Eight men's teams are set to compete in beach soccer at the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games, while six countries are due to take part in the inaugural women's tournament.

silver medallists Spain and the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup bronze medallists Switzerland.Hosts Poland

Kraków-Małopolska 2023In the women's event, European Beach Soccer League winners Spain are joined by Poland

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has rejected Russia's hopes of featuring in men's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments for Paris 2024, effectively banning the London 2012 bronze medallists from the Games.

European representative alongside FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers group winners North Macedonia, Poland

Hosts Slovenia pulled off a stunning fightback to beat Romania 3-2 in Koper to book their place in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals for the first time.

3-1 to a strong French team.Spain beat Mexico 3-1, while Germany and Kazakhstan saw off Brazil and Poland

The Polish Esports Association (PZE) has been accepted as an ordinary member of the Polish Olympic Committee (PKOI).

 The PZE represents Poland in the rival International Esports Federation and Global Esports Federation

Poland is set to host the first European Games Esports Championships in Katowice this year ©GEFEarlier

The Norwegian Fencing Federation (NFF) has ruled that it will not send its athletes to events that feature Russian or Belarussian competitors and withdrawn Oslo Cup from the international programme. 

allow Russian and Belarussian fencers to compete.They include Denmark, Germany, Finland, France and Poland

Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu has reiterated his support for Ukraine and has suggested that Russia should not be allowed to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

organisation's stance on Russia and Belarus, calling them "deplorable".Last month, Estonia along with Poland

Slovenia and Romania will be seeking to secure a place in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals for the first time when they do battle in the qualifiers.

due to see the United States go up against Austria in Delray Beach, Kazakhstan scheduled to take on Poland

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to cancel the Paris 2024 qualification status of the European Games 2023 boxing competition.

 "We look forward to seeing Europe’s best eligible boxers competing in Poland soon."

A breakaway international governing body for boxing is set to be announced tomorrow by a group of National Federations tomorrow in a bid to save the sport's place on the Olympic programme.

Federations of Britain, Ireland, Czech Republic, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Poland

Tickets for the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games have gone on sale with an official platform now open.

This is the largest multi-sport event that Poland has ever hosted and thanks to the hard work of our

validated when the best European athletes compete in front of full stadiums between June 21 and July 2 in Poland

Poland’s Oktawia Nowacka has claimed that this year's  European Games modern pentathlon on home soil in Krakow could be her most important competition before the the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. 

ODPUSZCZANIA (@oktawianowacka)Nowacka has been training at the Olympic Preparation Complex at Spala in Central Poland

Sixteen athletes earned quota places for the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games taekwondo tournament through the qualifying event in Bucharest.

26.In February, the first 224 athletes for the sport were confirmed through the world rankings.Hosts Poland

Russian Diving Federation President Stanislav Druzhinin has revealed he is set to meet sports officials in China next month to discuss competitions with Chinese divers.

admitted.Russian athletes are also set to miss the European Games diving events, scheduled for Oswiecim, Poland

American athletes starred with eight golds at the Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Plovdiv, where Russian competitors remained absent because an International Fencing Federation (FIE) decision to allow their return does not come into force until later this month.

women's épée title, with Ukraine's Anna Maksymenko and Israel's Nicole Feygin taking bronze.However, Poland

the form of Yuina Kaneko by 15 points to 11 in the women's decider.Junior Women's Team Epee final 🏆Poland

in opposition to Russian and Belarusian athletes' participation in sport and FIE events scrapped in Poland

Athletes from the European Fencing Confederation (EFC) have issued a joint statement condemning the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international competition as neutrals.

while a vote to allow officials to return was passed by 88 votes to 48.FIE tournaments in Germany, Poland