Inside Polish Sports

On this historical lookback, we remember perhaps the most important Polish Olympic gold medal ever. The moment itself only lasted for a split second and came to the man who did it spontaneously, but its power and symbolism travelled far beyond the walls of Luzniki Stadium in Moscow.

Just 15 days after Władysław Kozakiewicz broke the world Pole Vault record and showed the Russian fans where to stick it, the Gdańsk Shipyard workers, ...

Irish Dave is back with me for our weekly review. You would hope that I will be most excited with our World Cup qualifying wins over Lithuania and Malta(held last night after our Sunday morning recording), but then you remember: It's only Lithuania and Malta...........and we almost dropped points in the first one..............and our 36-year old star striker bailed us out which we will deeply miss when his career is done.

Whilst Le...

In this historical lookback(no pun intended), we take a look at the man who first made Poles fall in love with Tennis and without whom my own mother wouldn't right now be an Iga Świątek groupie.

Wojciech Fibak is a renaissance man in more ways than one, a skillful and fluent player on the court and outside of it, one of Poland's best known art dealers. He was a Grand Slam champion in doubles, a Top 10 player in singles, won 67 care...

Irish Dave is back with me for our weekly(monthly?) review of the big topics in Polish Sports.

Whilst Barcelona are today in mourning following the sudden death of first team doctor Carles Minarro Garcia, they are in by far the best position since Messi left; leading the LaLiga, having gone 16 matches without defeat and last Wednesday Wojciech Szczęsny rolled back the years with a dominant clean sheet vs Benfica in the Champions Le...

In Part 2 of this story I will talk about the last 15 years of Andrzej Gołota's professional career. There is an consistent thread through that time period, because every time it seemed that he had ran out of road or could not redeem himself, he proved you wrong.

Whether it was after losing to Michael Grant and quitting against Mike Tyson, the assault charges in Sopot, being robbed against Chris Byrd and John Ruiz, losing in 53 sec...

Hide behind the Foul Poles everyone! Because this is part 1 of a two-part story of Poland's best known pugilist export. The man who when toe to toe, sometimes too literally, with some of the all time great heavyweights. Even despite his flaws, we Poles will always have a special affection for "Andrew".

This is Andrzej Gołota, from his Olympic exploits in Seoul, through his first bout with the law and emigration to Chicago to domina...

Irish Dave is back for a recap of the major stories in Polish Sports.

Since we last talked Iga Świątek had her run in the Australian Open ended by the eventual champion, Madison Keys. Considering the personal crisis she experienced in recent months, a semi should be considered a massive success. Also don't ever call Melbourne the "happy slam", because how can Tennis players be happy in those temperatures thousands of miles from Eur...

This week we take a look back at Polish Football's greatest ever night 52 years ago beneath the Twin Towers of the old Wembley. It was when Kazimierz Górski's Eagles led by Brian Clough's favourite clown Jan Tomaszewski put the Three Lions on their tails and started a decade of glorious success. Ever since we have dreamt of emulating that night and tried unsuccessfully to repeat it.

This is the story of how Poland qualified for its...

Join me and Irish Dave for our weekly round-up of all the hottest stories in Polish Sports

This week Robert Lewandowski is staring father time in the face and we discuss whether he should return to Poland for his last dance.

Iga Świątek may be dominating her opponents in the Australian Open, but has her legacy forever been tainted by her doping suspension? Will we ever hear the full story?

We then dive into a discussion about the P...

Welcome everyone to the world's first English-language podcast about the madness that is Polish Sports!

This is where you will find not just the latest news and views on our athletes, but also a historical perspective on why our sporting culture is unlike any other.

Perhaps the most novel of those historical tidbits is one about a pint-sized carpenter from Wisła who at the dawn of the millennium started to dominate Ski Jumping at a...