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Lienz, December 29 (TASR) – Alpine skier Petra Vlhova, who was last week declared Slovakia’s athlete of the year, was a runner-up to American Mikaela Shiffrin in a World Cup slalom race in Lienz, Austria on Sunday. Vlhova finished 0.61 seconds behind Shiffrin, who also won a giant slalom

Třinec, December 27 (TASR) – Slovakia’s national ice-hockey team was defeated soundly 1-8 by Finland in game two at the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Tř goinec, the Czech Republic on Saturday. In their first game at the tournament, Slovakia on Friday defeated Kazakhstan 3-1. They’re due

Trinec, December 27 (TASR) – Slovakia’s national ice-hockey team defeated Kazakhstan 3-1 in its opening game of the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Trinec, the Czech Republic on Friday. Slovakia are due to face the defending champions Finland on Saturday. Slovakia – Kazakhstan 3-1 (0-0, 1-1, 2-0) Goals: 25.

Trnava, December 26 (TASR) – Marking the first anniversary of death of legendary striker Jozef Adamec, the Spartak Trnava football club has announced that it retired his jersey number 10 from all competitions. Slovakia’s second best player of the 20th century and a participant of the 1962 and 1970 World

St. Moritz, December 15 (TASR) – Slovak skier Petra Vlhova triumphed in the Skiing World Cup individual parallel slalom race in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday, beating Sweden’s Anna Swenn-Larsson by 0.02 seconds and thereby notching up her tenth World Cup victory. Austria’s Franziska Gritsch finished third. This

Killington, December 1 (TASR) – Slovak skier Petra Vlhova ended up second on Sunday in a slalom event in Killington, the USA, finishing 2.29 seconds behind American skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin while beating Sweden’s Anna Swenn-Larsson by 2.73 seconds. Vlhova thus marked her first podium appearance in this