
Budapest bidding to host 2026 track and field European championships
Budapest is bidding to host the 2026 track and field European championships, in competition with Birmingham, the European Athletics Association (EAA) said on Monday.

Bach: Hungarian Olympic movement ‘world-leading’
The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday visited Budapest, the site of the World Aquatics Championships.
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Former weightlifting president banned for life
Tamas Ajan, the former president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), has been banned for life for covering up doping cases, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced on Thursday.

Szijjarto: Govt supports open, merit-based competition in European soccer
The government supports preserving the open and merit-based system of competition in European soccer, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday.

Giro d’Italia gets under way in Budapest
The 105th edition of the Giro d'Italia cycling race got under way from Budapest's Heroes' Square on Friday.

Samaranch urges Hungary to bid for Summer Olympics
Juan Antonio Samaranch, deputy head of the International Olympic Committee, has proposed that Hungary should aim to host the Summer Olympic Games.

Budapest to host 2022 World Aquatics Championships
Budapest will host the 2022 World Aquatics Championships between June 18 and July 3, the International Swimming Federation FINA said on Monday.

Romania can learn a lot from Hungary, says sports minister
Romanian Minister of Sports Karoly Eduard Novak, in an interview with public news channel M1, said he had always considered Hungary a partner and believed Romania could learn a lot from its north-western neighbour.

Government pledges further help to sports projects in Transylvania
The Hungarian government will continue to support sports infrastructure projects in Transylvania, including Szekler Land, Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on Thursday after talks with Karoly Eduard Novak, Romania's minister of sports.

Hungarian Olympic Committee assembly ousts president Kulcsar
The Hungarian Olympic Committee's (MOB) extraordinary general assembly decided to withdraw support from Krisztian Kulcsar, its president, in a vote on Thursday.
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Szijjarto: Govt supports open, merit-based competition in European soccer
The government supports preserving the open and merit-based system of competition in European soccer, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Tuesday.

Budapest bidding to host 2026 track and field European championships
Budapest is bidding to host the 2026 track and field European championships, in competition with Birmingham, the European Athletics Association (EAA) said on Monday.

Former weightlifting president banned for life
Tamas Ajan, the former president of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), has been banned for life for covering up doping cases, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced on Thursday.
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Budapest to host next congress next September
Hungary to delegate members to all LEN committees
For the first time in the history of the European Swimming League (LEN), Hungary will delegate a representative to all of the organisation's committees and commissions, the Hungarian Swimming Federation (MUSZ) said.

ITA charges former Weightlifting Federation head Ajan with complicity in doping
The International Olympic Committee's testing agency (ITA) has charged Tamas Ajan, former president of the International Weightlifting Federation (WF), with "complicity and manipulation" in connection with cases of doping.

Hungary to host MotoGP races from 2023
Hungary will make a return to the MotoGP calendar in 2023, having signed a ten-year deal to host races at a track currently being built near Hajdunanas, in the eastern part of the country.