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Ramachandran re-elected World Squash Federation President

  • Squash

By Mike RowbottomOctober 3 - World Squash Federation (WSF) President N Ramachandran has been re-elected by acclaim for a further four-year term at the 42nd WSF AGM in Stockholm, Sweden.

well as a large number of observers.The presentations included case studies of the growth in squash in Poland



Russia selects 11 host cities for 2018 FIFA World Cup

  • Football

By David GoldSeptember 29 - Fans attending the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup could spend whole days or more travelling after the confirmation tonight that Kaliningrad and Yekaterinburg are among the 11 cities chosen to host matches.

ruling Executive Committee, who came on board to assist them with promoting their bid.Located between Poland


Polyanskiy wins second successive Tongyeong World Cup title

  • Triathlon

By David GoldSeptember 23 - Russia's Dmitry Polyanskiy has won his second successive Tongyeong International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Cup title after beating Poland's Marek Jaskolka to claim victory in South Korea.

Zealand took her second ITU World Cup title after holding off fierce challenges from Maria Cześnik of Poland



London 2012 Paralympics breaks online records

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By Tom DegunSeptember 18 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have revealed that the London 2012 Paralympic Games have been a huge online success with record breaking figures for its website and social media channels.

during the course of the Games, one in six visitors came from the UK with the United States, Germany, Poland


Italy rule European Rowing Championships as British youngsters profit

  • Rowing

By Mike RowbottomSeptember 16 - Hosts Italy finished with the most medals – two golds and four silver – at the European Rowing Championships, in Varese.

they raced to European gold in dominating fashion for the sixth consecutive time.In the men's eight, Poland


Brazil pair take women's T11 100 metres gold after fall fouled up medal chances in 400m final

  • Athletics News

By Mike Rowbottom at the Olympic Stadium in LondonSeptember 5 - Visually impaired sprinter Terazinha Guilhermina turned disaster into triumph here tonight as she won the women's T11 100 metres title in a world record of 12.01sec the day after a fall by her guide had halted her ambitions of winning the T11 400m title.

of the United States, eventual silver and bronze medallists, in a long sprint.Barbara Niewiedzial of Poland


Exclusive: Bubka to meet Ukrainian Government to discuss 2022 Winter Olympic bid

  • Beijing 2022

By Tom Degun at the Grange St Pauls Hotel in LondonSeptember 5 - Sergey Bubka, President of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee (NOC), is set to meet his country's Deputy Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov in the next week to discuss a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

European Championships and drew huge praise after the country successfully co-hosted the event with Poland


Wiggins and Williams named as USSA's July athletes of the month

  • Cycling

By Stuart NewmanAugust 19 - Tour de France victor Bradley Wiggins and Serena Williams, champion at Wimbledon, have been chosen as the United States Sports Academy's July athletes of the month.

nbsp;Wimbledon singles tennis crown, and 14th major title overall, by beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland


New Zealander upgraded to London 2012 gold medal wins Stockholm Diamond League

  • Athletics

By Duncan MackayAugust 17 - New Zealand shot putter Valerie Adams celebrated being awarded the Olympic gold medal after the winner failed a drugs test by triumphing in the Samsung Diamond League meeting in Stockholm tonight.

States won the men's triple jump while men's Olympic shot put champion Tomasz Majewski of Poland


Poznań appoint marketing company to help promote 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games bid

  • Buenos Aires 2018

By Duncan Mackay August 17 - Poznań have appointed sports marketing agency Impact34 to help its campaign to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games, the second consecutive time it has bid for the event.

Miejski"The success from hosting major events such as the UEFA Euro 2012 has shown the world that Poznań and Poland

"Poznań offers great sporting and transport infrastructure and by hosting this great event Poland would


Top-ranked Italian duo sign for AIBA Professional Boxing programme

  • Boxing

By Tom DegunAugust 15 - The International Boxing Association's (AIBA) Professional Boxing (APB) programme has secured a major coup after Italian boxing stars Clemente Russo and Domenico Valentino, both former world champions at heavyweight and lightweight, respectively, signed five-year contracts.

Barcelona in 1992.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJuly 2012: Poland



Chinese shooter wins first gold medal of London 2012

  • Shooting

By David Owen at the Royal Artillery Barracks in WoolwichJuly 28 - Carrying on where it left off four years ago, China won the first gold medal of the London 2012 Olympics at this shooting venue in East London this morning.

hanging that all-important first gold medal about her neck.Sylwia Bogacka (pictured above, left) of Poland