a 55-40 defeat to Belarus in the opening game of their first ever EuroBasket campaign in Bydgoszcz, Poland

16 - Britain's senior women's final 12 has been confirmed for EuroBasket Women 2011 which begins in Poland

Before heading to Poland, the GB team had the perfect finish to their EuroBasket 2011 warm-ups last night

By Duncan MackayJune 16 - Germany has broken television records for viewing figures for this year's FIS World Ski Championships, a fact that will help boost Munich's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

nation Norway set a new national record of viewership with almost 65 million cumulative viewers, while Poland

By Tom Degun in SheffieldJune 10 - Sheffield-based GB Boxing has selected a 15-strong team, including 2008 European gold medallist Luke Campbell (pictured), to compete in the upcoming European Championships in Ankara later this month, it has been announced.

tournaments against some of the world's top boxing nations, including Russia, Ukraine, Cuba, Turkey, Poland

By Emily GoddardJune 7 - Nine-time champions Brazil join Russia and Italy to remain unbeaten as the second weekend of the 2011 Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) World League drew to a close.

Brazil overcame Poland 3-1 in an electrifying game, and Russia scored a solid result over Germany claiming

By Duncan MackayJune 6 - Gateshead has been chosen to host the 2013 European Team Championships, it was announced today.

Gateshead was chosen ahead of·Braunschweig in Germany, Bydgoszcz in Poland and Ostrava in the Czech Republic

Britain has an outstanding sporting distinction looming on the horizon – that of hosting the Commonwealth Games immediately after an Olympics.And all those involved in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are proceeding in the expectation that it will benefit from the huge surge of energy and interest the London 2012 Games engenders.It is not quite a unique opportunity - one other nation experienced this particular sporting double when Canada staged the 1978 Commonwealths - the first to bear the current name of "Commonwealth Games"- in Edmonton two years after the Montreal Olympics.

from Beijing in order to allow the main names to prepare for the European Championships starting in Poland

By Tom DegunMay 20 - Nanjing 2014 have unveiled their logo for the second Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014 with less than 1,200 days to go until the event is due to begin.

Nanjing won the right to host the 2014 Youth Olympic Games after they saw off competition from Poznan in Poland

Individually we have endured many hardships, from months of Siberian like weather in the far east of Poland

By Tom DegunMay 5 - The International Ski Federation (FIS) has announced that nine cities have bid to host FIS World Championship events in 2016 and 2017.

Championships with Lahti in Finland, Oberstdorf in Germany, Planica in Slovenia and Zakopane in Poland

By David GoldMay 3 - The International Canoe Federation (ICF) Sprint World Cup 2011 will take place in the Polish city of Poznan this weekend as more than 400 athletes from 40 countries come together to compete.

1,000m distances, with teams including Australia, Brazil and Great Britain all competing, and hosts Poland

of Belgium's Aleh Yurenia, Tim Brabants of Britain and Swede Anders Gustafson.Poznan, to the west of Poland

By David GoldApril 20 - UK residents are more interested in purchasing a 3D television in order to watch the 2012 London Olympics than next year's European Football Championships.

for Euro 2012.Currently only the Republic of Ireland look on course to join England in Ukraine and Poland

By Tom DegunApril 16 - Lee Valley White Water Centre in Hertfordshire, which will be the London 2012 Olympic canoe slalom course, has won the bid to host 2015 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Championships, it has been announced.

World Championships, Thury-Harcourt, France the ICF Canoe Polo World Championships and Poznan, Poland

By David GoldApril 15 - Britain's under-20 women's squad for the European Youth Championship in Poland

Eurobasket.The senior women's team also qualified for the first time for the women's Eurobasket, taking place in Poland

Paralympics will hinge on whether Euro 2012, the football tournament that the country is co-hosting with Poland