Bernarda Pera of the United States has won the USD 250,000 Hungarian Grand Prix women's clay court tennis tournament in Budapest, defeating Serbia's Aleksandra Krunic in two straight sets (6-3, 6-3) in Sunday's final. On the final day of the tournament at the Római Tennis Academy, the final was played in bright sunshine, 26 degrees […]
This Monday saw the first main draw matches played at the USD 250,000 WTA Hungarian Grand Prix women's tennis tournament at the Római Tennis Academy in Budapest. In singles, both Hungarians competing today lost but local fans could see a Hungarian victory in doubles. Both Hungarian players participating in the singles main draw on Monday, […]
After 18 years, Hungary’s national medical football team won the world championship title again as they won the World Medical and Health Games (Medigames) tournament in Monte Gordo, Portugal. The Hungarian national team, made up of doctors, medical students and pharmacy students, won all their games, marching through to the final with a flawless performance. […]
András Törőcsik, the legendary footballer of the renowned Budapest soccer team Újpest Dózsa and that of the the Hungarian national team, passed away this Saturday at the age of 67. Born on May 1, 1955, he joined in 1974 one of the top teams of the time, Újpest Dózsa, a club associated with the Ministry […]
The 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships completed in the Hungarian capital this Sunday after over two weeks of competition, in swimming, artistic swimming, open water swimming, diving and waterpolo. The medal table of the event was topped by the United States with Hungary finishing on the 10th place. 17 days of competition at the 19th […]
Hundreds of aquatic athletes from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe have arrived in the Hungarian capital to vie for a piece of the USD 5.72 million prize money awarded over the next 17 days at the 19th FINA World Aquatics Championships. Competitions began with artistic swimming’s preliminary rounds on Friday. The original 19th FINA World Championships were […]
After two years of forced hiatus due to the pandemic, the CIB Italia Soccer Camp will resume in Budapest, between June 20-24 thanks to the support of Generali Foundation for Safety. This year, pupils from schools in socially less advantaged municipalities will take part in the training sessions of Italian coaches, who are coming to […]
Lithuania beat Romania at the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A held in Slovenia. The result secures second place for Hungary and promotion to the top-level Worlds for 2023 alongside tournament winner Slovenia. This year the Hungarian national team had a better chance than ever before to be among the top […]
The 105th Giro d'Italia cycling race set off from Heroes' Square in Budapest on Friday at noon. This is the first time that Hungary has become one of the foreign venues. The Giro d'Italia, first held in 1909, is one of the greatest cycling races in the world. This is the 13th time that the […]
Kayakfirst Ltd., a manufacturer of sports equipment for the indoor imitation of kayak-canoe sports, is expanding its capacity with EU and national support in Szeged, SE Hungary the company informed the state news agency MTI. The company has won HUF 209.2 million in conditionally reimbursable subsidies for the HUF 300 million investment, which will be […]
Sopron Basket became the first Hungarian team to win the women's basketball Euroleague, the top European competition in this sport, as they beat host Fenerbahce 60-55 in the final of the quadruple final in Istanbul on Sunday. As expected, a hell of an atmosphere greeted the Hungarians at Ülker Spor ve Etkinlik Salonu sports hall […]
The Nagykanizsa chess club Aquaprofit from SE Hungary, the defending champion in the Chess Superleague team championship, has taken a major step towards another major milestone by signing a three-year naming sponsorship contract with the Finland-based software giant TUXERA, an IT storage and networking company. At the signing of the contract, the parties stressed their […]
Liu Shaoang won the men's short track speed skating 500-meter race at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday, making him Hungary's first individual gold medalist at the Winter Games. The world champion, who was already Beijing bronze medalist in the mixed relay and in the 1,000-meter individual event, as well as fourth in the 1,500 […]
Sándor Liu Shaolin, reprsenting Hungary, could feel Olympic champion for three minutes in the men's short track speed skating 1000-meter race, but after video review it was ruled that he had committed two fouls and was disqualified. Still, a Hungarian medal was won as his younger brother Liu Shaoang finished third. The final had to […]
Hungary’s mixed short track speed skating relay team of Sándor Liu Shaolin, Liu Shaoang, Petra Jászapáti and Zsófia Kónya won the bronze medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Saturday. The title in this event that made its Olympic debut in Beijing went to the host country China with Italy taking the silver medal. The […]
