It's a little late

... but I would be remiss if I didn't congratulate Poland's women's volleyball team on winning the European Championships ... again.

Poland suffers from a seemingly non-existent sports culture - understandably so after Poland's drop off the world sports map once much funding for sports had to be sacrificed after the fall of communism. Sure, there are your hard-core soccer fans, for example, but they're viewed as hooligans. Many Poles participate in sports, but those are individual such as swimming and skiing, and are vacation or hobby activities.

I'm glad to see anything that raises interest in sports here in this country, especially now since Adam Małysz the (not-so) famous Polish ski-jumper, is past his prime.

Congratulations, ladies. I hope there are now more Polish girls out there who will be encouraged to follow your example.