By James CrookJune 14 - Following successive Grand Prix victories, 16-year-old Italian wheelchair fencer Beatrice Vio has been named as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month for May, after gaining 60 per cent of the public vote.

position on the international circuit, defeating London 2012 bronze-medal winner Marta Makowska of Poland

for the upcoming International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Poland

By Emily GoddardJune 13 - The Greek sport movement is mourning the death of Olympic canoeist Andreas Kiligaridis, who died yesterday at the age of 37 after losing his battle with leukaemia.

Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympics, had been in a coma since last Tuesday (June 4) at a hospital in Poland

In his race for life unfortunately he did not win, breathing his last breath in a hospital in Poland

By Duncan MackayJune 11 - International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting has announced that it has opened bidding for the 2015 European Championships. 

Iraq finished second with three gold and five total medals, followed by Poland with two gold and eight

By Duncan MackayJune 6 - A referendum is due be held on November 10 to let the public decide whether Munich should bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

Ukraine look certain to bid while Poland and Slovakia are discussing a joint proposal which, while

By Emily GoddardJune 6 - A bid from Stockholm for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics is likely to be on the horizon after the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) claimed there is positive support for the prospect, despite a lack of enthusiasm from the nation's Government.

nbsp;Ukrainian President signs decree to bid for 2022 Winter Olympics and ParalympicsMarch 2013: Poland

By Duncan MackayJune 5 - A bid from Ukraine for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics moved a significant step closer today when President Viktor Yanukovych signed a decree to back the campaign.

Olympics and Paralympics but it still has to be approved by the public in a referendum on September 9.Poland

By David OwenJune 2 - Could canoeing prove an unlikely source of medals for Brazil at their home Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016?

event in Poznan.Each won four gold medals in all.A trio of countries - Russia, New Zealand and hosts Poland

By Duncan Mackay at the Sokos Palace Bridge Hotel in St PetersburgMay 27 - Honda were today unveiled as the new high-profile sponsor of international professional volleyball in a groundbreaking four-year sponsorship deal.

sponsor of the sport's leading events, including this year's Beach Volleyball World Championships in Poland

By James CrookMay 26 - Iraq's Faris Al-Ajeeli and Azerbaijan's Elshan Huseynov stole the show on the closing day of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Open European Powerlifting Championships in Aleksin, both breaking world records to lift the equivalent of an adult zebra between them.

gold medals and 18 overall, well clear of Iraq in second with three gold medals and five in total, and Poland

By James CrookMay 23 - European football governing body UEFA have announced today that the 2015 UEFA Champions League Final will take place at the Olympic Stadium in the German capital Berlin, with the 2015 UEFA Europa League final set to be hosted at Poland's National Stadium in Warsaw.

2012, as well as the semi-final between Germany and Italy in the tournament which was co-hosted by Poland

By Emily GoddardMay 20 - Zena Wooldridge, former chair of England Squash, has been elected as the new President of the European Squash Federation (ESF) to become the second female leader in the continental governing body's 40-year history.

has some of the leading squash nations in the world, but also some new fast-emerging nations such as Poland

By James CrookMay 16 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have announced that they will live stream action from the 2013 Powerlifting Open European Championships in Alexsin, Russia, which are due to start next week.

Russia will have the largest delegation in Aleksin with 31 athletes, with Poland and Turkey each sending

By Tom DegunMay 13 - Hungarian pair Leila Gyenesei and Adam Marosi collected their second World Cup Series Mixed Relay gold this season with victory on home soil in Budapest.

Nakonechnyi ensured he and Victoria Tereshuk snatched silver from Katarzina Wojcik and Szymon Staskiewicz of Poland

By James CrookApril 28 - Britain's disability shooters took two gold medals at the 2013 International Shooting Competition in Hanover, with four-time Paralympian Karen Butler stealing the show by winning gold in the R6 50-metre rifle prone mixed SH1 competition.

in this competition, mainly because there are no 50m rifle events at the IPC Shooting World Cups in Poland

By Duncan MackayApril 21 -  Britain's top disability shooters have started the new Paralympic cycle by winning four medals at their first international competition since London 2012.

The team travelled to Szczecin in Poland for the first International Paralympic Committee (IPC)