Inside Polish Sports

Majka Narodowa

On May 16th Maja Chwalińska left her twenty-five-square-meter flat in Bielsko-Biała simply wanting to survive in Paris and make the French Open main draw. Her manager simply wanted her to make the second or even third round. 23 days later she returned to Poland a national hero and having not just survived and conquered the courts and her opponents to forever write her script into Tennis and Polish sporting histories. Her runner-up finish is not just her personal triumph, but of all who have supported her and also a notice to us all that we can't let her down twice after her depression struggles. Also I'll talk about how it should be a rallying cry for us to finally support our individual talents mentally and not just physically.

1978 World Cup Retrospective

In Part 2 of our World Cup retrospective we will take a deeper look on what could've been a golden three-headed hydra of Boniek, Deyna and Lubański destroying everyone in 1978. Instead Jacek Gmoch wanted to sacrifice Pan Włodek in his one and only tournament for the young Boniek which then lead to a fateful situation when Boniek suggested to Deyna that he should take the penalty against Argentina. My heart breaks thinking about just how different history would've been then................

1974 World Cup Retrospective

In Part 1 of our four-part lookback at the World Cups during Polish Football's golden era we will reminisce on the summer when Kazimierz Górski's Eagles announced themselves to the footballing world in incredible fashion by beating the likes of Argentina, Italy and even Brazil and finishing as the third best team on the planet. If only it didn't rain dragons and elephants in Frankfurt when we played the Germans..........(angry face emoji).

Maja the Butterfly

Maja Chwalińska is knocking out her French Open opponents just like Ali was hooking Sonny Liston! The Dąbrowa Górnicza native is on the lips of the whole Tennis world after going from 113th in the rankings to at least 49th after reaching the quarterfinals. It truly makes all of her prior struggles worth it and even Aryna Sabalenka herself says that she could go up the rankings as high as one could imagine. Who knows if she'll face her in the semis, because as we found out her style is a problem for everyone and is something that the clay courts haven't seen at all in the post-Nadal era. Also, Iga's struggles continue as she loses to Marta Kostyuk, Fenerbahce's potential new chairman wants to make a run at Lewy, the national team loses a friendly(but don't sack Jan Urban yet!), Wieczysta makes it three in bed for Kraków in the Ekstraklasa and not even Rivaldo and Del Piero can save Michał Probierz from losing against Adam Nawałka's own legends team! Marta Kostyuk's Polish coach: https://sandrazaniewska.substack.com/

Pow-Jor!

Our Footballing Batwoman Ewa Pajor has finally shaken off her doubts and ghosts and has conquered the Gotham Clock Tower of the Women's Champions League after five previous final losses. Even though Barca Feminina has two women who won the Ballon d'Or each of the previous five years(Putellas and Bonmati), Ewa's two goals and assist in the 4-0 drubbing of Lyon on Saturday pretty much assures her spot on the podium of this year's vote. If only the national team doesn't let her down and she carries them to next year's World Cup in Brazil..........! Also, Lukas Podolski retires as player and debuts as owner of UCL qualifiers Górnik Zabrze, Matty Cash wins the Europa League with Aston Villa, Lewy is courted from both Chicago and Saudi and why the French Open should relent and give the players(especially losers in earlier rounds) a bigger slice of the revenue share.