By Nick ButlerA report has blamed the worst Winter Olympic performance by a United States speed skating team in 30 years on the suit they wore at Sochi 2014. 

of 12 available gold medals, while the remaining four events were won by skaters from China, Japan, Poland

By Emily GoddardA majority of those attending the National Congress of the Progress Party, the junior coalition partner of the Norwegian Government, have today voted against going ahead with a bid from Oslo for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

stage of the bid race.As well as Oslo, the Kazakh city of Almaty, China's capital Beijing, Kraków in Poland

MackayBelgrade has been awarded the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships  ahead of Istanbul and Torun in Poland

By Nick ButlerA national survey has found 58 per cent of respondents across Poland oppose Kraków's bid

accuracy of the survey to predict the referendum result is limited because it refers to the whole of Poland

three-month negative campaign.She also insisted that bidding for the Games remains a great opportunity for Poland

By Nick ButlerA total of 11 cities spanning Asia, North America and Europe are vying to host major equestrian events over the next four years, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has confirmed.

Dutch city Rotterdam is bidding for only the jumping discipline.Fontainebleau in France and Strzegom in Poland

Fontainebleau became the third French venue to host the Championships, while the event has never been held in Poland

Gary AndersonApril 30 - The international Sailing Federation (ISAF) has announced that Swinoujscie, Poland

Located in the north-west of Poland, Swinoujscie was chosen by the ISAF Match Racing Committee ahead

By Nick Butler April 29 - Ice Hockey UK (IHUK) is launching a bid to host the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship Division 2A event in the Scottish town of Dumfries, it has been announced.

well as three opponents they also faced at the 2014 World Championships, consisting of South Korea, Poland

By Paul OsborneApril 27 - France ended the 2014 European Judo Championships with yet another gold medal as their women secured the team Championships title with victory over Germany.

whilst Germany overcame the Czech Republic to win the other.In the women's contest it was Slovenia and Poland

By Paul OsborneApril 26 - In a three way shootout for the women's RS:X title on the final day of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Cup in Hyères, it was Germany's Moana Delle who edged ahead of her two rivals, sealing the gold with a strong performance in the medal race.

but the colours were far from certain as two points separated Delle from rivals, Maja Dziarnowska of Poland

By Zjan ShirinianApril 25 - Turkey has withdrawn its bid to host the final of Euro 2020 and will instead put all its efforts in a bid to stage the whole of the 2024 tournament - raising the possibility of another headache for its Olympic hosting ambitions.

Millennium Stadium, with chief executive Jonathan Ford saying it had "a strong and compelling proposition".Poland

By Emily GoddardApril 24 - Eight teams are currently preparing for the Men's Pahang Hockey Champions Challenge 1 in Malaysian city Kuantan this week where they will do battle to claim the one 2016 Champions Trophy qualification spot up for grabs.

Pool A alongside 2013 Asian Champions Trophy runners up Japan and 2011 world indoor silver medallists Poland

Also Japan, who we have played three times recently, are in our pool along with Poland who are a bit

By Gary AndersonApril 23 - Kazakhstan will have four shots at securing Youth World Boxing Championship titles tomorrow after emerging as the leading team on the penultimate day of action at the Armeec Arena in Sofia.

Komor, while Germany's Peter Kadiru came through against Russia's Marat Kerimkhanov.Elzbieta Wojcik of Poland

flyweight decider after they blitzed Neriman Istik of Turkey and Kazakh Alua Balkibekova.Elzbieta Wojcik of Poland

By Zjan ShirinianApril 21 - A series of key decisions have been made at a meeting reviewing progress with Almaty's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Norway's capital Oslo, China's capital Beijing, Lviv in Ukraine and Kraków in Poland are also bidding

By Gary AndersonApril 16 - Sweden emerged as the team of the day in Sofia as they won three-from-three at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Youth World Championships with Agnes Alexiusson, Oliver Flodin and Aluje Araik Ismail all winning their bouts at the Armeec Arena.

flyweight category continued and saw straight forward wins for Turkey's Neriman Istik, Wiktoria Sadej of Poland

By Zjan ShirinianApril 16 - Czech Republic's 400 metres runner Pavel Maslak and discus thrower Sandra Perkovic of Croatia have been voted European Athletes of the Month for March.

result announced by European Athletics.Maslak dominated at the Indoor World Championships in Sopot, Poland