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Poland / Euro 2012: cash, not glory
For Poland, hosting this year’s European football championships was always much more about cash than sporting glory – and the country’s incompetent national side, which exited the tournament with no wins – showed that was a sensible approach. Continue reading
Trial opens in Polish football corruption case
A trial of dozens of football officials and players charged with fixing Polish league games opened on Wednesday in Wroclaw.
Meanwhile, the new board of the Polish Football Association held its first session in Warsaw, amid hopes that its new president, player great Zbigniew Boniek, will herald a corruption-free era. Continue reading
Polish PM spares minister over stadium debacle
Poland’s premier spared his sports minister on Wednesday over the postponement of a World Cup qualifier with England, saying she was not directly liable for the failure to close the roof ahead of heavy rain. Continue reading
Poland reviewing rain-delayed qualifier
The Polish government has begun an inquiry into the embarrassing delay of this week’s Poland-England World Cup qualifier because the open stadium roof allowed rain to waterlog the field. Continue reading
England still exorcising old Polish ghosts as they slip up in slippers
Roy Hodgson’s team played as if in dressing gowns and seemed haunted by past setbacks for Alf Ramsey and Graham Taylor
After watching their dishevelled 1-1 draw in Poland on Wednesday it was even harder to believe that there used to be a time when hardly anyone imagined that England would fail to qualify for a World Cup. Such things simply did not happen. Continue reading
England and Poland fans furious at Polish FA for leaving pitch open to elements
England’s World Cup qualifier against Poland descended into farce yesterday after the Polish FA (PZPN) ignored weather forecasts and left the roof of the stadium open, with a five-hour pre-match deluge forcing a postponement of last night’s match until 4pm UK time today. Continue reading
Poland face ridicule after England game postponed
Farce followed heavy rain in descending on Warsaw on Tuesday as Poland’s World Cup Group H qualifier against England was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch after officials failed to close the national stadium’s roof. Continue reading
Poland v England: five of their best previous encounters
Telegraph Sport recalls five of the most memorable games between England and Poland ahead of Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier in Warsaw. Continue reading
Clash of icons looms for control of Polish FA
Ex-international Zbigniew Boniek is to run for the post of boss of Poland’s football association, allies say, setting up the prospect of a new clash of the icons with embattled incumbent and fellow former star Grzegorz Lato.
Boniek announced his plans at a closed-door meeting of Polish regional football chiefs, Poland’s PAP news agency reported. Continue reading
Euro 2012: goal against Russia could mean world of difference off the pitch to Poland
When, midway through Tuesday night’s match, the Polish captain, Jakub Blaszczykowski, controlled the ball, strode forward a couple of yards and, from well outside the penalty area, struck a magnificent, unstoppable hammer of a shot that fizzed into the top corner of the Russian net, the response around me in the centre of Sopot was not immediate. Continue reading
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How I Write My Historical Novels
Canadian-Polish author Eva Stachniak is revealing how she worked on her bestselling novel "The Winter Palace". Więcej
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Johanna Kern’s fantasy world (LISTEN to our interview with Johanna Kern)
Johanna Kern, a Canadian of Polish descent, first began her career as a professional actress in Europe, and moved to…
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Newsfeed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
We are pleased to offer an official newsfeed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland: Ministry of…
