Champion

‘He’s lucky she didn’t throw a hammer at him’: Cops praise Olympic hammer throw champ after she seizes man trying to break into her car

Posting a photo of herself and the car on Twitter, proud Włodarczyk said: “I single-handedly caught the thief and handed him over to the police.” Anita Włodarczyk/Twitter

Following the man’s arrest, Warsaw police posted on social media: "Anita Włodarczyk is ruthless not only in the stadium. The perpetrator was lucky that the champion decided to catch him and not throw a hammer at him.” 

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.

‘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. 

Described as being 'one of the fathers of modern chess', Łódź chess master Akiba Rubinstein was a tormented genius

As Netflix viewers across the globe revel in binge-watching The Queen’s Gambit, TFN looks back at one of the greatest world champions that never was: a player that held the planet in his palm until fate intervened.

Olympic fencing champ makes ends meet by delivering food for Uber Eats

The 35-year-old Venezuelan who won gold at the 2012 Olympics is now delivering food in his adopted city of Łódź whilst training for the Tokyo Olympics next year.

Gold champ who infuriated Moscow with insulting gesture honoured in fascinating new biopic

Using long-lost archive footage and contemporary interviews, filmmakers have pieced together a rich tapestry to retell the story of Władysław Kozakiewicz, the first person who “dared make that gesture against the entire mite of the Soviets and on their home ground,” 

IBB Polonia on course for Champions League after retaining English league title

Expat Polish volleyball team are once again the top club in England after season is cut short by pandemic.

Polish Grandmaster defeats reigning world speed chess champion

Jan-Krzysztof Duda (22) from Wieliczka in southern Poland on Wednesday defeated Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen in the seventh round of the prestigious Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge online speed chess tournament.

Poland’s status as a ‘European growth champion’ is overlooked, says economic expert

Portfolio Advisor for East Capital, Eglé Fredriksson says despite Poland becoming the seventh largest economy in the EU with GDP at EUR 524 billion, and GDP per capita rising almost eightfold to EUR 13,558, little is being reported about this abroad.

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