Hungary recorded their first men’s International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship win for 77 years after they beat Belarus 5-2 at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg today.

Ilana Kratysh has become the first-ever female wrestler from Israel to qualify for the Olympic Games. 

Budapest staging the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024 would provoke a wave of expatriate Hungarians to return to the country and could provide great benefit to the nation as a whole, bid chairman Balázs Fürjes has claimed.

Holders Hungary marched into the play-offs at the World Curling Federation Mixed Doubles World Championship as they made it five wins out of five at the Löfbergs Arena in Karlstad.

Dénes Varga’s hat-trick helped Hungary reassert their position as one of the leading contenders for the gold medal at Rio 2016 as his country beat hosts Italy 10-8 in the final of the Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Trieste.

Italy battled to a thrilling 6-5 victory over Spain to join Hungary in the final of the men's Olympic water polo qualifying tournament in Trieste today.

Romania kept their pursuit of a Rio 2016 spot alive after they reached the quarter-finals of the Men's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament with a thrilling 8-8 draw with Russia in Trieste.

Russia clinched two gold medals to round off the women's freestyle events in commanding fashion at the United World Wrestling (UWW) Under-23 European Championships at the Bulstrad Arena in Ruse today.

Canada and South Korea continued their unbeaten form after three days of women's competition at the World Junior Curling Championships at the Taarnby Curling Club  in Copenhagen.

An Olympic games in Budapest in 2024 would mark a "new beginning" for both the city and Hungary, organisers have claimed today while submitting the first part of their candidature files to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Italy’s Beatrice Vio extended her unbeaten run to nine competitions following her latest victory at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Eger, Hungary.

Romania won team gold at the women’s épée Fencing World Cup in Buenos Aires as France and Ukraine edged out Italy in the race for Rio 2016.

Hosts Hungary breezed to a 7-1 victory against Estonia as the latest phase of ice hockey qualifying for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics continued in Budapest today.

Balázs Fürjes, chairman of Budapest's bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, believes that the Hungarian capital's chosen venues would lead to "truly accessible" editions of both Games.

A last gasp penalty from Spain's Valero Rivera sealed a 31-29 victory over Hungary and kept alive his country's qualification hopes at the European Men’s Handball Championships at the Hala Stulecia in Wroclaw this evening.