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Kiss To Continue As Hungarian Swimming Team’s Coach
- 11 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
László Kiss will continue coaching Hungary’s national swimming team after having initially tendered his resignation following swimming champion Katinka Hosszú’s criticism of the swimming federation. The federation’s head, Tamás Gyárfás, told MTI on Sunday that the stalwart had decided to stay on.
Former Hungarian President To Head EU’s Sports Diplomacy Advisory Group
- 12 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Former Hungarian President and one-time head of the Hungarian Olympic Committee Pál Schmitt has been appointed to lead a high-level group of experts commissioned with evaluating the role of sport in the European Union’s foreign affairs and provide advice on how sport could contribute to reach the EU’s foreign policy goals.
Farewell To Puskás Stadium In Budapest
- 6 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Former football players, athletes, actors and journalists bade farewell to the Puskás Ferenc Stadium, known for decades as the Népstadion (“People’s Stadium”) Monday evening. Most of the structure will be demolished as a new arena is expected to be completed on the site by 2019. A total of 78,000 spectators saw the opening football match at the stadium as the Honvéd team took on Spartak Moscow on ...
Chess: Hungarian Legend Rejects British Master’s Rude Remarks On Women
- 27 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
The world’s most successful female player, now retired, Judit Polgár told Reuters that her career was proof that British chess master Nigel Short was wrong when he claimed women were inferior at the game. Nigel Short has made a bad opening gambit by saying that, insists the former Hungarian grandmaster, who has defeated Short eight times to three. Nigel Short set off a flurry of controversy this ...
Speed Skating World Championships: Hungarian’s Victory Writes History
- 17 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
25-year-old Hungarian ice skater Viktor Knoch has written history by coming first on 500 metres at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, held this year in Eruzum, Turkey. His victory marks both the first World Cup win for Hungary in the sport and the first World Cup medal of his career.
FIDE President: Hungary Could Host Chess Olympiad
- 29 Jan 2015 3:00 AM
- sport
Hungary is a suitable country for hosting a chess world cup or even the Chess Olympiad, President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said.
Promotion Hopefuls Training Hard Through The Winter Break
- 15 Jan 2015 2:35 AM
- sport
This week the professional team braved the cold conditions and started their preparations for the second half of the season. The first competitive NB3 league match will take place on March 1st.
Hungarian National Football Team To Keep Dárdai As Captain
- 14 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- sport
Pál Dárdai’s commission as the coach of the Hungarian national football team is to be lengthened until 30 November 2015 after his club, the German Hertha BSC, let him off until European Championship qualifiers come to an end, the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) announced at an out-of-schedule press conference.
Plans For Ft 100bn Puskás Ferenc Stadium In Budapest Unveiled
- 1 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
“Reconstruction of the Puskás Ferenc Stadium is a national cause. It is of symbolic significance, and its wide-ranging social and economic impacts are extremely positive”, Development Minister Miklós Seszták declared yesterday as the plans for the new facility were presented.
Kiss To Continue As Hungarian Swimming Team’s Coach
- 11 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
László Kiss will continue coaching Hungary’s national swimming team after having initially tendered his resignation following swimming champion Katinka Hosszú’s criticism of the swimming federation. The federation’s head, Tamás Gyárfás, told MTI on Sunday that the stalwart had decided to stay on.
Former Hungarian President To Head EU’s Sports Diplomacy Advisory Group
- 12 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Former Hungarian President and one-time head of the Hungarian Olympic Committee Pál Schmitt has been appointed to lead a high-level group of experts commissioned with evaluating the role of sport in the European Union’s foreign affairs and provide advice on how sport could contribute to reach the EU’s foreign policy goals.
Farewell To Puskás Stadium In Budapest
- 6 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Former football players, athletes, actors and journalists bade farewell to the Puskás Ferenc Stadium, known for decades as the Népstadion (“People’s Stadium”) Monday evening. Most of the structure will be demolished as a new arena is expected to be completed on the site by 2019. A total of 78,000 spectators saw the opening football match at the stadium as the Honvéd team took on Spartak Moscow on ...
Chess: Hungarian Legend Rejects British Master’s Rude Remarks On Women
- 27 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
The world’s most successful female player, now retired, Judit Polgár told Reuters that her career was proof that British chess master Nigel Short was wrong when he claimed women were inferior at the game. Nigel Short has made a bad opening gambit by saying that, insists the former Hungarian grandmaster, who has defeated Short eight times to three. Nigel Short set off a flurry of controversy this ...
Speed Skating World Championships: Hungarian’s Victory Writes History
- 17 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
25-year-old Hungarian ice skater Viktor Knoch has written history by coming first on 500 metres at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships, held this year in Eruzum, Turkey. His victory marks both the first World Cup win for Hungary in the sport and the first World Cup medal of his career.
FIDE President: Hungary Could Host Chess Olympiad
- 29 Jan 2015 3:00 AM
- sport
Hungary is a suitable country for hosting a chess world cup or even the Chess Olympiad, President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Kirsan Ilyumzhinov said.
Promotion Hopefuls Training Hard Through The Winter Break
- 15 Jan 2015 2:35 AM
- sport
This week the professional team braved the cold conditions and started their preparations for the second half of the season. The first competitive NB3 league match will take place on March 1st.
Hungarian National Football Team To Keep Dárdai As Captain
- 14 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- sport
Pál Dárdai’s commission as the coach of the Hungarian national football team is to be lengthened until 30 November 2015 after his club, the German Hertha BSC, let him off until European Championship qualifiers come to an end, the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) announced at an out-of-schedule press conference.
Plans For Ft 100bn Puskás Ferenc Stadium In Budapest Unveiled
- 1 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
“Reconstruction of the Puskás Ferenc Stadium is a national cause. It is of symbolic significance, and its wide-ranging social and economic impacts are extremely positive”, Development Minister Miklós Seszták declared yesterday as the plans for the new facility were presented.