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After winning the US Open, Iga Świątek strengthened her leadership in the WTA rankings. The 21-year-old Polish tennis player currently has 10,365 points, more than double Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, whom she beat in the final.
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US Open winner Carlos Alcaraz has become the leader of the ATP tennis player rankings for the first time. Second place in the ranking is occupied by the Norwegian Casper Ruud, beaten by a young Spaniard in the final of the Grand Slam event. Hubert Hurkacz retains 10th place.
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Polish football team coach Czesław Michniewicz has named three starters for September’s Nations League games with the Netherlands and Wales – Jakub Piotrowski (Łudogorec Razgrad), Michał Skóras (Lech Poznań) and Mateusz Łęgowski (Pogon Szczecin).
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Katarzyna Kawa has qualified for the second round of the WTA tournament in Chennai, India. On Monday, the Polish tennis player beat Australian Astra Sharma 6:4, 6:3. Her next rival will be seventh-seeded Canadian Rebecca Marino.
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Hervé Renard, coach of the Saudi national team, has given the names of 26 players for the training camp in Spain. Poland’s World Cup rivals Poland on September 23 will play a friendly against Ecuador, and four days later against the United States.
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Italy completely dominated the junior and senior international volleyball competitions this year. Italy won the European Championships in each junior and junior age category, adding to the senior world championship.
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Five Polish representatives trained Monday afternoon in Berlin ahead of Wednesday’s game of the quarter-finals of the basketball championship with Slovenia. “We have set a milestone, but we want another win,” Michał Michalak told PAP.
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Tuesday’s Champions League Group C 2nd round match between Bayern and Barcelona in Munich will be special for Robert Lewandowski – guest coach Xavi Hernandez has rated. The Pole was a footballer of the German champion, and in the summer he joined the “Duma of Catalonia”.
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Tadej Pogacar, winner of the Montreal Grand Prix on Sunday, will lead the Slovenian national team at the World Cycling Championships in Wollongong, Australia. On the starting line, Jonas Vingaard, who will be a Slovenian in the Tour de France, will not be present.
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Due to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, scheduled for September 19, there will not be three matches in the next round of the English Premier League. Among other things, the success of the 8th round of Chelsea London – Liverpool matches.
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