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Bratislava, June 17 (TASR) – Igor Nemecek was replaced as president of the Slovak Ice Hockey Association (SZLH) by Martin Kohut at an extraordinary SZLH congress on Thursday, with the secret ballot taking place late at night. Kohut has been involved with Slovak ice hockey since 2007, when he began sponsoring

Lille, June 15 (TASR) – Napoli playmaker Marek Hamsik was Slovakia’s ace in its campaign to beat Russia 2-1 in Euro 2016 Group B on Wednesday. Slovakia, who lost 1-2 in the first round to Wales, laid the foundations for defeating Russia in the first half with two beautiful goals

Vienna, June 10 (TASR) – According to a special computer simulation developed by a team of experts at Technical University in Vienna, Slovak national football players will advance to the knockout stage of EURO 2016 as the winner of the B group without losing a single point, TASR learnt on Friday.

Bratislava, April 7 (TASR) – A record number of runners is expected on Sunday at the 69th National Devin-Bratislava Run, which is Slovakia’s oldest athletic event, said Bratislava deputy mayor Iveta Plsekova at a press briefing on Thursday. “While there were 37 people on the starting line in 1921, last

Oudenaarde, April 3 (TASR) – Slovak cycling star Peter Sagan on Sunday won the 100th Tour of Flanders, notching his first big classic race victory. The reigning world champion triumphed on the 255-kilometre course from Bruges to Oudenaarde in an impressive manner ahead of Swiss veteran Fabian Cancellara. Sagan, 26, has

Jasna, March 6 (TASR) – Mikaela Shiffrin from the USA won the slalom competition of the Women’s Alpine Skiing World Cup in Jasna (Zilina region) on Sunday. Shiffrin finished 2.36 seconds ahead of Wendy Holdener from Switzerland in second place. Slovakia’s Veronika Velez-Zuzulova was third, 2.77 seconds