Kozakiewicz's act received much support in Poland, which was in the midst of labour strikes that led

To this day in Poland the obscene insult is called "Kozakiewicz's gesture".

Japan have ended the year top of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) World Rankings, after the final list for 2016 was released.

unranked.South Africa also enjoyed a sharp rise as the best African team moved up 12 places to 28th, with Poland

Bidding for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games is set to not be officially opened until after Pyeongchang 2018, it has been revealed.

deadline of November 14 the same year.Almaty in Kazakhstan, Beijing in China, Oslo in Norway, Kraków in Poland

FIFA has fined the Football Associations in England and Scotland after players from both countries wore armbands depicting poppies during last month’s 2018 World Cup qualifier at Wembley Stadium.

£75,000/$92,000/€89,000) after fans threw flares and firecrackers onto the pitch during their clash with Poland

Israel's Yoav Omer and Emma Wilson of Britain secured gold in the boys' and girls' RS:X events respectively as five titles were decided on the penultimate day of racing at the Youth Sailing World Championships in Auckland.

confirmed as the winners of the girls' 29er class.They lead Aleksandra Melzacka and Maja Micinska of Poland

Israel’s Yoav Omer moved a step closer to clinching the gold medal in the boy’s RS:X competition at the Youth Sailing World Championships as he opened up a 19-point lead with another strong showing in Auckland.

nine behind the Australians in top spot.Defending 420 girl’s champions Julia Szmit and Hanna Dzik of Poland

In a break between contests at the European Junior Weightlifting Championships in Eilat, a two-year-old boy runs on to the competition platform and plays with the three smallest discs that weigh half a kilo, one kilo and 1.5 kilos, lifting them from the rack and trying to slide them on to a bar.

Olympic champions in Russia and also worked in other communist nations such as China, Cuba, North Korea, Poland

Muscat in Oman, Katowice in Poland and Geneva in Switzerland have all expressed an interest in hosting

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games 2017 will be held in Sharjah following approval by the governing body's Executive Board.

gold, 104 silver and 95 bronze medals, Russia finished as the best nation at the Games with China and Poland

Olympic champion Marielle Thompson surged to the summit of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Cross World Cup standings as she claimed victory in an historic night race in Arosa in Switzerland.

event of the season in Val Thorens in France, held off the challenge of Karolina Riemen-Zerebecka of Poland

Olympic gold medallist Pernille Blume says it “does not get any bigger” than competing at the European Short Course Championships on home soil in Denmark as organisers celebrated the one year to go milestone until the event gets underway at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen.

European Swimming League Bureau (LEN) in Vienna last October.Denmark's capital beat off opposition from Poland

Japan's Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi were jointly named Badminton World Federation (BWF) Female Player of the Year here this evening, while Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei earned the men’s honour.

Mazur had faced competition from Germany’s wheelchair player Thomas Wandschneider, Bartlomiej Mroz of Poland

Olympic silver medallist Nao Kodaira of Japan maintained her unbeaten start to the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup season as she picked up her fourth women's 500 metres win in Heerenveen in The Netherlands.

Dufter, Isabell Ost, taking silver.Katarzyna Wozniak, Natalia Czerwonka and Katarzyna Bachleda-Curus of Poland

Qualification for the Ladies Ski Jumping World Cup round in Nizhny Tagil was postponed for 24 hours today - as the Italian team do not have their skis.

ImagesTheir first competition set off with no delays and it was double Olympic gold medallist Jamil Stoch of Poland

How much more can we take? This is the question that almost 120 weightlifting countries - if not more - are asking.

2016 after he failed a test for banned anabolic steroid nandrolone at his National Championships in Poland