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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

Bratislava, Jasna 4 (TASR) – Thick fog at Jasna ski resort in Low Tatras, hosting the women’s World Cup this coming weekend, on Friday appeared to jeopardise Saturday’s giant slalom, with FIS officials considering postponing it to Monday. Meanwhile, the slalom is too attractive both in terms of audience

Jasna, March 3 (TASR) – Slovak top alpine ski slalom racers Veronika Velez-Zuzulova and Petra Vlhova at a press conference on Thursday said they can’t wait to see the run at the weekend World Cup races on their home slopes in Jasna in central Slovakia. Both ski stars stated that