Police services carried out searches yesterday at the headquarters of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) over suspected irregularities in the deal with Saudi Arabia to host the Super Cup. Seven people had been detained by the afternoon.more

Late-game goal scoring has resulted in the biggest increase in season goals scored in top-flight football in England for almost 100 years. This season the average per match is 3.24 compared to 2.85 in the previous competition.more

Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves has been granted release on bail for €1 million ($1.1m) upon appeal, a court in Barcelona, Spain, announced on Wednesday. Alves, 40, was convicted of sexual assault last month and sentenced to 4½ years in prison, of which he had already served over a year.more

Defending champion Dutchman Max Verstappen, who leads the general classification of the Formula 1 world championship, will fight for his tenth consecutive Grand Prix victory on Sunday in Australia. His Red Bull team is unrivaled for now.more

Dawid Kubacki, Kamil Stoch, Aleksander Zniszczoł, Piotr Żyła and Maciej Kot will perform on the ski jumping hill in Planica at the end of the ski jumping World Cup season. There will be individual competitions on Friday and Sunday, and team competitions on Saturday.more

On Thursday evening, at the representative facility - PGE Narodowy, Polish players will face the Estonians in the semi-finals of the play-offs to advance to this year's European Championship. This band will perform in this arena for the first time.more

Cristiano Ronaldo, Andres Iniesta and Nouredinne Naybet are among the ambassadors of the joint bid of Spain, Portugal and Morocco to organize the FIFA World Cup in 2030.more

Lionel Messi will not feature in the Argentina national team's friendly matches during their tour of the United States due to injury, his parent football federation has announced. The 36-year-old star player suffered the injury last week.more

The captain of the Polish national football team Robert Lewandowski admitted before the barage semi-final against Estonia in Warsaw that he is full of faith in advancing to the European Championships. As he added, he is not thinking about his future in the national team at the moment. "Right now I only have Estonia in my mind" - he stressed.more

Nottingham Forest was yesterday penalised by having four points deducted from the English Premier League football table for breaching the Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR), the league said in a statement.more

Iga Swiatek has strengthened her lead in the world tennis ranking. The Pole increased her lead over second-placed Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka after winning the tournament in Indian Wells. American Coco Gauff remains third. Meanwhile, Hubert Hurkacz has dropped from eighth to ninth place in the world tennis ranking. He is still led by Serbian Novak Djokovic.more

General classification leader Stefan Kraft overtook Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi on the Ski Jumping World Cup payroll after winning the Raw Air series. The Austrian earned more than 356,000 Swiss Francs. After successful performances in Norway, the best of the Poles is Aleksander Zniszczol.more

Robert Lewandowski, Adam Buksa and Kamil Grosicki are three of the 27 players called up by selector Michał Probierz to the national team for the European Championship qualifiers, who scored goals in their clubs' league matches at the weekend. The training camp starts today in Warsawmore

Manchester United beat Liverpool 4:3 at home after extra time and advanced to the semi-finals of the FA Cup. Chelsea, who won 4:2 against Leicester City in London, will also play in this round, although the visitors' goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk defended a penalty kick.more

Iga Swiatek won the final against Greek tennis player Maria Sakkari 6:4, 6:0 and won the prestigious WTA 1000 ranked tournament in California's Indian Wells. The Pole strengthens her lead in the world ranking.more

Aleksander Zniszczoł was seventh, Piotr Żyła 26th, Dawid Kubacki 28th, and Kamil Stoch 30th in Sunday's second World Cup competition on the ski jumping hill in Vikersund. The winner was Austrian Daniel Huber, and the best in the Raw Air series was his compatriot Stefan Kraft.more

Second-placed Bayern Munich won away against last-placed SV Darmstadt 5-2 in the 26th round of the German top football league and is seven points behind Bayer Leverkusen, which will play against Freiburg today. Harry Kane scored his 31st goal of the league season, but was injured.more

Manchester City and lower-ranked Coventry City advanced to the FA Cup semi-finals. "The Citizens", who will appear in this phase for the sixth time in a row, defeated Newcastle United 2-0, and the Championship players unexpectedly won away against Wolverhampton 3-2.more

Iga Swiatek advanced to the final of the WTA 1000-ranked tournament in California's Indian Wells. The number one seeded Polish tennis player defeated Ukraine's Marta Kostiuk (No. 31) 6:2, 6:1. The encounter lasted one hour and nine minutes.more

Poland's women's national team is ranked 29th in the International Federation of Football (FIFA) ranking published yesterday, maintaining its position compared to the previous ranking in December.more

The most interesting events of the football weekend in Europe are scheduled for Sunday. In Spain, Barcelona will face Atletico Madrid away in a match between two Champions League quarter-finalists. In the Italian Premier League, future champion Inter Milan will play against outgoing champion Napoli.more

Jagiellonia Białystok footballers Taras Romanczuk and Dominik Marczuk are among the 27 players called up by Michal Probierz to the Polish national team for the March qualification matches for the European Championships. However, the list does not include, among others, Arkadiusz Milik of Juventus Turin.more

Iga Swiatek has advanced to the semi-finals of the WTA 1000-ranked tournament in California's Indian Wells. The leader of the world tennis ranking defeated Danish player of Polish origin Caroline Wozniacki 6:4, 1:0. Her rival was scratched due to a foot injury. The Pole's next opponent will be Ukrainian Marta Kostiuk.more

Neither the famous judoka Teddy Riner nor the football star Kylian Mbappe will be able to serve as standard-bearers of the French Olympic team during the opening ceremony of the Games in Paris - according to the criteria presented by the local Olympic committee.more

The coach of the Italian football league team Lazio Rome, Maurizio Sarri, has resigned - officially confirmed by the Serie A team. His duties will be taken over by long-time assistant Giovanni Martusciello.more