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In Brief: Wisla-Lazio match cancelled; Malysz; K2 climb aborted

UEFA delegate Trygve Bornoe decided to postpone yesterday's match between W isla and Lazio until March 4 or 5. In his opinion, the football pitch in Kr akow was still too frozen and dangerous for the players. Wisla's president Bogdan Basalaj and the team's enraged coach Henryk Kasperczak claimed that the match could have taken place. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) ... Champion ski jumper Adam Malysz is a certain favorite in the second individual ski-jump competition in the world championships in Predazzo. Malysz's jump of 105 me ters in yesterday's qualifier was the longest. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) ... The leader of the K-2 expedition Krzystof Wielicki has decided the climb mu st be aborted. He believes that the attempt to reach the K-2 peak in the cu rrent weather conditions would be irresponsible as only himself and another Himalaist, Denis Urubko, are capable of enduring such harsh conditions. (Rz eczpospolita, p. A1) A.Z.

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