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Swiatek takes Italian Open and notches up 28 wins in a row

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Top-seeded Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek beat Tunisia's Ons Jabeur (seeded ninth) 6:2, 6:2 in the final of the WTA 1000 clay court championship in Rome on Sunday.

Poland's Świątek wins WTA tourney in Stuttgart

Polish women's tennis prodigy Iga Świątek cruised to victory in a WTA tournament in Stuttgart, defeating the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 6:2, 6:2.

Swiatek triumphs at WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Indian Wells

Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek won the prestigious WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, California, on Sunday in a straight-sets victory.

Canadian wins Chopin competition

Canadian Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu is the winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, the National Institute of Fryderyk Chopin, which organises the contest, announced in the night from Wednesday to Thursday.

Gran-tastic! Tarnów 78-year-old proves she is fastest granny in the world after running up Tatras in less than two hours

Sprightly Barbara Prymakowska outshone other pensioners in the over 60’s category of the race after running up the Kasprowy Wierch peak 1,986 metres above sea level in a staggering 1hr, 45 minutes.

‘It was hell’, says Elbląg star after smashing quintuple iron man world record

Robert Karaś, 33, achieved his feat in Mexico this week with the record setting time of 67 hours 58 minutes and 1 second, beating the previous record by a staggering 4 hours and 41 minutes.

Poland in men's volleyball Euro semifinals

Poland advanced to the semi-finals of the European men's volleyball championship after beating Russia 3-0 (25-14, 26-24, 25-19) in Gdansk.

Poland's Tomala takes Olympic gold in 50km race walk

Dawid Tomala brought home the gold in the Olympic men's 50km race walk in Sapporo on Friday.

Iga Świątek takes WTA 1000 crown in Rome with a blistering 6-0, 6-0 win

Polish sport continues to dominate this weekend with tennis star Iga Świątek thrashing Czech Karolina Pliskova to move up in the rankings to be seeded world’s number 10. 

Teen cellist defies all odds to win international music comp

VIDEO: Milena Witkowska from Gdańsk, came first for the cello in her age category (14-16 years) at the Newport Virtuosi competition.

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