Jan Błachowicz was the first Polish competitor to win the championship belt of the prestigious Ultimate Fighting Championship in mixed martial arts.more
Julia Kowalczyk (cat. 57 kg) after winning by ippon with the Bulgarian Iwelina Ilawa won the bronze medal at the World Championships in judo. Today in Tokyo, the Polish representative triumphed in five out of six fights.more
"For the first time in the world, the Mixed Martial Arts gala will take place underground - on October 26 in the salt mine in Wieliczka" - said martial arts promoter Tomasz Babiloński, who organized boxing matches there over the last decade.more
The last year was a great success for the ASSA aerobatic team Aleksandra Aleksandra Kowalczuk, who won gold medal of the European championships. Now the fight for qualifying for the Olympic Games in Tokyo begins, although not the participation itself, but the medal is its goal.more
The greatest success in the history of their activity was achieved by Traditional Karate-Do players of the Federation of Great Britain, taking top places, including gold medals, during this year's World Championship and World Cup Children in Traditional Karate, which took place October 23-28, 2018, in St John's, Canada.more
Twelve medals - two gold, three silver and seven bronze - were won by representatives of Poland in the Astana World Karate Kyokushin Championships finished yesterday. Aleksandra Karpuk twice stood on the highest step of the podium.more
Katarzyna Krawczyk (Cement Gryf Chełm) won in the morning wrestling series of the World Championships in Budapest, two fights in the weight of 53 kg and advanced to the evening semi-final. The Polish rival in the semi-final will be Haruna Okuno (Japan).more
Polish athlets won the silver medal in the team tournament of the fencing European Championships in Novi Sad. In the final they lost to the French 40:41. The match was settled in an extra minute.more
In the record-breaking cast - with 205 fencers from 40 countries, including 20 Poles - the 63st edition of the "O Saber Wołodyjowskiego" tournament, the oldest event in the World Cup calendar, will be held in Warsaw on the weekend.more
Piotr Kuczera (Kejza Team Rybnik) won in Sofia competition in the weight of 90 kg of the World Cup in judo competition. In the decisive duel, he defeated Li Kochman from Israel by ippon.more
As many as 22 medals, including eight gold, won the representatives of Poland in the world championship in ju-jitsu in Bogota. White-reds became the best team in the world for the third time in a row.more
The breakthrough of October and November was for the Traditional Karate-Do Federation of Great Britain, the first federation of martial arts in the UK with Polish roots. The autumn season has been dominated by two top international events.more
Poland's most prolific sabbatical champion, Alexander Socha, resumed training after the maternity break, he stresses, almost exclusively for the fifth time in the Olympic Games. "I can not imagine that I could miss it in Tokyo" - she admitted.more
Agata Ozdoba won in Budapest the bronze medal of the world judo in 63 kg category. In the fight for the third place Polka defeated (waza-ari) born in Bełchatów German Martyna Trajdos.more
Agata Ozdoba (63 kg) lost after extra time with the Vice-Champion of the Games in Rio de Janeiro French Clarisse Agbegnenou in the semi-finals of the judo world in Budapest. In the fight for the bronze medal the Polish rival will be Martyna Trajdos, born in Bełchatów, Germany.more
Polish bronze medalists Julia Walczyk (all UAM Poznan, AZS UAM) and Martyna Jelińska (WSB Toruń, TKS-T Budowlani Toruń) won the bronze medal of the 29th Summer Universiade in Taipei. In the decisive match Poles beat Hungary 45:31more
Polish legends in the composition of Aleksander Zamachowska, Kamila Pytka, Barbara Rutz and Martyna Swatowska won the bronze medal of the 29th Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan. In the decisive match the Poles beat the French 45:36.more
The Polish fencing team won the bronze medal of the FIFA World Fencing Championships in Leipzig. In the decisive game the red and white team defeated South Korea 33:28.more
Olympic champion 1992 Miriam Blasco married British Nicola Fairbrother, with whom she competed in the finals of the Barcelona Games. The contestants' marriage has been around for a year and a half, but has only recently announced this to the public.more
Joanna Jedrzejczyk recorded her fifth UFC title defense Saturday, inside the same building in which she won the belt two years ago. Jedrzejczyk's performance was nothing short of masterful, as the Polish titleholder cruised to a unanimous decision over the heavy-hitting Jessica Andrade. more
A Chinese entrepreneur is offering a reward of $1.45m to anyone prepared to take on a top class fighter. It's the latest twist in the social media whirlwind surrounding one very brief but significant fight, as the BBC's Yashan Zhao explains.more
Four different nations captured the gold medals the second day in Rome. The opening matches in the final block of the European Open was the U81kg category, where Italy had greatest opportunity to medal, but both Matteo Marconcini, and earlier Antonio Esposito, lost.more
HE'S most remembered for the oily, buffed-up body that set tongues wagging at Rio 2016, but now Tongan Pita Taufatofua plans to make a name for himself on an entirely different playing field.more
The first ever Austrian Olympic gold medalist in judo Peter Seisenbacher heard the allegation of abuse of underage girls. 56-year-old man now faces up to 10 years in prison.more
