Sports - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com Monthly in print | Daily on the web Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:56:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dteurope.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-dt_favicon-32x32.png Sports - Diplomacy & Trade https://dteurope.com 32 32 40th SPAR Marathon Festival in Budapest https://dteurope.com/sports/40th-spar-marathon-festival-in-budapest/ Sun, 12 Oct 2025 14:49:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=75840 Hungarian runners won the main event of the 40th Spar Budapest Marathon on Sunday, the second day of the traditional running festival: Viktória Nyikos was the first to cross the finish line in the women's marathon, while Máté Vásárhelyi won the men's race. Vásárhelyi, the national champion on the classic 42.195-meter distance, was also the […]

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]]> Strong Field at the 40th Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon https://dteurope.com/sports/strong-field-at-the-40th-wizz-air-budapest-half-marathon/ Sun, 07 Sep 2025 11:48:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=75420 6,200 foreign runners from 115 countries took part in the anniversary race, which is a huge increase compared to last year's record. The race was ultimately won by Hungarians: Gábor Karsai from Békéscsaba in the men's category and Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth from Budapest in the women's category. Foreigners made up almost 40% of the individual […]

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]]> Double McLaren Victory at the Hungaroring https://dteurope.com/sports/double-mclaren-victory-at-the-hungaroring/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:57:44 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=74723 British McLaren driver Lando Norris, second in the world championship standings, won the 40th Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of his teammate, Oscar Piastri of Australia at the Hungaroring circuit this Sunday. Finishing third in the 70-lap race was George Russell, the British Mercedes driver, while Charles Leclerc of Monaco, who started from pole […]

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]]> More Handprints on the Wall of Hungarian Sports Stars https://dteurope.com/sports/more-handprints-on-the-wall-of-hungarian-sports-stars/ Tue, 06 May 2025 15:22:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=73698 At an event held at the Hungarian University of Physical Education and Sports Sciences in Budapest to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the university's foundation this year, six more athletes' handprints were placed on the Wall of Hungarian Sports Stars, according to MTI. The Wall of Hungarian Sports Stars was founded in the early 1990s […]

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]]> Formula One Hungarian GP Important to Hungary https://dteurope.com/sports/formula-one-hungarian-grand-prix-is-important-to-hungary/ Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:46:19 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=70725 The Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, held annually at the Mogyoród track, just east of Budapest is important to Hungary both in terms of PR and prestige, according to Gergely Gulyás, Head of the Prime Minister's Office. Speaking to reporters in the Hungaroring paddock ahead of the 39th Hungarian GP near Budapest, Gulyás said most […]

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]]> Show Jumping Stars and Local Riders in Longines Short Film https://dteurope.com/sports/new-longines-short-film-series-in-hungary-features-show-jumping-stars-and-local-riders/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:37:23 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=70654 Longines, the Title Partner and Official Timekeeper of the Longines Global Champions Tour and LGCT, is proud to announce the launch of an inspiring new content series titled "Rising Above." The series, produced by Longines Global Champions Tour in partnership with Longines, is dedicated to showcasing the incredible journeys of the world’s best show jumping […]

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]]> Budapest to Host 2026 UEFA Champions League Final https://dteurope.com/sports/budapest-to-host-2026-uefa-champions-league-final/ Wed, 22 May 2024 12:26:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=70297 The 2026 UEFA Champions League final will be held in the Puskás Arena in the Hungarian capital, the European Football Association (UEFA) executive committee has decided at its session in Dublin on Wednesday. Hungary will host club football's most prestigious match for the first time in its history. In the past, the UEFA CL final […]

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]]> Virtual Olympic Relay ‘Stops’ in Hungary https://dteurope.com/diplomacy/virtual-olympic-relay-stops-in-hungary/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:42:25 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=69754 On March 14th, a 24-hour relay will take place around the world, held by Paris 2024, the organizing committee of this year's Summer Olympic Games. The relay will pass through all five continents and engage the general public and figures from the world of sport in hour long sporting activities." In Hungary, the events of […]

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]]> U.S. and Hungarian Victories at the Spar Budapest Marathon https://dteurope.com/sports/u-s-and-hungarian-victories-at-the-spar-budapest-marathon/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 15:40:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=68407 Hungary’s Eszter Barabás won the women's and Mitchell Baum of the United States the men's race at the 38th Spar Budapest Marathon this Sunday. According to the organizers, the Budapest Sports Office, some 23,000 people from 96 countries and more than 1,000 Hungarian towns and villages came to the two-day event, which started at 9 […]

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]]> Lots of Pre-Entries for the Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon https://dteurope.com/sports/lots-of-pre-entries-for-the-wizz-air-half-marathon/ Tue, 05 Sep 2023 14:50:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=67208 More than 10,000 people have registered for this Sunday's 38th Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon, which will also be the national championship for the 21,097-meter distance. The organizers Budapest Sportiroda said in a statement on Tuesday that 6,300 runners had signed up for the event's "king's race", the individual half marathon, with 1,170 of them […]

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]]> 'Fifty-Fifty' Wins Blue Ribbon Balaton Sailing Race https://dteurope.com/sports/fifty-fifty-wins-blue-ribbon-balaton-sailing-race/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 16:25:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=65919 The MLS Raiffeisen Fifty-Fifty, driven by Márton Józsa, beat its own previous record – according to the official results list – with a time of 5:03:56 to win the 55th Kékszalag [‘Blue Ribbon’] Raiffeisen Grand Prix on Lake Balaton on Thursday. Fifty-Fifty, a Hungarian-designed twin-masted catamaran, broke the course record of 7 hours 13 minutes […]

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]]> Hungarian Player Inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame https://dteurope.com/sports/hungarian-player-inducted-into-the-iihf-hall-of-fame/ Sun, 28 May 2023 12:25:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=64768 Nine legends of the sport – including Hungary’s Viktor Szélig – have been inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame in Tampere, Finland, the site of this year’s World Ice Hockey Championship. The Bibi Torriani Award – given to the representative of non-traditional hockey nations and the accompanying Hall of Fame […]

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]]> Szeged Awarded 2027 Olympic Qualification Competition https://dteurope.com/sports/szeged-awarded-2027-olympic-qualification-competition/ Sat, 29 Apr 2023 12:19:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=63856 The southeastern Hungarian city of Szeged will stage the 2027 World Canoe Sprint and Para Championships ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The decision was made by the governing body of the International Canoe Federation (ICF), the board, at its meeting in Budapest, and announced by the organization’s president, Thomas Konietzko. "We are very […]

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]]> Vivicittá Budapest: British Victory in Half Marathon https://dteurope.com/sports/vivicitta-budapest-british-victory-in-the-half-marathon/ Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:14:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=63687 Britain's Thomas Percy won the men's half marathon event at the 38th Telekom Vivicittá running festival, which was attended by almost 20,000 people in the Hungarian capital on Saturday and Sunday. According to the Budapest Sports Office, the British athlete completed the 21-kilometer course in 1 hour 11 minutes and 28 seconds. The women's race […]

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]]> Hungarians Dominate World Ultramarathon Competition https://dteurope.com/sports/hungarians-dominate-world-ultramarathon-competition/ Sun, 19 Mar 2023 13:33:00 +0000 https://dteurope.com/?p=62464 Gábor Rakonczay and Viktoria Brown won the six-day world ultramarathon running championships organized by the Global Organization of Multi-Day Ultramarathoners (GOMU) in Policoro, Italy. Rakonczay, a Guinness World Record holder in cross-Atlantic canoeing, took the lead at the 123rd hour of the race and crossed the 800-kilometer mark on Saturday morning, giving him almost eight […]

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