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POZNAN, April 24, 2026 - With 8311 fans attending the Women’s Polish Cup semifinal, a new attendance record for Polish club women’s football has been set. This marks a new milestone in the development of women’s football in the country. RECORD NIGHT AT CITY STADIUM The bar for the record was not set very high with 4474 fans attending the last matchday of 2024/2025 league season when GKS Katowice celebrated the title at the newly built Arena Katowice (also set to host this yea

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have signed an agreement regarding the transfer of shooting Para sport’s governance and operations from the IPC to the ISSF. Currently shooting Para sport is administered by World Shooting Para Sport, a department of the IPC. A unified vision for our sport The agreement represents the first formal step towards unifying Olympic and Paralympic shooting sport and aims to: • Establ

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has received a donation of nearly EUR 40,000 from the Tokyo-based Nippon Foundation Para Sports Support Center to support the production of classification education resources. Over the past few years, as part of its commitment to improving the understanding of classification within the Paralympic Movement, the IPC launched and continued developing an online Classification Fundamentals Course featuring high-quality illustrations of

Madrid played host to a spectacular celebration of global sport as the 2026 Laureus World Sports Awards were unveiled amid a dazzling red carpet and worldwide attention. Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka were crowned World Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, emerging as the brightest stars of the evening. Alcaraz earned the men’s top honor following a dominant season that saw him capture both the French Open and US Open titles and return to World No. 1. He also became one

The China Open will return to the World Snooker Tour from August 8 to 16, 2026, in Taiyuan, Shanxi, marking the tournament’s first staging since 2019. The event is jointly organized by the World Snooker Tour (WST), the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association, the Shanxi Provincial Sports Bureau, the Taiyuan Municipal Government, and other partners. With a total prize fund of £1.2 million, the tournament will feature a significant upgrade in both scale and profile. A total o

Today, April 23, marks World Table Tennis Day, with celebrations taking place across the globe under the theme “Health and Well-being.” This year once again highlights the unique nature of table tennis as a truly inclusive sport: it does not rely on physical confrontation, but instead connects people of all ages, genders, and cultural backgrounds through reaction, rhythm, and focus. From community halls to school programs, from casual matches to structured training sessions,.