Category: Sports

On December 29, the news broke that Pelé, one of the greatest figures in the history of football, had passed away. Often called the ‘Black Pearl,’ the Brazilian was the only three-time world champion footballer. Pelé, who was born as Edson Arantes do Nascimento, was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2021 and has since been…

Dean Klafuric confirmed as the new coach at the legendary club. Tam Courts, the Scottish head coach of Budapest Honvéd in the National League, has been replaced by Croatian Dean Klafuric. The club announced on its website on Monday that it had terminated the contract by mutual consent with the coach, who took charge in…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán – also in the capacity of the founder of the Puskás Academy – offered his condolences in connection with the death of Amancio Amaro, a former footballer for Real Madrid. In his message sent to the president of the football club Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, Orbán wrote: Hungarian football fans will…

61-time Hungarian national soccer player Kálmán Mészöly, regarded as the best center-back in Hungarian football history, died on Monday at the age of 81, the family told Nemzeti Sport. Kálmán Mészöly (Budapest, 16 July 1941 – 21 November 2022), nicknamed the Blond Rock, played for the Budapest club Vasas SC from 1959 until his retirement…

Sailor Mária Érdi has won the ILCA (former Laser) European Championships in Athens, Greece, reports Index. In addition, Jonatán Vadnai won the silver medal in the men’s event. Mária Érdi, who won the world title last year and qualified for this year’s Olympics in Paris, started from the front in the medal race, and practically…

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks in Qatar before heading to Brussels to attend the EU-ASEAN summit. On Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán arrived in Qatar where he had talks with Qatari Prime Minister Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani. After the official part of the visit, Viktor Orbán accepted the invitation of…

Márton Fucsovics lost from a two-set lead in the third round of the Australian Open on Friday. The 78th-ranked player met 15th-ranked Jannik Sinner in the round of 32, against whom he had a 2/1 win record: the Hungarian won at the Australian Open in 2020, the Italian won the tournament in Sofia, and Fucsovics…

The Hungarian handball team of Ferencváros (FTC) has reached the last sixteen of the EHF European League, as they played against Flensburg of Germany in a 27-27 draw in the last round of the group stage on Tuesday. The Hungarian team finished fourth in their group with three wins, three draws, and four defeats. The top four…

Hungary’s national team finished second in the Division A Group 3 of the Nations League after suffering a defeat from the European champion, Italy. Retiring captain Ádám Szalai said a heartfelt goodbye to the national team. The Hungarian national football team suffered a 2-0 defeat to Italy in the sixth and final round of the…

Ferencváros player Aissa Laidouni, who was a standout performer for Tunisia at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, could be acquired for a record price. According to Index, Union Berlin and Espanyol are both competing for the 26-year-old. Laidouni is wanted by several teams, with Hertha BSC and SC Freiburg having also been interested…

Academic Mária Schmidt had released a social media post in which she reminded her followers that last year, when the Hungarian national football team traveled to Germany for a European Championship match, Munich and the Allianz Arena were dressed in rainbow colors. She continued by saying that you would think that the German or even…

Bundesliga club RB Leipzig has announced on its social media pages that the German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) and the Association of German Sports Journalists (VDS) have awarded its defender, 42-time Hungarian national team player Willi Orbán, a Fair Play Prize for stem cell donation. Willi Orbán volunteered as a stem cell donor in 2017…

At the ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of football player József Zakariás, Ádám Schmidt, Secretary of State for Sport at the Ministry of Defense, hailed each member of the Golden Team (Aranycsapat) as a symbol of Hungary’s glorious past. During the commemoration held on Tuesday at the training center in Budafok named…

Hungary’s national football team beat Germany by a single goal in the fifth round of the Nations League in Leipzig to remain in the top-flight.The Hungarians took the lead through captain Ádám Szalai’s superb backheel goal in the 17th minute. The striker, who retired from the national team on Monday at the age of 34,…

Ferencváros, who finished in first place in the group with 10 points – the best ever group finish of Hungary – will not be involved in the February draw for the last 16 on Monday and will only face one of the eight qualifiers in March. The final will take place on 31 May at…

Supporters of Royal Charleroi SC, currently in tenth place in the Belgian top flight, paid a moving tribute to Miklós Lendvai during a Sunday match with a huge banner, reported Magyar Nemzet. Lendvai played for Charleroi between 2001 and 2003, with the midfielder appearing in 34 league matches for the club. Miklós Lendvai. Facebook: Zalaegerszeg…

Ferencváros will next play in the Europa League in March after the group matches, and thanks to their group title on Thursday night, they will be able to skip the first knockout round, which will take place in February, MTI reported. The Hungarian champions won Group H by drawing 1-1 at home to AS Monaco…