NOVEMBER 26 - THE Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) and the Irish Sports Council rolled out the red carpet for newly crowned world champion Katie Taylor at Dublin Airport this morning.

the reigning world champion, but she was very wary of me because I beat here in the European final in Poland

 NOVEMBER 20 - THE season ended on a high for Britain's women at the World Championships in Guatemala today when they secured their second silver medal in three days in the team relay competition.

 Ahead of them were Poland, winning their third gold medal of the Championship, with Russia in third

Despite just two rails down in show jumpiong, Poland scored a perfect 1,200 points and set off on the

  NOVEMBER 18 - BRITAIN'S team of Georgina Harland, Mhairi Spence and Katy Livingstone (all pictured) won a silver medal at the World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Guatemala City today.

and Livingstone finishing 12th and 18th respectively that was enough for them to finish second behind Poland

  MAY 27 - EDINBURGH'S Sarah Clark (pictured) has won the –63kg title on the second day of the 2006 European Judo Championships, in Tampere, Finland – beating both the World Champion and reigning European Champion to take gold.

The 27 year old from London beat Krzysztof Weglarz of Poland in the repechage final.  

  MAY 27 - EDINBURGH'S Sarah Clark (pictured) has won the –63kg title on the second day of the 2006 European Judo Championships, in Tampere, Finland – beating both the World Champion and reigning European Champion to take gold.

The 27 year old from London beat Krzysztof Weglarz of Poland in the repechage final.  

  MAY 26 - CRAIG FALLON has today become Britain’s first male European judo Champion in 10 years after winning gold on the first day of the 2006 European Judo Championships, in Tampere, Finland.

silver medallist Nestor Khergiani of Georgia, and in the early rounds convincingly beat Kamil Sulek of Poland

March 30 - Britain's basketball team have some of the best quality players in Europe, including Luol Deng (pictured) according to the coach of one its biggest rivals.

Britain and Israel will compete against EuroBasket hosts Poland and Turkey.  

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March 30 - Britain's basketball team have some of the best quality players in Europe, including Luol Deng (pictured) according to the coach of one its biggest rivals.

Britain and Israel will compete against EuroBasket hosts Poland and Turkey.  

Related Stories: March 2009: Poland to replace Slovenia

March 27 - British Cycling has confirmed today that it is to host the first round of the 2009/2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classic at the Manchester Velodrome from October 30 to November 1.  

following on from the 2008/2009 season finale UCI Track Cycling World Championships taking place in Poland

March 27 - British Cycling has confirmed today that it is to host the first round of the 2009/2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classic at the Manchester Velodrome from October 30 to November 1.  

following on from the 2008/2009 season finale UCI Track Cycling World Championships taking place in Poland

March 28 - The French Government is to invest €100 million (£92.6 million) in its football stadiums as the country bids to host the 2016 European Championships, it has been announced.

The next European championships in 2012 are being co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine.

March 27 - EuroBasket hosts Poland are replace Slovenia in the warm-up tournament being staged at The

  Slovenia's decision to pull out of the tournament has given Poland the opportunity to join the tournament

Chris Finch, Britain's head coach, said: "Poland is a great addition to our event and I know our players

"Given the passion for the sport of basketball in Poland I am looking forward to seeing the Polish community

While it will be the first time Britain will play Poland under Finch's reign, the other three nations

Poland also have a new head coach who is no stranger to Israel as Muli Katzurin previously led them to

expects to recover from his current injury in time to lead Britain at the European Championships in Poland

March 22 - Cross country running could be included in the 2014 Winter Olympics after the International Association of Athletics Federations supported its introduction.

hoping that next year's World Cross Country Championships, which were today awarded to Bydgoszcz in Poland

March 24 - Triple Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy has urged cyclists like Jason Kenny (pictured) to carry take their Beijing success into the World Championships in Poznan, which open tomorrow.

He said: I don't think there is extra pressure on the team heading to Poland as we have been expected