France beat the United States in a five-set final to win this year's men's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Bologna.

crucial fifth set to claim a 25-16, 25-19, 15-25, 21-25, 15-10 win and the VNL title.World champions Poland

beat Italy 25-16, 25-23, 25-20 in the battle for the bronze medal.It is a third VNL medal in a row for Poland

Unipol Arena.The French beat Japan in the quarter-finals and Italy in the semi-finals.The Americans beat Poland

Polish President Andrzej Duda has received the Olympic Order from International Olympic Committee (IOC) leader Thomas Bach at a ceremony in Kraków.

Duda responded with gratitude to the IOC President.President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda,

Union.He pledged to ban LGBTQ+ teaching in schools and in July 2020 he changed the Constitution of Poland

1993.Polish abortion laws were further pulled back under President Andrzej Duda ©Getty ImagesIn 2022, Poland

now merged and known as the German Olympic Sports Confederation - and his aim to strengthen ties with Poland

The Women's European Softball Championship begins tomorrow in Catalonia, with 21 teams set to compete.

Italy are the defending champions and are due to begin their campaign versus Poland in Gavá tomorrow.Venues

South Korea took gold in both the men's sabre and women's épée team events today at the Fencing World Championships, continuing their medal haul in Cairo.

of Hong Kong 45-37 in the quarter-finals; and made the final with a 45-28 victory over fifth seeds Poland

Everton and Dynamo Kyiv are set to meet on July 29 at Goodison Park for what is due to be football's first "Match for Peace" played in Britain by the Ukrainian side.

who sold Vitaliy Mykolenko to the English outfit in January, have previously participated in games in Poland

Colombia.At the 2022 World Games in Birmingham in the United States, and the 2017 edition in Wrocław in Poland

Egypt won its eighth African Men's Handball Championship title with a blowout victory against Cape Verde in front of a home crowd.

tournament which meant they secured the final qualification spot to next year's event set to be held in Poland

Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda retained his men’s world 10,000 metres title in a thrillingly unpredictable final at Hayward Field, taking gold in 27min 27.43sec in the morning session of day three at the Oregon22 World Athletics Championships.

come later on the first day.Anouk Vetter of The Netherlands is second on 3003, and Adrianna Sulek of Poland

The Netherlands finished the International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix in Zagreb atop the medals table following a remarkable final day.

78kg final.Dutchwoman Natascha Ausma and Mayra Aguiar won bronze after beating Beata Pacut-Kloczko of Poland

Cape Verde reached the African Men's Handball Championship final for the first time after beating Morocco in Egypt where they are set to face the tournament's hosts.

the top five finishers of the tournament all qualify for next year's event scheduled to take place in Poland

A Dominican Republic quartet including Tokyo 2020 individual silver medallist Marileidy Paulino earned the first track gold of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in a mixed 4x400 metres final which saw 36-year-old Allyson Felix earn bronze in her last race.

second-fastest ever, with Bol stopping the clock at 3:09.90 and Simon finishing in 3:10.16.Olympic champions Poland

Kimberly Garcia Leon claimed the first gold of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene and her country’s first ever medal at the event, winning the women’s 20 kilometres race walk title.

lacked the two women who have bettered 80m, world record holder and Olympic champion Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland

and Camryn Rogers of Canada on 73.67m.The heats of the 4x400 metres mixed relay saw Olympic champions Poland

Egypt, Cape Verde Tunisia and Morocco have all secured qualification to the 2023 World Men's Handball Championship after progressing to the semi-finals of the African Men's Handball Championship in Egypt.

The top five finishers of the tournament all qualify for next year's event scheduled to take place in Poland

Spain lifted the Nations Trophy at the Youth World Sailing Championships off the coast of Scheveningen in The Hague, aided by victory for Maria Perello Mora and Marta Cardona Alcantara in the women's two-person dinghy 420 event.

Italy's Riccardo Pianosi having to settle for silver as he did in Oman last year.Jakub Jurkowski of Poland

Indonesia's Veddriq Leonardo and American home favourite Emma Hunt claimed the first sport climbing golds of the Birmingham 2022 World Games, triumphing in the men's and women's speed events respectively.

to register a time.Earlier in the competition, Leonardo had notched 5.31 to beat Marcin Dzieński of Poland