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Cezary Kulesza Wins an Award at the 88th Popularity Poll of the Przegląd Sportowy

During the 88th popularity poll of the Przegląd Sportowy, President of the Polish Football Association Cezary Kulesza was awarded a honorable mention for his special activities in the face of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The Super Champion Award was presented to the President by the Minister of Sport and Tourism Kamil Bortniczuk. Let us recall that the Polish national team was supposed to compete against Russia in the Qatar World Cup play-offs, but because of the waged war, the President of the PZPN Cezary Kulesza declared that the match between our national team and the aggressor was impossible. Along with the Polish Football Association, there was also a vote of support from the football federations of Sweden and the Czech Republic.

Szymon Marciniak: After the nomination for the final, emotions ran high

Szymon Marciniak and his refereeing team returned from the World Cup in Qatar after more than a month's stay, and in a meeting with journalists he shared his most important memories from the championships. "Before the final, we sat in a room with Pierluigi Collina, who had a sheet of paper printed with the referees for the World Cup final. The room was filled with the best referees in the world and our names were read out. It's an amazing feeling," said the referee.

A dream final! Argentina the world champion!

Argentina's third world championship has become a reality! Leo Messi and his team defeated France in the final match. The victory of the South American team was determined by penalty kicks. The match was refereed by Szymon Marciniak, who received very good reviews.

Szymon Marciniak to referee the World Cup final!

This is a historic moment for Polish refereeing. The date of 18 December will forever go down in the annals. Szymon Marciniak will be the first Pole to officiate a World Cup final as a chief referee. He will be supported by his line assistants – Paweł Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz. The match between Argentina and France will take place on Sunday at 4:00 p.m.

Under-20: Poland suffers defeat to Romania

In their fourth Elite League match, the Polish national under-20 team lost 0-2 to Romania. Ianis Stoica scored the first goal 16 minutes into the match, while Gabriel Buta brought the score to 2-0 in the second half. The team led by Miłosz Stępiński has collected six points so far by defeating Portugal 3-1 and Italy 1-0.

Summary of the "Startups in the Game" programme

The final gala summed up the pilot edition of the "Startups in the Game" programme called "Road to Qatar". A jury of representatives from the worlds of sport, technology and business selected three winning teams out of the 11 teams that tackled the challenges set by PZPN.