The men's Olympic ice hockey qualifiers for Beijing 2022 have been postponed until August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

affects 12 teams hoping to qualify from the three events, with hosts Slovakia, Belarus, Austria and Poland

Triple Winter Olympic medallist Heinz Kuttin has been announced as the new head coach of the French men's ski jumping squad.

Learoyd and Mathis Contamine.Kuttin has previously coached the men's teams in both his native Austria and Poland

Five-time Winter Olympian Martin Bajcicak has been appointed as the new head coach of Poland's women's cross-country skiing squad.

The Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España will overlap as the dates for the Grand Tours were confirmed, with the International Cycling Union (UCI) announcing new calendars for the coronavirus-impacted men’s and women’s WorldTour seasons.

calendars, men’s WorldTour racing is scheduled to resume with Strade Bianche on August 1, with the Tour of Poland

Three-time Olympic gold medallist Kamil Stoch and reigning individual normal hill world champion Dawid Kubacki headline the Polish men's ski jumping team for the 2020-2021 season.

competed at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano.World champion Dawid Kubacki will also represent Poland

Apart from halting most sport, the lockdown so widely applied amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic has also changed it profoundly. Suddenly all sport is nostalgic.

On May 2 he should have been throwing in Poland, so we thought we would do a virtual shot put competition

International Skating Union (ISU) has confirmed dates and locations for the next two World Cup Speed Skating Series, with the Netherlands hosting the finals on both occasions.

calendar was approved by the ISU Council during its latest meeting.The upcoming season will begin in Poland

This year's International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Flying World Championships in Planica has been rescheduled for December after the event was postponed because of the coronvirus pandemic.

the 2020-2021 season ©Getty ImagesThe men's World Cup season is set to once again start in Wisla in Poland

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has confirmed the dates for rescheduled Olympic qualification tournaments next year.

Youth World Championships.The IHF Beach Handball Global Tour, which was scheduled to take place in Poland

France's long-serving ice hockey national team player Yorick Treille has been appointed as the country's new head coach of the under-20 men's team.

compete in the third tier of world ice hockey and will play in their group against Estonia, Japan, Poland

United World Wrestling (UWW) has confirmed the nations which have qualified so far for the Tokyo 2020 women's events.

already qualified athletes in the women's 57kg ©UWWOthers to win two places in Tokyo include Ukraine, Poland

The chair of a sports club at Lodz Technical University in Poland, a member of the International University

Munich 1972 Olympic weightlifting champion Zygmunt Smalcerz has been appointed head coach of the Norwegian team.

is something that I have reacted to - the weightlifting halls here are reminiscent of what we had in Poland

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has announced its World Cup calendar for the upcoming season.

Separate from the circuits, the IBU Open European Championships will be hosted at Duszniki-Zdrój in Poland

International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) will hold its Nations Cup Final virtually on May 30 and 31, the organisation has announced.

alongside European champions Spain and Asian champions India.Taiwan, Australia, Singapore, Korea, Ireland, Poland