarantees for the 2023 European Games, with the next update expected before November 11.

Poland is due to host the third edition of the European Games ©Getty ImagesFunding for the European Games

Hungary is due to host the first edition of the V4 Teqball Tournament in Telki this week.

on Saturday (November 6) and feature the Visegrád Group or V4 countries - Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland

The Netherlands made a promising start to the European Short Course Swimming Championships by claiming two gold medals on the opening night of finals in Kazan.

their women's 4x50m freestyle team, which clocked 1:34.92.The Netherlands were second in 1:35.47, while Poland

Russia claimed two gold medals on the first day of finals at the United World Wrestling Under-23 World Championships at the Belexpocentar in Belgrade, Serbia.

comprehensively beat David Losconzi of Hungary 9-0 by superiority.Bronze medals went to Szymon Szymonowicz of Poland

More than 1,000 entries from 16 nations have been made for the 15th edition of the World Underwater Federation (CMAS) Finswimming World Cup Golden Final in the pool and open water disciplines, which begins in Sharm El Sheikh tomorrow.

meanwhile, will not be present in Sharm El Sheikh.There are entries, however, from countries including Poland

The Kraków City Council are expected to decide on November 3 whether it remains a host for the 2023 European Games, with authorities awaiting confirmation of funding for key projects.

Poland will be the third hosts of the European Games after Azerbaijan and Belarus ©Getty ImagesMarshal

Three World Cups and four Challenger events are planned by the Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) next year, with the organisation publishing its 2022 calendar.

World Cups, in July and August.Croatian capital Zagreb, in April, Dutch town Veldhoven and Poznań in Poland

Canada and South Korea led the way in the men's and women's relay quarter-finals respectively, at the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Nagoya in Japan.

heat in 4:15.863.The Netherlands then claimed the last remaining qualification place.In heat four, Poland

The draw for the men’s 2021 European Wheelchair Basketball Championship Division A has taken place in Madrid, with host nation Spain given the opportunity to choose which group they were placed in.

champions Britain put in the other group.Spain chose to go into Group A, alongside France, Lithuania, Poland

Wheelchair Basketball Championships were held in 2019, with Britain winning the men’s event in Walbryzch in Poland

The International Skating Union (ISU) World Cup Short Track Speed Skating series is set to resume in Nagoya with the second instalment of an Asian double-header.

claim silvers in the women’s 3,000m relay and mixed 2,000m relay in Beijing.Natalia Maliszewska of Poland

The European Athletics Team Championships has been added to the programme for the 2023 European Games in Kraków and Małopolska.

now found a solution for 2023 with the Team Championships and we are confident that the athletics in Poland

Athletics Team Championships top division, the Super League, was held at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzōw in Poland

Saken Bibossinov of Kazakhstan emerged victorious from a high-stakes opening round bout on the second day of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Men's World Boxing Championships in Belgrade to progress in the under-51 kilogram category.

their fights.In the sole over-92kg bout in the round of 64, India's Narender sunk Oskar Safaryan of Poland

Wales have qualified for the men's Hockey World Cup for the first time, securing one of two berths on offer at the European qualifier in Cardiff.

Britain Hockey (@GBHockey) October 23, 2021France comparatively breezed into the World Cup, beating Poland