World number one Novak Djokovic became the fifth player to reach 1,000 match wins after his semi-final triumph at the Italian Open.

same scoreline thanks to two more breaks of serve.In the women’s semi-finals, top seed Iga Świątek of Poland

Defending men’s champion Rafael Nadal struggled with a foot injury as he was beaten in the third round of the Italian Open by Denis Shapovalov in three sets.

, 6-4 in a contest that finished at 12.45am local time.Top seed and world number one Iga Świątek of Poland

Poland produced a double-gold winning performance in the mountain bike cross-country events at the Deaflympics

The Olympiastadion in Berlin is set to stage the deciding match at football's 2024 European Championship, following a decision taken at today's UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Vienna.

country.In a shift away from the controversial pan-European Euro 2020 - which most dramatically required Poland

clubs teams.The country has already been expelled from qualifying for the 2022 men's World Cup, with Poland

The United States thrived on the final day of the swimming events at the Deaflympics, claiming half of the golds on offer in Caxias do Sul in Brazil.

the podium for the women’s 400 metres freestyle and the men’s 50m freestyle events.Julia Dragan of Poland

Former champion Simona Halep was among the winners on day one of the Italian Open in Rome, so too Olympic champion Belinda Bencic and her Swiss compatriot Stan Wawrinka.

stanwawrinka85)The top eight seeds, including world number one and defending champion Iga Świątek of Poland

The Netherlands clinched the men's and women's classic titles at the World Draughts Federation (FMJD) World National Teams Championships in the Turkish city of Antalya.

three wins and three draws from their six matches, with Ukraine claiming silver on eight points, and Poland

round 10 to climb above Latvia in the standings.Both Ukraine and Latvia finished on 11 points, with Poland

Mexico's Lourdes Ponce Juarez claimed the first athletics gold medal of the Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, triumphing in the women's 10,000 metres.

repeat of the 2017 final.Ukraine, bronze medallists in 2017, eased past Chinese Taipei 91-35, while Poland

Switzerland's Simon Ehammer and Germany’s Sophie Weissenberg preserved their overnight leads to triumph at the World Athletics Combined Events Tour Gold leg in Ratingen.

Anna-Lena Obermaier of Germany missing out on the podium in fourth with her total of 5,745.Bydgoszcz in Poland

It was a day of few tennis upsets at the Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul, where the majority of the men's singles top seeds booked their places in the quarter-finals.

from the last Deaflympics Venezuela 88-53 and Greece saw off Chinese Taipei 76-37.At the SESI Arena, Poland

Argentina, and Israel defeated Kenya 85-30.In the only women's basketball match of the day, Italy beat Poland

France’s Steeve Touboul edged compatriot Paul Francis Servieres to earn men’s cycling road race gold at the Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul in Brazil.

Greece in Group B.The United States followed up their 143-18 thrashing of Kenya with a 83-78 win over Poland

Both the Chinese meetings on this season’s Diamond League schedule - in Shanghai and Shenzhen - have been cancelled due to continuing concerns over COVID-19, with Silesia stepping up to fill the gap.

been restructured, with a substitute meeting now due to be held at the Silesia Stadium in Chorzow in Poland

Top seeds Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan emerged as winners in two tough matches as pool action began at the World Volleyball Beach Pro Tour Challenge leg in Doha.

standings, with a place in the knockout stage looking likely.Second seeds Michal Bryl and Bartosz Losiak of Poland

Leonid Stanislavskyi says he has been honoured to represent Ukraine as the 98-year-old competes at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Super Seniors World Individual Championships in Florida.

for more than 60 years, as a consequence of Russia’s invasion.The 98-year-old travelled to Lublin in Poland

India-based motorcycle and scooter manufacturer Hero has been named as the main sponsor of the first-ever senior international Hockey5s event, organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH) and due to take place in Lausanne. 

Switzerland, along with Malaysia and Poland.In the women's competition, teams from India, Switzerland and Poland