Poland

An international hockey event set for New Delhi in December has been moved out of India because of security concerns.

European soccer giants Barcelona have taken out an insurance policy against being eliminated from the Champions League competition.

Legia Warsaw, one of Poland's top soccer clubs, may become the first soccer team in post-communist eastern Europe to go public, its majority owner said yesterday.

The Extreme Sports Channel has extended its coverage beyond Europe after it signed a deal with pay-TV platform Showtime in the Middle East and Africa.

Satellite TV interests in Poland are expected to merge in order to accelerate profitability in eastern Europe's strongest television market.

UEFA has formed a special security taskforce with the power to postpone matches at a moment's notice in the face of possible military strikes.

The president and other officials of the International Boxing Federation have been indicted for bribery, charged with selling rankings to boxers over the past 14 years for as much as $100,000.

Warsaw is ready to campaign for the 2016 Summer Olympics - more than seven years before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) starts considering official bids.

Poland's Soccer Federation (PZPN) may have to declare bankruptcy or withdraw teams from European competition if it is forced to pay the $3.5 million it owes in unpaid taxes, PZPN chief Michal Listkiewicz has said.

The IOC has annunced an autumn programme of evaluation visits to cities hoping to stage the 2006 Winter Olympics.

World Cycling Limited (WCL) and the Polish Cycling Federation have announced the founding of the Solidarity Cup, an international friendship series consisting of two major cycling events in Poland and the United States.

Polish soccer is in crisis after being ruled by an ageing, incompetent and scandal-prone clique which has failed to grasp free market realities since communism fell in 1989, the sports minister has said.

A FIFA delegation in Poland is resolving a two-month stand-off between the government and Polish football authorities that threatens the country's involvement in international competition.

The Polish Football Association (PZPN) has said that FIFA intervention had failed to resolve a dispute with the government which could see Poland barred from international competition.

The Polish Sports Ministry has welcomed a proposal by the country's top soccer clubs to stave off the threat of an international ban.

Polish soccer clubs vowed on Monday to continue a domestic strike until the resignation of a federation head at the centre of a stand-off with the government.