There were further upsets as individual finalists were decided at the European Indoor Archery Championships in Laško, with Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Mauro Nespoli of Italy knocked out at the quarter-final stage of the men's recurve.

final in Laško against Italy's Vanessa Landi ©Getty ImagesTeam elimination matches began today, with Poland

Russia in the women's barebow to set up a final against Italy.On the men's side, Slovenia overcame Poland

and will face Russia for a place in the final, while France triumphed by the same scoreline against Poland

and will go up against Turkey next.Italy cruised into a men's semi-final against Belarus by thrashing Poland

Hosts Russia came out on top in the men's team épée event at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) World Cup in Sochi.

bronze medallists South Korea 40-39 in the semi-finals.This followed 35-33 and 32-29 victories over Poland

Defending champion Reanne Evans of England is among the players into the last 16 of the World Women’s Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

Laokiatphong of Thailand reached the last 16 after topping Group J, winning 3-0 today against Izabela Lacka of Poland

pic.twitter.com/IklrpAmmqu— World Women’s Snooker (@WomensSnooker) February 12, 2022Dalia Alska of Poland

Figure skating at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is currently convulsed with the case of the Russian Olympic Committee's 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, whose eligibility to compete in the women's event is due to be determined by a Court of Arbitration for Sport panel tomorrow.

Getty ImagesBerezhnaya and Sikharulidze gained the nod from representatives of their own nation, China, Poland

China's Gao Tingyu set a new Olympic record in the men's 500 metres speed skating to give the host nation its fourth gold medal of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, here at the National Speed Skating Oval.

second from his nation after Zhang Hong won gold in the women's 1,000m.Going up against Damien Zurek of Poland

for the bronze medal, making it an all-Asian podium.Laurent Dubreuil of Canada and Piotr Michalski of Poland

Defending champion Reanne Evans of England got off to a winning start on day one of the Women’s World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.

3-0 wins to top their respective groups with the best records possible after day one.Dalia Alska of Poland

The 12th European Universities Rowing Championship will be held in Istanbul this year, the European University Sports Association (EUSA) has announced.

February 15.The 2023 European Universities Rowing Championship is scheduled to be held in Bydgoszcz, Poland

competition debut at the Paris 2022 Teqball World Series from March 18 to 20 after being inspired by the Poland

growth of teqball in Spain has been rapid, with the country participating in all five categories of the Poland

Anna Eismont, the sister-in-law of the press secretary to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, is at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games working for state-run television and broadcasting company Belteleradiocompany.

too.According to Reuters, a 17-year-old cross-country skier, Darya Dolidovich, has fled Belarus to Poland

Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has called for further action from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after the United States imposed sanctions on Belarus to help prevent "transnational repression".

political discrimination against several athletes in the nation.Tsimanouskaya defected from Belarus to Poland

Portuguese official António José Silva is the new President of the European Swimming League (LEN), after the 10-year reign of Italy's Paolo Barelli came to an end at the Extraordinary Congress in Frankfurt.

ran for E4AA - were elected to the LEN Bureau.Meanwhile, Olympic gold medallist Otylia Jędrzejczak of Poland

Poland's team has said it will work to avoid a repeat of the situation which saw a number of its squad withdraw from the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) World Championships due to COVID-19.

among the favourites in the women's senior atomweight class.Czaban tested positive for coronavirus with Poland

 Magdalena Czaban was due to be a big favourite for Poland in Abu Dhabi but had to withdraw after

Poland is now looking forward to the European Championships which are due to be scheduled this year."

The absence of reigning Olympic champion Maren Lundy and World Cup leader Marita Kramer has blown the women’s ski jumping competition wide open at the Winter Olympic here.

are also expected to be in the mix for medals in Beijing.Three-time Olympic champion Kamil Stoch of Poland

The Europe 4 All Aquatics (E4AA) group has unveiled a full list of 19 candidates for the upcoming European Swimming League (LEN) elections at Saturday's (February 5) Extraordinary Congress in Frankfurt, which it argues reflects its founding principle of "Unity in Vision".

among the 19 standing on Europe 4 All Aquatics' platform ©Europe 4 All AquaticsOtylia Jędrzejczak of Poland

Qatar won the Asian Men's Handball Championship for the fifth time in a row, beating Bahrain in the gold-medal match in Dammam in Saudi Arabia.

yesterday, via a thrilling 26-24 win against Iraq.The World Championship is set to be co-hosted by Poland