World Cup draw and Malysz ski-jumping victory enthrall Polish sports fans

Poland found itself in group D in Saturday's World Cup draw, along with South Korea, the U.S. and Portugal. Polish Football Association (PZPN) president Michal Listkiewicz said he believes the national team is capable of defeating all its group opponents to go to the quarterfinals alongside Portugal. To complete Poland's jubilation, ski-jumping World Champion Adam Malysz added another victory to his name in Neustadt on Saturday and took second place on Sunday. Malysz is now leading in the World Cup standings with 360 points, 128 points ahead of Germany's Martin Schmitt. (Gazeta Wyborcza, Sports section, pp. 3, 5) M.T.K.