Injured speedway-champion plans to participate in World Championship

Poland's top speedway-racer Tomasz Gollob yesterday underwent surgery to fix a broken collarbone. In spite of this, he hopes to be back on the track on Saturday for the British Grand Prix. The operation has been declared successful, but that does not mean Gollob will be able to race in just three days' time. However, he has to participate in Saturday's event if he wants to keep alive his chances of winning the World Championship, which has eluded him in the past two seasons, when he finished third and second respectively. After three Grand Prix tournaments he is lying fourth in the standings, with three more events to go. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 28) T.J.