Defending champions France made a successful start to their European Men’s Handball Championship campaign thanks to a hard-fought 30-23 victory over Macedonia in Kraków.

Hosts Poland join France at the top of Group A after recovering from a 15-14 deficit at half-time to

Iran on day one of the Asian Men's Handball Championship in Bahrain ©Bahrain Handball/TwitterAction in Poland

Turkiye Conquerors are poised to make their World Series of Boxing (WSB) debut as Season VI gets underway this weekend.

also suffered elimination at the penultimate stage of last season’s competition, face Rafako Hussars Poland

Cairo and the Russian city of Astrakhan will both host qualifying events for the handball competitions at Rio 2016, it has been confirmed. 

Olympic Qualification Tournaments due to take place simultaneously.Russia will go up against Mexico, Poland

Russia earned the right to defend their title at Rio 2016 after coming out on top in a clash with reigning European champions France at the Men’s European Olympic Volleyball Qualification tournament in Berlin.

with the result and also for all players on the team who have worked hard towards this achievement.”Poland

Poland and hosts Germany were bidding to secure the final European place available at the event in the

opponents, the 2014 world champions.The home fans, however, saw their hopes of a Rio 2016 place ended as Poland

Russia sealed the sole Rio 2016 berth on offer at the Women’s European Olympic Volleyball Qualification tournament after defeating The Netherlands in four sets in the final in Turkey's capital Ankara today.

the Olympic spot after they secured a straight sets 29-27, 32-30, 25-20 victory over world champions Poland

World Sailing has condemned the “unacceptable events” at the Youth World Sailing Championship in Langkawi, which saw the Israel Sailing Association (ISA) withdraw from the competition in Malaysia after they were denied visas.

Yoav Omer, the boys' under-19 gold medallist at the 2014 Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia, Poland

The Netherlands moved to the brink of qualification for Rio 2016 after reaching the final of the Women’s European Olympic Volleyball Qualification tournament thanks to a straight sets victory over Italy, while hosts Turkey saw their hopes ended in Ankara today.

, 25-20, 25-15 victory.The French team were able to watch the Pool A clash between Germany and Poland

semi-final.However, they were made to wait until the outcome of a five-set epic to discover they would face Poland

Two-time World Cup winners Italy survived a late rally from Poland to secure their spot in the semi-finals

2002, had raced into a two-set lead as they proved too strong for the Poles in the early stages.But Poland

Group A runners-up Turkey in the last four.The men are also bidding to earn a place at Rio 2016 and Poland

because we took our opening match with Serbia very seriously and also today’s clash with Belgium,” Poland

Bydgoszcz in Poland will host this summer's International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)

Russia moved to the brink of reaching the women’s European Olympic Volleyball Qualification tournament after earning their second Pool B victory in Ankara.

The Russians had fought back from a 2-0 deficit to beat Poland 3-2 in their opening clash yesterday,

ideal start to claiming the second place in the semi-finals after they inflicted a second defeat on Poland

eventually sealed a 25-19, 16-25, 27-25, 25-18 victory.Belgium began their campaign with a 3-1 victory over Poland

clinched a straight sets 28-26, 25-19, 26-24 triumph over Belgium in Pool A, while their neighbours Poland

continued to battle admirably, their team proved unable to shift the momentum back in their favour, with Poland

National Football League (NFL) wide receiver and Pan American Games long jump silver medallist Marquise Goodwin is aiming to qualify for this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he has confirmed.

Goodwin had won a gold medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. 

A record 36 teams are due to participate in this year's edition of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball World League with the format of the tournament having been altered.

streak.They are due to be joined in Group 1 by Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Iran, Italy, Poland

four with action due to take place beaten June 17 and July 3, before the top five nations join hosts Poland

Russia came from two sets down to beat Poland in their opening Pool B match of the women’s European

their pursuit for a six straight tournament looked like getting off to the worst possible start after Poland

fourth in convincing style by 25-14 to force a decider.Having seen a two set advantage slip away, Poland

to meet Belgium in their opening Pool A match on the first day of competition.Fellow pool opponents Poland

More than 1,000 people attended an event in Turkey's capital Ankara ahead of the Women's European volleyball qualification tournament for the Rio 2016 Olympics.

countries will be joined in the Pool by Germany and The Netherlands, while Belgium, Italy, Russia and Poland

“Race”, the film based on the life of athletics legend Jesse Owens, is garnering increasing levels of publicity ahead of its official launch date of February 19.

We corresponded regularly until Hitler invaded Poland and then the letters stopped.