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Polish teen becomes youngest ever winner of world’s toughest car race

Eryk Goczał, 18, etched his name into the history of the Dakar Rally after becoming not just the youngest participant in the event’s 45-year history, but also the youngest winner. Gigi Soldano/Panoramic/PAP

Eryk Goczał, 18, etched his name into the history of the Dakar Rally after becoming not just the youngest participant in the event’s 45-year history, but also the youngest winner, despite an injury forcing him to drive with only one hand!

Pole takes bronze in men's 5,000m kayak single race in Munich

Poland's Rafal Rosolski won a bronze medal in the non-Olympic men's 5,000-metre (K1) kayak race at the European Championships in Munich on Sunday.

Poles take silver in women's kayak 200m race in Munich

Poland's Katarzyna Kolodziejczyk and Dominika Putto won a silver medal in the women's 200-metre (K2) kayak race at the European Championships in Munich on Sunday.

From a gold-winning triple-jumper dubbed the Silesian Kangaroo through to a gold-smuggling discuss thrower in WWII, a new mural pays homage to 100 years of sporting legends

The medley of household names include gold-winning pole-vaulter Władysław Kozakiewicz whose celebratory ‘up yours’ gesture towards the Russian crowd scandalized the 1980 Moscow Olympics and world-record discus thrower Halina Konopacka who during WWII squirrelled Poland’s gold reserve to France.

Armless driver leaves competitors in a cloud of smoke in the professional world of drifting

Despite losing his arms in a motorbike accident Bartosz Ostałowski has turned his dream of becoming a professional racing driver into reality.

Poland's Kubica takes third place in Sunday's DTM series race

Robert Kubica (BMW M4 DTM) placed third in Sunday's DTM series race at the Belgian Zolder track.

Pedal power: the history of the Tour de Pologne

TFN takes a pictorial look back at Poland’s most famous cycling race.

Crowds flock in for big day at Warsaw races

Three-year-old mare Pride of Poland brings in the big prize at racing gala that marked the 80th anniversary of the opening of Warsaw’s Służewiec Racecourse.

Wonder woman conquers world in globe’s most extreme cross-country race

TFN travelled to Wieliszew, central Poland, to sit down with Patrycja Bereznowska the winner of this year’s edition of the gruelling 24-hour run Badwater competition.Covering 217km non-stop from Death Valley to Mt. Whitney, CA, the Badwater 135 is the most demanding and extreme running race anywhere on the planet. 

Youth sailing festival unfurls its sails off Gdynia’s shores

The port will play host to the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships between July 13-19.

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Monte Cassino veteran and friend of Wojtek the bear dies aged 95

Ludwik Jaszczur, who was originally from the village of Blizne in Podkarpacie, died on Monday at his home in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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