By Gary AndersonJanuary 8 - Aachen, which hosts the annual Word Equestrian Festival, will not be one of the stops on the 2014 Nations Cup jumping series due to "financial reasons" according to the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) which today announced the hosts for the 20-leg competition.

will host the first leg of the Europe Division Two qualifiers followed by Copenhagen; Lisbon; Sopot, Poland

By Nick ButlerJanuary 8 - A new logo and a further call for "remote Pride Houses" to be established all over the world have been the latest measures unveiled by Pride House International with less than one month to go until the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games.

events including the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympics and the 2012 UEFA Football Championships in Poland

By Gary AndersonJanuary 6 - The line-ups for both the men's and women's 2014 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Championships are taking shape after the final rounds of European qualification concluded this weekend, with the Netherlands being the biggest name to miss out.

The Atlanta 1996 Olympic champions will not be appearing at the men's World Championships in Poland later

Getty ImagesOver in Paris, despite losing their final pool match to Belgium, France will be heading to Poland

Championships, which will run from September 3 to 21.The six European qualifiers from this weekend join hosts Poland

tournament in Łódź, Belgium impressed as they upset a raucous home crowd to clinch qualification and deny Poland

By Mike RowbottomJanuary 5 - Paul Sinton-Hewitt, founder of parkrun - the free five kilometre event which now has more than 760,000 registered runners across 10 countries - has revealed that the event will become established this year in Russia.

take part in 350 events all around the world, including in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Poland

By Mike RowbottomGetting people running is an aspiration being pursued with increasing purpose all around the world as Governments seek to set their sometimes all-too-solid citizens on the path to fitness and health.That aspiration is widely shared - both by the big federations and organisations which put on athletics events, and at grass roots - as we are witnessing in the growing phenomenon of ideas such as parkrun, which now has more than 760,000 registered runners across 10 countries.When the Cardiff delegation heard the good news in Monte Carlo two months ago that their city was confirmed as host of...

, around 35,000 are in the UK, with a further 16,000 regularly involved in Australia, South Africa, Poland

Poland, for instance, has a Gdańsk race. Denmark has a venue in Esbjerg.

By Nick ButlerJanuary 2 - Kraków has signed renowned consultancy firm Event Knowledge Services (EKS) to orchestrate its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

process for 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics underway with IOC orientation seminarNovember 2013: Poland

and Slovakia confirm joint bid for 2022 Winter Olympics and ParalympicsOctober 2013: Joint Poland-Slovakia

By Gary AndersonJanuary 2 - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has been named as the official patron of the 2014 European Men's Handball Championships, which is due to take place across four Danish cities between January 12 and 26.

Group B is made up of Spain, Hungary, Iceland and Norway; Group C contains France, Russia, Serbia and Poland

By Gary AndersonDecember 31 - London 2012 Olympian Jack Oliver has been named as the British Weight Lifting (BWL) Athlete of the Year for 2013.

hold his own at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Wrocław, Poland

By Nick ButlerDecember 24 - China ended a dominant year in typically strong fashion by winning nine of the 13 available titles at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Fencing Grand Prix in Hong Kong.

nbsp;and Sayunsee Jana of Thailand among other épée winners, while Grzegorz Pluta of Poland

By Paul OsborneDecember 22 - The Carolina Medical Centre in Poland has conducted a groundbreaking training

centre, a partner of the Polish Olympic Committee, provides care for some of the best athletes across Poland

Czech has been given a groundbreaking individual training programme at the Carolina Medical Centre in Poland

By Paul OsborneDecember 22 - Brazil have become just the second ever non-European team to win the Women's World Handball Championships with victory over hosts Serbia in Belgrade.

overcome 2012 European Championship silver medallists Hungary.The semi finals saw Serbia triumph over Poland

By Gary Anderson at Pergrine Valsugana in TrentoDecember 20 - On the penultimate day of action at the 26th Winter Universiade here, Canada's women's ice hockey team claimed their third consecutive title with an emphatic victory over Russia.

Astrid Oeyre Slind in the women's 15km competition.In Predazzo, 19-year-old Krzysztof Biegun of Poland

By Nick ButlerDecember 19 - Japan are preparing to bid for another major sporting event in the form of the 2023 Women's World Cup, it has been announced.

basis.The 2015 version has already been awarded to Canada, while the likes of Australia, South Africa, Poland

By Gary Anderson at Monte Bondone in TrentoDecember 18 - Alexis Keeney of the United States and Finland's Kalle Leinonen made history here today as they claimed the first ever women's and men's Winter Universiade slopestyle titles at Trentino 2013.

Aleksander Zniszczoł, Bartłomiej Kłusek and Krzysztof Biegun contributed to a great day of success for Poland

Yamamoto, Shota Horigome and Aguri Shimizu rounding out the podium.And the gold medal rush for Poland

By Gary AndersonDecember 17 - The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has revealed the list of nominees in contention for the male and female table tennis and Para-table tennis players of the year at the governing body's inaugural Star Awards be held at the Raffles Hotel in Dubai on January 11.

Cup and finished the year as the world number one.Three-time Paralympic champion Natalia Partyka of Poland