Hopes of Gold

25th January 2008

Poland as a country is nothing short of desperate for sporting success to prop up its national ego, and there’s finally the feeling over the last few months that it has begun to get at least some of it.

Poland as a country is nothing short of desperate for sporting success to prop up its national ego, and there’s finally the feeling over the last few months that it has begun to get at least some of it. Gold medals at the world swimming championships, a generation of goalkeepers who pack British football’s upper echelons, a powerful and (let’s just say it) sexy women’s volleyball team, silver at the world handball championships or a deserved advance to Euro 2008 later this year. Hea ...