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Polish handball team wins against Uruguay in Egypt

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Poland beat Uruguay 30:16 (14: 9) in the first match of the second round of the handball world championship in Egypt.

Blind footballers from Wrocław are WORLD CHAMPS after spectacular performance at Blind Football Championships

Blind football is a variation of the regular game with each team having five players and ball which rattles or makes a jingling sound. All players are either fully or partially blind.

Piece of cake! Bydgoszcz gal wins world championships in cake design with patriotic theme

Jowita Woszczyńska’s winning cake, packed with intricate detail and boasting small human figurines, was inspired by, and reflected, Polish history and culture.

Paweł Fajdek wins hammer throw gold for Poland

Poland's Paweł Fajdek won hammer gold with a throw of 80.50m at IAAF World Athletics Championships, Doha 2019, Qatar on Wednesday.

Poland's Lisek wins bronze in pole vault at IAAF World Championships

Poland's Piotr Lisek came third in the IAAF World Championships Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. The United States' Sam Kendricks defended his world champion title and Sweden's Armand Duplantis came second.

Teen sends fans snooker loopy with record-breaking world championship win

Considered to be the most talented player of Poland’s younger generation, Antoni Kowalski swept through his first five matches conceding just one frame before potting his way in to the history books with his 4-2 win at the event in the Siberian city of Tyumen.

Well done, boys! Kubacki and Stoch get silver AND gold!

The 'Flying Squad' do Poland proud at skiing World Championships.

Fingers crossed: Despite a poor season Polish swimmers holding on at World Championship in China

A surprise that bodes well for the upcoming races came from Jan Świtkowski, who set a new record for Poland during the 200m medley with the time of 1:53:60.

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Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

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Exclusive

‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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