Hungarian Grand Master Judit Polgár is the best female player in history. An article in the 2011 December issue of Diplomacy & Trade featured an article of the youngest Polgár sister who has ruled the world of women's chess for over two decades.
Hungarian Grand Master Judit Polgár is the best female player in history. An article in the 2011 December issue of Diplomacy & Trade featured an article of the youngest Polgár sister who has ruled the world of women's chess for over two decades.
The President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee, Zsolt Borkai says the target to be achieved by Hungarian participants, whose number is estimated to be 140 athletes, at the Summer Olympic Gamesin in London in 2012 is ten medals.
Golf is a great game: sometimes rewarding, sometimes frustrating but highly addictive. As the joke goes, “The man who takes up golf to get his mind off his work soon takes up work to get his mind off golf.”
In a preparation match in women's basketball and a farewell game for one of the local players, Hungarian champions Sopron, NW Hungary, received the American national team this past Sunday. The U.S.A. won the match 73-63.
A record number of participants took part this year in the annual Budapest Marathon Run in the Hungarian capital this Sunday. Organized by the Budapest Sports Bureau, the annual run took place for the 26th time.
Thursday has seen the start of the National Gallop on Heroes' Square in Budapest. It is aelebration of Hungarian traditions including traditional Hungarian horseback riding and hussar traditions, first organized in 2008.
Hungarian athletes Anikó Kálovics and Tamás Kovács won the women’s and the men’s race, respectively, at the 26th Nike Budapest International Half Marathon race in the Hungarian capital this Sunday. The field included almost 1,500 foreign runners.
Norwegian coach Karl Erik Böhn is the new manager of the Hungarian women’s national handball team. His contract expires until after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. However, his contract may be supervised or even canceled.
This Sunday, two Budapest football clubs, Vasas and Ferencváros play their Hungarian first division match in the Puskás Stadium, the last league match as the establishment, opened in 1953 as People’s Stadium, is to be demolished.
Host nation Hungary took three of the eight gold medals up for grabs in the first day of finals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships taking place at the National Olympic Center canoeing and rowing course in Szeged, SE Hungary.
Wednesday evening saw the official opening of the 39th ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, southeast Hungary. The event that concludes this Sunday will have over a thousand competitors from 88 countries.
Gwen Jorgensen of the United States won the women’s and Brent McMahon of Canada the men’s race at the ITU Triathlon World Cup in Tiszaújváros, northeastern Hungary this Sunday. The event has been held for the 15th year.
Hungarian First Division football team Újpest FC has a new sports director, Leo Beenhakker. The Dutch football expert has a successful past as he won league titles in Holland (Ajax, Feyenoord) and in Spain (Real Madrid).
The Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix car race takes place for the 25th year at the Hungaroring race track in Mogyorod, east of Budapest this week-end. In 1986, it was the first F-1 race behind the Iron Curtain.
The most traditional Hungarian sailing event, the round-the-lake long distance race for Lake Balaton’s Blue Ribbon starts this Thursday. The 43rd annual race is seen as one of the most traditional sailing events in Europe.
