229 result(s) for olympic sports
PM Orbán Discusses Construction Of The World’s Most Modern Bicycle Velodrome In Budapest
- 9 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Plans to build a velodrome suitable for Olympic cycling races was among the topics discussed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and head of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Brian Cookson on Wednesday.
Hungarian Sailing Association To Organise 170 Competitions This Year
- 3 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
The Hungarian Sailing Association (MVSZ) is to organise close to 170 competitions this year, with the traditional season-opening race on Lake Balaton to be held on 16 May at the town of Balatonfüred on the northern shore, the Association said at its first press conference of the year. The largest Hungarian race, named Kékszalag or “Blue Ribbon”, will be launched for the 47th time on 2 July.
Rio Olympics 2016: Hungary Forecast To Win 17 Medals
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Infostrada Sports, the leading full service sports and media company, has issued a projection which forecasts Hungary to win 17 medals at next year’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to their estimate, the medal table will be lead convincingly by the United States and Hungary will be tenth on the list.
Hungary To Host 2019 Kayak-Canoe World Championship
- 23 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Hungarian sports diplomacy has again achieved a major success after being selected to host the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Hungary is to organise Olympic qualifying kayak-canoe world championships in 2019 for the fourth time after 1998, 2006 and 2011.
Hungary To Host Canoe Marathon World Championships 2015
- 19 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Canoeists from over forty coutries are expected to take part in the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, to take place in the western Hungarian city of Győr between 11 and 13 September. Zsolt Borkai, chairman of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) and Fidesz mayor of the city, said at a press conference on Monday that kayaking and canoeing are among the sports Hungarians are most successful ...
Olympics: Majority Of Population In Support Of Hungarian Bid
- 10 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Sixty per cent of the Hungarian population would support a Hungarian application to organise Summer Olympic and Paraolympic events, a survey carried out a month ago by the pollster Ipsos on a 1000-member sample reveals. 54 per cent of respondents said that the Hungarian capital is capable of hosting the world’s largest sports event within twenty years.
Last Of The Magic Magyars Dies
- 14 Jan 2015 3:00 AM
- sport
Legendary footballer Jenő Buzánszky, the last surviving member of Hungary’s Golden Team of the 1950s, has died at the age of 89. “I am proud to have played in the world’s best football team that everyone has remembered ever since,” he said in an interview given to MTI in May 2011.
“Athletes Of The Year” Elected In Hungary
- 22 Dec 2014 8:01 AM
- sport
World and Olympic champion gymnast Krisztián Berki and world champion swimmer Katinka Hosszú have been elected Hungary’s Athletes of the Year by the country’s sports journalists.
Hungarian Swimmer Hosszú Is Female Athlete Of The Year
- 19 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- sport
Swimmer Katinka Hosszú has been voted Hungary’s female athlete of the year by Hungarian sports journalists. The coach of the year is her American husband, Shane Tusup.
PM Orbán Discusses Construction Of The World’s Most Modern Bicycle Velodrome In Budapest
- 9 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Plans to build a velodrome suitable for Olympic cycling races was among the topics discussed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and head of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Brian Cookson on Wednesday.
Hungarian Sailing Association To Organise 170 Competitions This Year
- 3 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
The Hungarian Sailing Association (MVSZ) is to organise close to 170 competitions this year, with the traditional season-opening race on Lake Balaton to be held on 16 May at the town of Balatonfüred on the northern shore, the Association said at its first press conference of the year. The largest Hungarian race, named Kékszalag or “Blue Ribbon”, will be launched for the 47th time on 2 July.
Rio Olympics 2016: Hungary Forecast To Win 17 Medals
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Infostrada Sports, the leading full service sports and media company, has issued a projection which forecasts Hungary to win 17 medals at next year’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to their estimate, the medal table will be lead convincingly by the United States and Hungary will be tenth on the list.
Hungary To Host 2019 Kayak-Canoe World Championship
- 23 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Hungarian sports diplomacy has again achieved a major success after being selected to host the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Hungary is to organise Olympic qualifying kayak-canoe world championships in 2019 for the fourth time after 1998, 2006 and 2011.
Hungary To Host Canoe Marathon World Championships 2015
- 19 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Canoeists from over forty coutries are expected to take part in the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, to take place in the western Hungarian city of Győr between 11 and 13 September. Zsolt Borkai, chairman of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) and Fidesz mayor of the city, said at a press conference on Monday that kayaking and canoeing are among the sports Hungarians are most successful ...
Olympics: Majority Of Population In Support Of Hungarian Bid
- 10 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Sixty per cent of the Hungarian population would support a Hungarian application to organise Summer Olympic and Paraolympic events, a survey carried out a month ago by the pollster Ipsos on a 1000-member sample reveals. 54 per cent of respondents said that the Hungarian capital is capable of hosting the world’s largest sports event within twenty years.
Last Of The Magic Magyars Dies
- 14 Jan 2015 3:00 AM
- sport
Legendary footballer Jenő Buzánszky, the last surviving member of Hungary’s Golden Team of the 1950s, has died at the age of 89. “I am proud to have played in the world’s best football team that everyone has remembered ever since,” he said in an interview given to MTI in May 2011.
“Athletes Of The Year” Elected In Hungary
- 22 Dec 2014 8:01 AM
- sport
World and Olympic champion gymnast Krisztián Berki and world champion swimmer Katinka Hosszú have been elected Hungary’s Athletes of the Year by the country’s sports journalists.
Hungarian Swimmer Hosszú Is Female Athlete Of The Year
- 19 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- sport
Swimmer Katinka Hosszú has been voted Hungary’s female athlete of the year by Hungarian sports journalists. The coach of the year is her American husband, Shane Tusup.