Polish Olympic chief dies in crash

Piotr Nurowski, head of Poland's Olympic Committee, died in the plane crash in Russia which also killed his country's President Lech Kaczynski and other officials, the committee said.

The 65-year-old Nurowski 'was also among the people who were on board the plane', the committee announced in a statement.

Nurowski, Kaczynski and his wife as well as other officials died as their plane crashed during a landing in the western Russian city of Smolensk on Saturday morning.