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Slovak players (from left to right): Libor Hudáček, goalie Samuel Hlavaj, Pavol Regenda, Michal Ivan, Peter Cehlárik, Peter Čerešňák, Miloš Kelemen a Lukáš Cingel after a lost game against Canada on May 23, 2024, in Prague, Czech Republic.

Who will Slovakia play against at the 2025 hockey world championship?

The IIHF tournament will take place in Sweden and Denmark.

Slovak hockey fans in Ostrava, Czechia, on May 21, 2024.

Slovakia advances to hockey quarterfinals

When and against whom will Slovakia play next at the championship?

Goalkeeper Samuel Hlavaj, Peter Čerečňák (both Slovakia) and goal scorer William Smith (USA) during a friendly match between Slovakia and the USA ahead of the upcoming Ice Hockey World Championships in Bratislava on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Ice-hockey world championship kicks off on Friday, and Slovakia will open it

The last game will take place on May 26 in Prague, Czechia.

Lucia Janičová

Scientist aims to be first Slovak woman to climb Everest

Lucia Janičová will give her all to reach summit, but not her life.

Biathlete Ema Kapustová.

Promising biathlete hails from what locals call 'cursed' valley

Biathlete Ema Kapustová has been making waves in Revúca.

Nikola Baďová
Athletes in the Elán hall in Bratislava in January 2024.

An iconic athletics hall is changing, to become the National Padel Centre

The former owner is angry that Bratislava authorities wouldn't help preserve its original function.

Adam Ružička.

Slovak NHL player's contract terminated after controversial Instagram video

He won't be participating in matches ahead of May World Championship.

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When it comes to sport, hard work beats talent

Richard Varga always had the predisposition to become a successful sportsman, inheriting his mother's love for swimming and his brother's passion for triathlon.

Renáta Jamrichová at the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne.

A rising tennis star listens to Mozart before matches. It seems to help

Renáta Jamrichová has won a major girls’ singles trophy in Melbourne.

Hana Trenčanová
Children's fitness trainer Oleksandr Vertii.

A Ukrainian who teaches children the love of sports

Oleksandr Vertii is into sports thanks to his father, and he applies the same ‘tactic’ on his son.

Adam Hagara after his free routine at the Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, on January 29, 2024.
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Slovak figure skater clinches silver at Youth Olympics

Watch a video of Adam Hagara's free routine.

Renáta Jamrichová cecures victory in Junior Girls' Doubles at Australian Open.
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Slovakia's tennis triumph in Australian Open

The third Slovak tennis player to triumph in the Grand Slam junior singles.

Zlaté Moravce-based football club will play Czech club Slavia Praha in a friendly match because the latter scrapped a match against Slovan Bratislava.

Czech team scraps friendly after top Slovak football club plays Russians

Slavia Praha agrees match with side mocked by Slovan Bratislava owner.

A slope in Jasná, central Slovakia, on January 20, 2024.
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Season ends for Vlhová after knee injury in Jasná race

Sara Hector and Mikaela Shiffrin win the Jasná slaloms and praise fans.

Finland's Jani Nyman, right, and Slovakia's Juraj Pekarčík, left, challenge for the puck during the in IIHF World Junior Championship ice hockey quarter final match between Slovakia and Finland at Froelundaborg in Gothenburg, Sweden, on January 2, 2024.

Slovakia denies plans of playing games against Russia

A Russian website has written about Slovakia-Russia preliminary games ahead of the world championship.

Petra Vlhová.

Jasná ski resort braces for ski World Cup event

Tickets, including €2,500 VIP package, already sold out.

Július Hudáček in 2019.

Slovak player from KHL boycotted in Czechia joins German club

Goalkeeper Július Hudáček forced to leave Czech club Rytíři Kladno after two days.

Adam Hagara.
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Young Slovak figure skater wins bronze at junior Grand Prix final

Adam Hagara says that he fulfilled his dream.

The former footballer Blaise Matuidi is showing a ticket with the name Slovakia during the draw for the final tournament of EURO 2024 in Hamburg on December 2, 2023.

Slovakia will play EURO 2024 in a favourable group

Slovak footballers discover opponents for next year's European Championships in Germany.

Evgeny Furman teaches children Alpha Gravity.

With three degrees, he drove a bus in Slovakia. The Ukrainian now does what he loves

Evgeny Furman, a Ukrainian teacher, is hoping to teach the world about a Ukrainian workout called Alpha Gravity.

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