http://xpatloop.com/http://www.xpatloop.com/images/cms/xs_logo.gifhttp://xpatloop.com/sport_and_fitnessXpatloop.com - Expat Life In Budapest, Hungary - Sport© XpatLoop.com 2007en-ENinfo@xpatloop.com"We would like to create a friendly and social atmosphere in our club for squash lovers. Come and play with our new couch , Gábor Szabó , who was placed 12th in the Hungarian Squash Rankings in 2010. The entrance fee is HUF 2500, what includes the possibility to play for 2 hours.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69379Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT"1956 was an Olympic year. It also was the year of the Hungarian Revolt. Two seemingly unrelated events came together when the Hungarian swim team could not return to their homeland after the games."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69388Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT"USC's sophomore goalie Flora Bolonyai brings back some hardware from overseas as she now jumps into collegiate waters with her Women of Troy. As the linchpin of the Hungarian National Team's defense, Bolonyai helped her team to a bronze medal at the European Championships last week in the Netherlands. In doing so, Hungary moves on to fight for a spot in the London Olympic Games with a spot at April's Olympic Qualification Tournament."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69362Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT"The Atlanta Silverbacks have signed veteran goalkeeper Daniel Illyes, pending USSF and ITC approval, the club announced Wednesday. Illyes, 29, joins the Silverbacks after playing 10 professional seasons in his native country of Hungary, including eight in the Hungarian first division."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69282Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT"A record-breaking number of spectators, constituting a full house of over 4.000 Hungarian fans and about 1.000 Russian supporters welcomed the two teams for the evening's closing match in Novi Sad."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69194Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT"Connections of Hungary's star sprinter, Overdose, say their charge has arrived in Dubai in good form ahead of his quest to land a first international Group 1. The seven year old, who has 16 wins from 19 starts, is so popular in Hungary that he was voted Sports Personality of the Year in 2008."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69123Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT"Conditions of physical education and student sport in schools are not adequate and this impedes the right to high level physical and mental health, ombudsman Máté Szabó said on Wednesday. His Office said in a statement that most gymnasia in schools are out of date, neglected and potentially hazardous, while lockers and basic hygienic conditions are absent.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69074Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT"Hungarian Football Association president Sándor Csányi has been elected to two committees of international football’s governing body FIFA. The association announced on Tuesday that Csányi has become a member of the committee organising the World Cup and of the operative steering body of the 2014 World Cup, to be hosted by Brazil."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69067Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:02:00 GMT"In 2012 Budapest is hosting the annual European Speed Skating Championships. The venue is the newly renovated City Park Ice Rink (Városligeti Műjégpálya), one of the oldest and largest outdoor ice-skating rinks in Europe, where the best European speed skaters will compete over a two-day period for the title of European Champion.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69053Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:02:00 GMT"Budapest’s City Park ice rink will be home to the European Speed Skating Championships this coming weekend, January 6-8.The ice rink has been closed to the public since Saturday in order to complete a Ft 4.7 billion upgrade.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69061Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT"Set to make an appreciable impact at the London 2012 Olympics Games, Nigeria’s table tennis star, Aruna Quadri will on the 17th of this month in Budapest, Hungary, be participating in the first International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)-sanctioned first Pro Tour of the year, Hungary Open."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69035Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT"Owner Zoltan Mikoczy is eyeing a number of races throughout the carnival before World Cup night itself on March 31, when the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint over 5f on turf offers an obvious target."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69038Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT"Mayor István Tarlós cannot support the Gay Olympics scheduled to take place in Budapest next June, as the idea is alien to his thinking, according to a statement posted Wednesday on the official Budapest website.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69008Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:03:00 GMT"To all fans of motor sports. Visit the Formula 1 Grand Prix 2012 on the Hungaroring, 29 July 2012. The massively discounted pre-sale tickets are still available online until the end of January."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/69017Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT"Hungarian Gábor Rakonczay is attempting to be the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean by canoe in a voyage that began earlier this month, Magyar Hírlap reports. His boat Vitéz was designed and built by veteran yachtsman Nándor Fa, who circumnavigated the globe in 1987.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68991Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:10:00 GMTThe newly renovated City Park Ice Rink is open again from December 16th at 4pm. It will be open daily during the holiday season until Dec 31, from 10 am to 2 pm & 4 pm to 8 pm. Fee HUF 1,300 for adults. You can also ice-skate in front of the Basilica in downtown Budapest. This small but fun ice-rink is part of a Christmas market in that square, open until 2 January.http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68923Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:01:00 GMT"These are the facts: on 6 December 1956 Hungary and the Soviet Union contested a water polo semi-final that has earned a place in infamy, an occasion that seethed with threatened or actual violence from the first minute and ended in chaos after Hungary's young attacking prodigy Ervin Zador was taken, bleeding, out of the pool and straight to the medical room."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68995Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT"Hungary's largest poker club Doyle Brunson has reopened its doors in Budapest's 11th District after a Ft 200 million overhaul. The management of the 4,300m² poker club has received a special dispensation to operate forty tables across four rooms."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68934Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT"The FIBA Europe Board on Sunday announced that Ukraine and Hungary will host EuroBasket and EuroBasket Women respectively in 2015. The proposed EuroBasket Women 2015 venues are in the cities of Sopron, Gyor, Szombathely, Veszprem and the capital Budapest."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68954Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT"Emily Csikos of Calgary scored five goals to lead Canada to a 14-11 victory over Hungary on Sunday in the bronze medal game of the Canada Cup women's water polo tournament. In a rematch of last year's final, Australia defeated China 11-8 for the gold medal."http://www.xpatloop.com/news/68957Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT