Hungary

Aquatic Sports
Events

Ligue Européenne de Natation (LEN) president Paolo Barelli has today (Thursday) issued a statement declaring that the 2021 European Aquatics Championships will go ahead as planned in Budapest this May.
Multi-sport
Events

The Hungarian Olympic Committee has announced that it has established a committee to look into the feasibility of launching a bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics in the country’s capital city of Budapest.
Swimming
Events

The International Swimming League has today announced its plans for its second season, with plans in place to hold the majority of the competition in Budapest
Motorsport
Media

Sports broadcaster Sport TV has acquired rights in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia to the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) motorsport series
Esports
Media

Hungarian esports broadcaster Esport1 has extended its media-rights agreement for the the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ESL Pro Tour circuit with esports organisations ESL and DreamHack.
Motorsport
Events

Formula 1 has granted one-year contract extensions to organisers of the Hungarian, Italian and Belgian Grands Prix as a means of compensating them for the staging of races behind closed doors this year
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

The host broadcast of matches from the Nemzeti Bajnokság, the top-tier football championship in Hungary, is being undertaken with a reduced production set-up with no cameras allowed alongside the field …
Football
Media

LaLiga, the governing body of Spanish football’s top two divisions, has launched its invitation to tender covering broadcast rights in 16 European territories.
Handball
Events

The European Handball Federation (EHF) has awarded hosting rights for the 2024 edition of its Women’s EHF Euro event to Hungary, Switzerland and Austria.
Media

Telcoms operator Digi Communications has extended carriage deals with media group AMC Networks International and international media company Discovery in agreements that will allow it to continue offering…
Golf
Business

The IMG agency has been appointed to provide management, marketing and communications consultancy services at the Zala Springs Golf Resort in Hungary as the venue looks to establish itself as one of Europe’s b…
Motorsport
Events

The MotoGP motorcycle-racing series has today (Wednesday) signed a preliminary agreement to add a Hungarian race to its calendar from 2022, with a new circuit to stage any future events
Tennis
Media

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has strengthened its position in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia by securing exclusive rights to men’s tennis organisation the ATP Tour in a…
Swimming
Events

Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports, has opted to return its 2025 and 2027 World Championships and World Masters Championships to Kazan and Budapest, a decade on from when the events were…
Handball
Events

The European Handball Federation has confirmed that the Hungarian capital of Budapest will retain the hosting rights for the Women’s EHF Final4 until 2024.
Tennis
Events

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has followed through on its pledge to implement similar reform plans for its Fed Cup tournament as those introduced for the Davis Cup, while Budapest has sealed…
Swimming
Business

A Ukranian billionaire is funding the latest effort to turn swimming into a regular competitive professional sport and not just one of the most popular events at the Summer Olympics.
Swimming
Events

Organisers of the International Swimming League have confirmed that the inaugural edition of the competition will begin in Indianapolis in October and conclude in Las Vegas in December