The Hungarian women's water polo team has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics by beating host nation Italy 13-10 this Saturday at the Olympic qualification tournament in Trieste. In the semifinal of the competition organized by the international aquatics federation FINA, the Hungarians took a 3-0 lead early in the match and later increased it to […]
It was 120 years ago, in January 1901 that the representatives of 13 football clubs gathered in Budapest and decided to establish an independent association for the organization of football in Hungary. A well-known writer-philosopher, Géza Jász was elected as the president of the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ), and the first championship was immediately announced. […]
Judoka Hedvig Karakas and footballer Dominik Szoboszlai were chosen as Hungarian athletes of the year 2020 by the Association of Hungarian Sports Journalists. The winners of the 63rd annual voting were announced at the M4 Sport-Athlete of the Year gala at the National Theater, the award ceremony was held without spectators due to the coronavirus […]
Five times Olympic champion gymnast Ágnes Keleti, currently the oldest living Olympic medalist, has turned 100 years old this Saturday. Ágnes Keleti won her first Olympic title in floor exercise in Helsinki in 1952 when she also earned a silver and two bronze medals. Four years later in Melbourne, she defended her individual title in […]
The professional website total-waterpolo.com has named Hungary's three times Olympic champion Tibor Benedek as the best player of the 21st century in men's water polo. The decision was based on 40 expert votes and 50,000+ public votes to announce Tibor Benedek and American Maggie Steffens as the greatest among the timeless legends. In addition to […]
13-year-old Hungarian Zsóka Gaál finished second in the girls' under-14 category at the FIDE Online World Cadets & Youth Rapid Chess Championships. In Tuesday's final, the Hungarian teenager played the final against Eline Roebers of the Netherlands. The first match of the final was won by the Dutch girl with the second ending in a tie. […]
The Hungarian Olympic Committee (HOC) celebrates the 125th anniversary of its foundation this month. It was established at the meeting of a committee made up of the officials of Budapest sports clubs on December 19, 1895. Hungary's national Olympic Committee was the sixth in the world to be formed, following the French, Greek, American, German […]
20-year-old Hungarian international Dominik Szoboszlai leaves FC Red Bull Salzburg, the current Austrian champions for a transfer fee of EUR 20 million and signs a four-and-a-half-year contract (until June 2025) with German first division (Bundesliga) side RB Leipzig. His new club describes Szoboszlai as a technical midfielder, who also knows how to find the back of […]
Krisztián Németh is the first Hungarian citizen to win the U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS) championship title as his team, the Columbus Crew SC won the single-match final against the defending champions Seattle Sounders. Krisztián Németh who sat on the bench during the final match was signed by Columbus Crew SC just over two months […]
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has named Hungary's Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic as "Doubles Team of the Year". The Hungarian-French pair captured two titles this season – both at the Grand Slam level: at the Australian Open and Roland Garros, marking their third and fourth major doubles titles as a team. In Melbourne, they […]
The online General Assembly of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) voted this Sunday in favor of approving the Hungarian capital as the host city for the 46th Chess Olympiad in 2024. As the Hungarian state news agency MTI reports, Budapest can host the fifth largest sports event in the world on the 100th anniversary of […]
The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) issues a silver collector coin with a face value of HUF 10,000 and its non-ferrous metal version of HUF 2,000 to honor the 125th anniversary of the Hungarian Olympic Committee’s foundation. MNB says the special silver collector coin with a gold-coated edge and its non-ferrous metal version pay homage […]
The No. 2 seed pair of Tímea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of France defended their women's doubles title of the French Open tennis Grand Slam tournament this Sunday in Paris. In this year's final, they defeated American Desirae Krawczyk and Chilean Alexa Guarachi 6-4, 7-5 in one hour and 33 minutes. Tímea Babos […]
The top Hungarian female tennis player, Tímea Babos, paired with France's Kristina Mladenovic, defeated the Czech duo of Barbora Krejčiková and Kateřina Siniaková in three sets to qualify for Sunday's final. Seed No. 2 Babos and Mladenovic seemed to be well on track for an easy victory, having won the first set 6-2. However, the […]
The top Hungarian tennis player, Márton Fucsovics defeated No. 4 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia in four sets (6:4, 7:6, 2:6, 6:1) in the first round of the men's competition of the 2020 French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros in Paris. 63rd in the ATP World rankings, the 28-year-old broke Medvedev's serve at […]
