Sports

The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday visited Budapest, the site of the World Aquatics Championships.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

The Hungarian Olympic Committee's (MOB) extraordinary general assembly decided to withdraw support from Krisztian Kulcsar, its president, in a vote on Thursday.

Stanislav Cherchesov of Russia has become manager of Hungary's defending soccer champion Ferencvaros, the club announced on Monday.