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Tony Ward: A man who spoke for athletics

  • Athletics

By Mike RowbottomNovember 10 - Tony Ward, who has died aged 79, was a man who loved and spoke for the sport of athletics.

In 1968, he travelled to Poland with the coach Tom McNab to see how their system worked.


Denmark confident in bid for 2014 World Sailing Championships

  • Sailing

November 4 - Denmark has admitted it faces "strong competition" but believes it has a good chance of winning its bid to host the ISAF World Sailing Championships in 2014.

other bidding cities Buenos Aires in Argentina, Kingston in Canada, Busan in South Korea, Pomerania in Poland


Andy Pink: Volleyball players Poles apart from the Rooneys of this world

  • Inside the Blogs

Greetings from 'the coldest city in Poland'!

Suwalki is nestled in the north east corner of Poland, very near to Lithuania and Belarus.

They do enjoy football from our shores, however, as they claim their league in Poland is horrific.I can

Why I chose to come to Poland? How do I like Polish women? (no comment!)

It's a good thing Poland is a tea drinking country (Twinings has just moved its entire operation to Poland


Fractured foot KOs British Fencing's top medal prospect

  • Fencing

October 22 - Injury has forced Richard Kruse (pictured), one of Britain's top fencing stars, to pull out of the World Championships.

however, as indicated by the fact that our B team won the silver medal in the pre-worlds team event in Poland


Samoa and United Arab Emirates set to make world rowing debut

  • Rowing

October 21 - Samoa and the United Arab Emirates will compete on the world stage for the first time when the 2010 World Rowing Championships get under way in New Zealand later this month.

Karapiro unbeaten this season despite strong attempts from the best of the world's eights including Poland


It's a steal as Denmark and Poland snatch volleyball championships

  • Volleyball

October 19 - Denmark and Poland have pulled off a coup by winning the right to host two major volleyball

"As our first joint bid we are looking forward to working with Poland and learning from their volleyball

The 2013 men's European Volleyball Championships are scheduled as follows: preliminary rounds in Poland

The 2012 Junior European Volleyball Championships: preliminary rounds in Denmark/Randers and Poland/Rewal

Semi-finals as well as finals in Poland/Rewal.


British shooters get ready for Stoke Mandeville World Cup

  • Latest (Paralympics)

September 29 - Britain’s disability shooters, including Beijing Paralympic gold medallist Matt Skelhon, are gearing up this week for the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup, which takes place at Stoke Mandeville from tomorrow until next Sunday (October 3).

A total of 68 athletes from 14 nations, including Thailand, the United States, Australia and Poland will


Canadian hearts broken by last-grasp US winner

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom Degun September 24 - The United States beat Canada by the narrowest of margins on day four of the 2010 Wheelchair Rugby Championships in Richmond as they ran out 49-48 winners in a round-robin game which sees the hosts just miss out on a place in the semi-finals.

" In another important match, Japan settled their own fate with a close 51-50 win over Poland


Canada medal hopes in doubt after shock Swedish defeat

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom Degun September 23 - Canada were involved in the biggest shock of the 2010 Wheelchair Rugby Championships so far as the hosts and Beijing 2008 Paralympic bronze medalists went down 52-51 to Sweden during overtime in Richmond.

" Elsewhere, in another upset, tenth-ranked Poland beat the fifth-ranked New Zealand 45-43 while


British rugby hopes suffer double blow

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom Degun September 22 - Britain have fallen out of medal contention at the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships in Richmond after two battling defeats to Sweden and the United States respectively.

defeated New Zealand 53-45 while Argentina suffered their second defeat as they went down 65-25 to Poland


Top teams fire warning shot on day one of World Wheelchair Rugby Championships

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom Degun September 21 - The United States, Australia and Canada - the world's top three teams - sent an ominous message to the other nations looking for victory at the 2010 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships by recording decisive victories in their round-robin games on day one of the prestigious competition in Richmond.

international game in the team’s history to New Zealand by a score of 62-18 while Belgium defeated Poland


Grainger and Watkins to concentrate on double sculls at World Championships

  • Rowing

  By Mike Rowbottom September 21 - Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins, Britain’s overall World Cup champions in the double sculls, will concentrate on that event at this year’s World Championships in New Zealand rather than doubling up in the quadruple sculls as they have so far this season, it was announced today.

Peter Reed and Andy Triggs Hodge will race the men's pair - the same event in which they took silver in Poland

" That title went to Poland, but the Poles will not be contesting the worlds, having decided

Germany, however, will be in New Zealand - as will Croatia, who took silver behind Poland in a championship


IWAS World Junior Games hailed a success

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Tom Degun September 11 - Poland have topped the final medal table at the prestigious 2010 International

Germany followed Poland by finishing second with a total of 44 medals, 22 of which were gold, while



Double gold for Storey, first-time joy for Ireland

  • Latest (Paralympics)

By Duncan Mackay British Sports Internet Writer of the Year August 22 - Britain's Sarah Storey (pictured) added another gold medal at the UCI Paralympic World Road Championships in Baie-Comeau, Canada, as Ireland's Mark Rohan achieved his country's first ever victory in the event.

The 32-year Manchester rider beat Anna Harkowska of Poland by just five seconds in the 57-kilometre road