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On the ball! Teen becomes first Polish basketball player in history to be selected for NBA’s Rising Stars Challenge

The 19-year-old, who plays for the San Antonio Spurs and Poland’s national team has impressed coaches with his form this season and was selected as one of the 11 rookies for this year’s exhibition. San Antonio Spurs/Twitter

VIDEO: The 19-year-old whose mum was a basketball player for Polonia Warsaw and whose grandfather was the director of the basketball section at AWF Warsawa plays for the San Antonio Spurs and Poland’s national team.

Poland to co-host European basketball championship in 2025

Poland will be one of four nations to host the next EuroBasket 2025, the European men's basketball championships.

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.

I fell in Love with Poland! American Luke Fitzgerald

What's an American Pro Basketball player doing fall in love with Poland? Luke Fitzgerald has won fans around the world for his good natured vlogs on big and small town Poland. A global traveller, Luke says Poland is his No. 1 (or maybe 2) favourite destination in the world. 

Poland defeats world champs Spain in EuroBasket qualifier

Poland defeated world champions Spain (80-69) in a qualifier for the EuroBasket 2021 basketball championships in Zaragoza on Sunday.

Thank you and goodnight! Basketball legend Marcin ‘The Hammer’ Gortat retires from NBA

After 12 years playing in the NBA the ‘Polish Hammer’ has been looking Gortat but resigned himself to his fate several weeks ago, saying: “I realise that the kind of offer I’m waiting for will practically not happen.”

Jumping for joy as ‘The Kid’ is picked to play for Harlem Globetrotters

The first Pole to play for the basketball team known for its trick shots and shows, Paweł ‘Kid’ Kidoń will wear the number 48 shirt with his nickname ‘Dazzle’ on it.

Tallest female basketball player in the world posthumously inducted into FBIA Hall of Fame

One of the best woman players in history, Małgorzata Dydek will be the second Polish person to be awarded a place in the International Basketball Federation’s Hall of Fame.

Slam dunk! Poland heads to basketball World Cup for first time in 52 years after victory over Croatia

The Poles hard-fought win over a good Croatian team means they qualify for the World Cup for only the second time in their history.

The ‘Polish Hammer’ makes his debut with LA Clippers at start of the NBA

Never the most elegant of players, the two-metre-eleven tall Pole has won admiration of basketball fans the world over for his no-nonsense, scrappy style of play that defies fashion but delivers results.

Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
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Hero Polish porter who fought off London Bridge terrorist collects bravery award from Princess Anne

In a ceremony at Windsor Castle, Princess Anne presented Łukasz Koczocik with the Queen's Medal for Gallantry, which recognises exemplary acts of courage.

The first report:

  • Ruling party leader describes opposition as 'German'
  • Poland's embassy in Turkey condemns terrorist attack in Ankara
  • Over million people attended opposition rally in Warsaw, Tusk says
  • PM vows Poland's average salary to rise to over EUR 2,000 in four years
  • This force cannot be stopped says opposition leader

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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