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One of the stadiums in Germany that will host the upcoming European Championship.

Ready to 'spring a few surprises'? Slovakia heads to Euro 2024

What are the national team's chances? Foreign journalists weigh in.

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.

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.

The Slovak national football team before the match in Luxembourg.
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Unfamiliar with heading? It’s a showy, signature soccer play in which someone redirects a speeding ball with his or her head.

How heading a soccer ball can hurt the brain

A number of studies suggest that the powerful forces involved in heading a ball may lead to thinking and memory problems, and possibly dementia.

FK Kozmos playing with the Miloslavov team.
Marek Hamšík.

Marek Hamšík, Slovakia’s football icon, ends career

The football player already retired from national football in 2022.

Inter Milan's Milan Škriniar, the stopper leaves the pitch after he gets the second yellow card during a Serie A football match between Inter Milan and Empoli at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, on January 23, 2023.

Inter Milan punishes top Slovak footballer for decision to join Parisians

Though Milan Škriniar’s contract ends in June, he is not allowed to wear the captain’s armband in matches anymore.

US soccer players in 1930.
Boris Vanya
The fight between the fans of Slovan Bratislava and Spartak Trnava.

Hooligans from abroad came to Trnava trained and organised, system failed to detect them

The police and football associations have an information system to detect problematic individuals and groups.

Police had to intervene during the football match between Slovan Bratislava and Spartak Trnava.
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Trnava football match ends after 15 minutes due to fight between fans

Police and paramedics were called to the scene.

The Freemasonry Chain of 200 handmade hearts, which was created during lockdowns, has been installed on Rázus Square in Bratislava's Old Town.
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A Tom Cruise aircraft lands in Slovakia

This weekend will be full of events in Bratislava, from traditional crafts and a vintage festival to planes.

The Umbrella March is held in Bratislava this Sunday, June 20, 2021.
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A record set by Luis Suarez has been broken in Slovakia

Read other interesting stories from this week in the roundup.

Slovak team
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Slovak team surprised to beat favoured Poland in the first match

Leader of the Slovak football representation put on a world class performance.

Slovak football representatives during training in St. Petersburg, where Slovaks will play the first two matches of the European Championship.
Milan Škriniar

Slovak football player helps Italian team win championship

Milan Škriniar significantly contributed to Inter Milan's title.

Marek Hamšík and Juraj Kucka
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The head and the bottom. Two curious touches helped Slovakia win

The national team made it to the European Championships only the second time in history when they beat Northern Ireland in Belfast on November 12.

From left to the right: Ivan Kmotrík Jr. of Slovan Bratislava, Jozef Antošík of MŠK Žilina, and Róbert Rybníček of AS Trenčín.

How does the football business in Slovakia work?

The football business in Slovakia resembles a black hole.

Slovakia will play against Ireland in the UEFA EURO 2020 Qualifiers in Bratislava on March 26, 2020.
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Top 10 March events around Slovakia

Football time: Slovakia will play Ireland in Bratislava on March 26.

Defendants during a public hearing in the corruption case of SFZ delegates and referees at the Specialised Criminal Court in Pezinok on November 27, 2019

Football officials convicted of sports corruption in Slovakia

The court has fined and sentenced 13 convicts to three years.

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