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Polish tennis player claims Masters 1000 title in Miami

With the victory, Hurkacz will break into the Top 20 in the FedEx ATP Rankings for the first time, moving from No. 37 to a career-high No. 16 on Monday. Rhona Wise/PAP/EPA

Hubert Hurkacz became Poland's first ATP Masters 1000 champion on Sunday after taking down 19-year-old Jannik Sinner 7-6, 6-4 in the Miami Open final.

Noted intellectual, multiple world wrestling champ and later Hollywood star - Stanisław Cyganiewicz, born 140 years ago this day, was no April Fool

Billed as the ‘Mighty Son of Poland’, strongman Jan Stanisław Cyganiewicz was wrestling’s first world champion who would later die in poverty despite a glittering career.

OAP sends internet wild with his extraordinary transformation from portly pensioner into strapping senior

After letting himself go following retirement, the 67-year-old OAP from Wałbrzych now has 6.3 million YouTube views and over 30K followers on Instagram after his amazing transformation.

Hammer-throwing champ joins distinguished list of ‘inspirational women’ after being turned into Shero Barbie doll

Shero Barbies, an amalgam of the words ‘She’ and ‘Hero’ are produced by the same company that produces the original Barbie dolls, Mattel, and are awarded each year around to inspiring women around the time of International Women’s Day.

Tee-rific idea! Golf fan comes up with smart suit to teach techniques and prevent injury

VIDEO: The Weregolf suit is based on a motion capture technology, which ensures identification of even most complex movements.

‘King of Cieszyn’ Jan Błachowicz to defend title in champion vs. champion superfight

VIDEO: In what has been described as the most anticipated clash of the year, the bout will see Błachowicz entering as underdog to Nigerian-born New Zealander Israel Adesanya in Las Vegas on Saturday. 

Polish ski-jumper takes gold in normal hill competition

Poland's Piotr Żyła won the men's individual normal hill ski jump world title in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Saturday.

Poland’s Świątek wins Adelaide International tennis tournament

Poland’s Iga Świątek won the Adelaide International tennis tournament in Australia beating Switzerland's Belinda Bencic 6-2, 6-2 in the final match on Saturday morning.

Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen unveils new F1 car

Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen team has unveiled its 2021 Formula 1 car in Warsaw.

Polish ski jumper places second in World CUP event in Klingenthal

Kamil Stoch of Poland placed second in the FIS ski jumping World Cup event in Klingenthal, Germany, on Saturday. Halvor Egner Granerud of Norway won the competition.

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Forgotten composer who played for Polish king and co-founded Edinburgh Festival rediscovered after distant relative finds online ad for his rare piano

Josie Dixon had little idea that her great-great-great-great grandfather Felix Yaniewicz was one of the 19th century’s most notable composers until a chance conversation about a Stradivarius violin led her on a path of discovery.

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