116 result(s) for conference in Sport
Hungary Hails Solidarity Of Sportsmen Who Boycotted 1956 Melbourne Olympics
- 22 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
Speaker of Parliament László Kövér on Monday met Dutch, Swiss and Spanish veteran athletes visiting Budapest who boycotted the 1956 Melbourne Olympics out of solidarity with Hungary due to its crushed anti-Soviet revolution. Hungary has organised programmes to thank the athletes who gave up their dreams after the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland withdrew in protest against the Soviet presence ...
Ambassadors Appointed To Promote Budapest’s Bid To Host 2024 Olympics
- 8 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
Nine ambassadors appointed to promote Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics in Hungary and abroad were presented at a press conference.
European Table Tennis Championships Held In Hungary
- 19 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The 2016 European Table Tennis Championships officially got under way in Budapest with the event’s opening ceremony at the Tuskecsarnok arena on Tuesday evening. Miklós Stocker, the secretary-general of the Hungarian Table Tennis Federation (MOATSZ) and the event’s tournament director, told a press conference before the opening ceremony that it was “huge” for Hungary to be hosting the ...
Brazilian Football Icon Ronaldinho Arrives In Budapest To Promote Hungarian Sport Invention “Teqball”
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Former FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain superstar Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, known as Ronaldinho, has arrived in Hungary to become the brand ambassador of a new sport game developed by a Hungarian company.
Official: Budapest Plans Compact, ‘Manageable’ Olympics
- 18 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Taking its cue from the International Olympic Committee’s Agenda 2020 programme targeting mediumsize cities, Budapest plans to host a compact and manageable Olympics with a human face. “Budapest does have a chance. We are proud of participating in this competition and we intend to win it,” Balázs Fürjes, the Hungarian government official in charge of Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Games, told a ...
Hungarian Kayak Champion Kovács Retires
- 1 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Three-time Olympic and 31-time world kayak champion Katalin Kovács announced her retirement from competitive sport on Friday. Fighting back tears, Kovács told a press conference that, as she had failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics, she made it clear to herself and her daughter that her family is now the top priority in her heart.
Olympics Is The Guarantee For Realization Of City Development Plans
- 26 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The organization of the games is the guarantee for the realization of the Budapest city development plans, said Balázs Fürjes, Government Commissioner for Hungary's Olympic Bid at the conference on the impacts of the application and a possible organization of the games. Mayor István Tarlós has emphasized during the discussions that from his viewpoint as the mayor, the idea of Budapest Olympics ...
New Sports Hall For Felcsút
- 8 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
A luxury sports hall will be built in Felcsút, the birthplace of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the weekly Figyelõ reports. The town of 1,700 already has a Ft 3.5 billion football stadium with more seats than the town has residents, and a nearly Ft 1 billion narrow-gauge railway that is reportedly under investigation by the EU anti-fraud body OLAF.
Budapest To Host ATP, WTA Tournaments In 2017
- 4 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Budapest will host the ATP and WTA tennis tournaments in 2017, Lajos Szűcs, the president of the Hungarian Tennis Federation MTSZ, announced. This is the first time that Hungary is hosting an ATP tournament, Attila Richter, the secretary general of MTSZ, told a press conference.
Hungary Hails Solidarity Of Sportsmen Who Boycotted 1956 Melbourne Olympics
- 22 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
Speaker of Parliament László Kövér on Monday met Dutch, Swiss and Spanish veteran athletes visiting Budapest who boycotted the 1956 Melbourne Olympics out of solidarity with Hungary due to its crushed anti-Soviet revolution. Hungary has organised programmes to thank the athletes who gave up their dreams after the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland withdrew in protest against the Soviet presence ...
Ambassadors Appointed To Promote Budapest’s Bid To Host 2024 Olympics
- 8 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
Nine ambassadors appointed to promote Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics in Hungary and abroad were presented at a press conference.
European Table Tennis Championships Held In Hungary
- 19 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The 2016 European Table Tennis Championships officially got under way in Budapest with the event’s opening ceremony at the Tuskecsarnok arena on Tuesday evening. Miklós Stocker, the secretary-general of the Hungarian Table Tennis Federation (MOATSZ) and the event’s tournament director, told a press conference before the opening ceremony that it was “huge” for Hungary to be hosting the ...
Brazilian Football Icon Ronaldinho Arrives In Budapest To Promote Hungarian Sport Invention “Teqball”
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Former FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain superstar Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, known as Ronaldinho, has arrived in Hungary to become the brand ambassador of a new sport game developed by a Hungarian company.
Official: Budapest Plans Compact, ‘Manageable’ Olympics
- 18 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Taking its cue from the International Olympic Committee’s Agenda 2020 programme targeting mediumsize cities, Budapest plans to host a compact and manageable Olympics with a human face. “Budapest does have a chance. We are proud of participating in this competition and we intend to win it,” Balázs Fürjes, the Hungarian government official in charge of Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Games, told a ...
Hungarian Kayak Champion Kovács Retires
- 1 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Three-time Olympic and 31-time world kayak champion Katalin Kovács announced her retirement from competitive sport on Friday. Fighting back tears, Kovács told a press conference that, as she had failed to qualify for the Rio Olympics, she made it clear to herself and her daughter that her family is now the top priority in her heart.
Olympics Is The Guarantee For Realization Of City Development Plans
- 26 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The organization of the games is the guarantee for the realization of the Budapest city development plans, said Balázs Fürjes, Government Commissioner for Hungary's Olympic Bid at the conference on the impacts of the application and a possible organization of the games. Mayor István Tarlós has emphasized during the discussions that from his viewpoint as the mayor, the idea of Budapest Olympics ...
New Sports Hall For Felcsút
- 8 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
A luxury sports hall will be built in Felcsút, the birthplace of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the weekly Figyelõ reports. The town of 1,700 already has a Ft 3.5 billion football stadium with more seats than the town has residents, and a nearly Ft 1 billion narrow-gauge railway that is reportedly under investigation by the EU anti-fraud body OLAF.
Budapest To Host ATP, WTA Tournaments In 2017
- 4 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Budapest will host the ATP and WTA tennis tournaments in 2017, Lajos Szűcs, the president of the Hungarian Tennis Federation MTSZ, announced. This is the first time that Hungary is hosting an ATP tournament, Attila Richter, the secretary general of MTSZ, told a press conference.