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World's best to gather in Hyères for final sailing World Cup event of season

  • Sailing

By Gary AndersonApril 16 - The fifth and final International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Cup event of the season gets underway in Hyères, France, next week and will see some top-level racing taking place between a host of the world's best sailors including reigning Olympic and world champions.

' Dorian Van Rijsselberge, Britain's 2013 world champion Nick Dempsey and Przemyslaw Miarczynski of Poland

looks equally competitive and includes the likes of London 2012 bronze medal winner Zofia Klepacka of Poland




Kraków 2022 Olympic bid President resigns over "smear campaign"

  • Beijing 2022

By Zjan ShirinianApril 12 - Kraków's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics has been rocked by the resignation of its Bid Committee President because of a "smear campaign" over allegations her husband offered to pay journalists to write positive stories about the bid.

It has been alleged her husband Andrzej Walczak met with local journalists in Poland while she was attending



Kickboxing accepted as member federation of International World Games Association

  • World Games

By Paul Osborne at the Susesi Convention Center in BelekApril 7 - Kickboxing has been elected as a member association of the International World Games Association (IWGA) following a vote at the general annual meeting here today. 

The next edition of the World Games is due to take place in 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland.


Turkey’s Taha Akgül secures third consecutive European title inside two minutes

  • Wrestling

By Gary AndersonApril 3 – Turkey's Taha Akgül claimed his third straight title at the FILA European Senior Wrestling Championships when he pinned his opponent after 78 seconds in the final of the men's 125 kilogram final in Vantaa, Finland.

JabrayilHasanov in the final of the men's 74kg class, while Turkey's Soner Demirtas and Krystian Brzozowsk of Poland


Poland’s Sochi 2014 medallists honoured at gala dinner in Warsaw

  • Sochi 2014

By Gary AndersonApril 3 – Poland's medal winners at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics were awarded special state honours during a gala ceremony at the Polish Olympic Centre in Warsaw this evening.

in both the men's large hill and normal hill competitions in Sochi, claiming two of six medals for Poland

merit for developing and propagating sports and for contributing to the spread of Olympic ideals in Poland



Marques targeting world champion Asadauskaite at UIPM World Cup in Cairo

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Nick ButlerApril 2 - Brazil's London 2012 bronze medal winner Yane Marques will be a leading contender to break her silver medal run on the second stop on the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Tour in Cairo.

Other contenders will be Oktawia Nowacka of Poland, Gloria Tocchi of Poland and Tamara Vega of Mexico


ISAF delighted with quality of bids for 2018 Sailing World Championships

  • Sailing

By Gary AndersonApril 1 - The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has expressed its delight at the quality and depth of the bids presented by the four candidates vying to host the 2018 Sailing World Championships.

The Danish city of Aarhus, Busan in South Korea, Gdynia in Poland and The Hague in the Netherlands, are


Home shooter Skelhon gets off to impressive start as qualification for Rio 2016 begins

  • Shooting News

By Gary AndersonMarch 26 - Former Paralympic gold medallist Matt Skelhon led the home charge for medals in the first International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup of the year in Stoke Mandeville by claiming gold and silver medals in the rifle competitions.

from from July 17 to 26.But before then there are two more World Cup meetings starting with Szczecin, Poland


Kraków Mayor calls for referendum on 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics

  • Beijing 2022

By Gary AndersonMarch 25 - The Mayor of Kraków, Jacek Majchrowski has revealed he wants to hold a referendum to gain the consent of locals for the city's bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

of consultation is now set to take place between Kraków officials and national governing bodies in Poland



Britain win hat-trick of silvers at Lignano Masters Para Open team competition

  • Table Tennis News

short of gold in three team events at the Lignano Masters Para Open in Italy, as Ukraine, Serbia and Poland

Piotr Grudzien and countryman Marcin Skrzynecki won gold for Poland in the men's class eight competition

rubber of their team event encounter.The tie was won 3-2 by Serbia.There was more team success for Poland