111 result(s) for former in Sport
A Game Of Water Polo Against Ádám Steinmetz In The Vodafone Arena
- 28 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
In the true spirit of the European Championship, the Vodafone Firsts team faced off with former and current national team members in the Vodafone Arena in the run-up to the men’s final. The game made one of 14-your-old Benedek Varga’s most cherished dreams come true.
Hungarian Natural Horsemanship Guru Says Horses Deserve Better
- 22 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
“Horse whisperer” - that's the moniker used of trainers who can develop a special rapport with horses by their presence, words and body language. Gyula Mészáros doesn't use that term and yet he is Hungary's best known horse whisperer.
Hungarian Water Polo Team Starts Well In Fina Water Polo World League’s Superfinals
- 18 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
The Hungarian national water polo team is participating in Fina Water Polo World League’s superfinals being organised in Dubai. Hungary is in the same group with Canada, the USA and Australia. Following the first two days Hungary has bagged two victories.
Puskás Academy Stadium Inaugurated In Hungary
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
The Pancho Arena of the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy in the village of Felcsút was inaugurated on Monday. The stadium located in the village near Budapest where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán owns a cottage, and built at a cost of 3.8 billion forints (EUR 12.4m), meets the UEFA 2 standards, making it suitable to host play-off rounds and matches between national teams.
IFL Would Like To Extend Contacts And Friendship With Hungary
- 11 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- sport
The International Friendship League (IFL) was formed in England in 1931 to promote friendship through visits and exchanges mainly in Europe in the hope of developing more peaceful relationships between peoples many of whom were former enemies. IFL is a voluntary organisation with no political or religious affiliations and we support various charitable organisations around the world. Since 1931 ...
Hungary Boxer Erdei Wins WBBO European Champion Match
- 10 Mar 2014 8:10 AM
- sport
The Hungarian boxer Zsolt Erdei beat the Georgian Shalva Jomardashvili in a match for the WBO European Champion title in Kecskemét. The 39-year-old Erdei announced his retirement from competition after the match.
Four Nations Hockey Tournament At Ice Palace in Budapest
- 8 Nov 2013 11:58 AM
- sport
For the first time since the World Championships this past April the national team will be back on the ice. Team Hungary will be playing the national teams of Poland on Friday, Romania on Saturday, and Ukraine on Sunday on the weekend of November 8-10 at the Ice Palace in Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Football’s Role In Politics In Hungary
- 21 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
A liberal writer describes Viktor Orbán’s interest in and support for Hungarian football as symbolic elements of a mafia-style leadership, while a libertarian commentator thinks the Premier sincerely believes that his favourite game is an essential part of nation-building which was destroyed by the Communists. A conservative columnist writes that liberal commentators try to discredit Orbán’s ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán On Football
- 4 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
This morning I read a lengthy interview with Viktor Orbán on the Ferenc Puskás Academy’s website. Several newspapers summarized the prime minister’s thoughts on the state of Hungarian football. The historian Gábor Egry, whom readers of Hungarian Spectrum know from his occasional comments, wrote on Facebook about this interview: “Compulsory reading. Really. Everything one ought to and must know ...
A Game Of Water Polo Against Ádám Steinmetz In The Vodafone Arena
- 28 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
In the true spirit of the European Championship, the Vodafone Firsts team faced off with former and current national team members in the Vodafone Arena in the run-up to the men’s final. The game made one of 14-your-old Benedek Varga’s most cherished dreams come true.
Hungarian Natural Horsemanship Guru Says Horses Deserve Better
- 22 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
“Horse whisperer” - that's the moniker used of trainers who can develop a special rapport with horses by their presence, words and body language. Gyula Mészáros doesn't use that term and yet he is Hungary's best known horse whisperer.
Hungarian Water Polo Team Starts Well In Fina Water Polo World League’s Superfinals
- 18 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
The Hungarian national water polo team is participating in Fina Water Polo World League’s superfinals being organised in Dubai. Hungary is in the same group with Canada, the USA and Australia. Following the first two days Hungary has bagged two victories.
Puskás Academy Stadium Inaugurated In Hungary
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
The Pancho Arena of the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy in the village of Felcsút was inaugurated on Monday. The stadium located in the village near Budapest where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán owns a cottage, and built at a cost of 3.8 billion forints (EUR 12.4m), meets the UEFA 2 standards, making it suitable to host play-off rounds and matches between national teams.
IFL Would Like To Extend Contacts And Friendship With Hungary
- 11 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- sport
The International Friendship League (IFL) was formed in England in 1931 to promote friendship through visits and exchanges mainly in Europe in the hope of developing more peaceful relationships between peoples many of whom were former enemies. IFL is a voluntary organisation with no political or religious affiliations and we support various charitable organisations around the world. Since 1931 ...
Hungary Boxer Erdei Wins WBBO European Champion Match
- 10 Mar 2014 8:10 AM
- sport
The Hungarian boxer Zsolt Erdei beat the Georgian Shalva Jomardashvili in a match for the WBO European Champion title in Kecskemét. The 39-year-old Erdei announced his retirement from competition after the match.
Four Nations Hockey Tournament At Ice Palace in Budapest
- 8 Nov 2013 11:58 AM
- sport
For the first time since the World Championships this past April the national team will be back on the ice. Team Hungary will be playing the national teams of Poland on Friday, Romania on Saturday, and Ukraine on Sunday on the weekend of November 8-10 at the Ice Palace in Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Football’s Role In Politics In Hungary
- 21 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
A liberal writer describes Viktor Orbán’s interest in and support for Hungarian football as symbolic elements of a mafia-style leadership, while a libertarian commentator thinks the Premier sincerely believes that his favourite game is an essential part of nation-building which was destroyed by the Communists. A conservative columnist writes that liberal commentators try to discredit Orbán’s ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán On Football
- 4 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
This morning I read a lengthy interview with Viktor Orbán on the Ferenc Puskás Academy’s website. Several newspapers summarized the prime minister’s thoughts on the state of Hungarian football. The historian Gábor Egry, whom readers of Hungarian Spectrum know from his occasional comments, wrote on Facebook about this interview: “Compulsory reading. Really. Everything one ought to and must know ...