The governing body is set to move its entire global HQ to the Hungarian capital by 2027.
President Sulyok meets with head of International Olympic Committee
President Sulyok's visit to Lausanne marked the 130th anniversary of the founding of the Hungarian Olympic Committee.
Long seasons and short corners
Undisputed football expert Ron Knee wrote his first column for The Budapest Times back in May 2021, promising a regular analysis but then unfortunately suffered a severe case of writer’s block, possibly caused by years of heading balls for his team, Chipping Sodbury Reserves ...
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Start of the ski season in the Mátra
The ski park on the north side of the Mátra Mountains is celebrating its 20th anniversary this winter, kicking off the season under the best conditions with plenty of powder snow.
Ski park in Mátraszentistván celebrates 20th anniversary
The Mátraszentistván Ski Park is expecting around 50,000 guests this winter and is ready for the winter season with state-of-the-art ski lifts.
Three days of top class
‘The best of the best will compete in the 2026 World Athletics Final in Budapest.’
City hall could support an Olympic bid
The Mayor of Budapest is generally in favour of a possible bid by the capital city for the Olympic Games.
Balaton Park to host MotoGP, Superbike races in 2025
Hungary's Balaton Park Circuit will host MotoGP and Superbike World Championship races next year, organisers said at the track on Thursday.
Szijjarto: Hungary remains ‘global sports power’
Hungary has remained a 'global sports power', the foreign minister said on Facebook on Monday, adding that as a country with the 95th largest population in the world, it had finished in the 14th place at the Paris Olympic Games.
Furjes: Hungary’s Olympic team ‘stood its ground’ in Paris
The Hungarian team at the Olympic Games in Paris has "stood its ground in a tough competition," Balazs Furjes, the Hungarian member of the International Olympic Committee, said on public television on Sunday.
Hungarian Olympic Committee initiates consultation with IOC over situation around Algerian boxer
Zsolt Gyulay, the president of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB), has initiated consultations with the sports director of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to discuss the situation around the "masculine-looking" Algerian boxer Imane Khelif who is set to face Hungary's Luca Hamori in the ...
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Hungary bids farewell to Euro 2020 after epic draw against Germany – Gallery
Germany's UEFA EURO 2020 future hung in the balance until six minutes from time when a goal from Leon Goretzka saved Joachim Löw's side, and ended Hungary's bold attempt to come through Group F, UEFA.com's report said about the match. Hungary finished fourth place ...
Drama series revives memories of Polgár sisters’ reign
Men chess kings bad losers to Hungary’s queen
Netflix chess drama “The Queen’s Gambit,” has proved to be a winner worldwide and has thrown the spotlight back on Hungary’s famous chess player sisters the Polgárs. Judit Polgár, who is considered by far the strongest female player of all time and the only ...
2020 was good, 2021 could be better
Year of cheer for football
Hungarian football fans will be hoping for a 2021 as successful as 2020 when the national team rose above expectations, qualifying for the Euro championships for the second time in a row and overcoming strong rivals to top its Nations League group. Add to ...
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LMP: Government using case of Hungarian coach fired by German team as distraction
The government is using the case of Hungarian soccer coach Zsolt Petry who has been fired by his German team as a result of his comments on same-sex marriage and immigration to distract attention from the "hundreds of thousands of people it has neglected ...
Hungarian petition to IOC president in support of modern pentathlon
Over a hundred athletes, trainers, referees and sports representatives gathered on Friday in Budapest to protest against a recent decision by the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) to remove horse riding from pentathlon's Olympic programme after 2024.
World Aquatics body appoints swimming association head Wladar
Sandor Wladar, the head of the Hungarian Swimming Association (MUSZ), has assumed membership of the World Aquatics (WA) Bureau, MUSZ said on Thursday.
