Football, page 4
International and regional football updates
Construction of the national football stadium continues
The stadium with a price tag of €75 million should be complete in 2018
Slovaks may proceed to the World Cup in football but not necessarily
The Slovak national team defeated their rivals from Malta, but they need to wait for the results in other groups to advance to another round.
Slovakia’s path to the world cup gets complicated
The football players lost an important match against Scotland.
Nitra named European City of Sport for 2018
Already two Slovak cities have held this title – Košice in 2016 and Banská Bystrica in 2017
Slovak team beat Slovenia, facing the best team in the group on Monday
After a winning match on September 1, Slovak nationals will play for the No. 1 position in the group against England three days later.
Summer camp for Slovak footballers
The aim is not only to train the youth in sporting skills but also teach them to become decent and intelligent people.
Inter Milan buys Slovak footballer for €25 million
This is the highest transfer fee ever for a Slovak footballer.
Quote of the week
“Though we work in different spheres of society, our responsibility for creating fair-play rules is similar.”
Fico complains about unfair football rules
But he has been silent about other scandals connected with football players.
Slovak under-21 team ended before semi-finals of European Championship
The team had been in a good position to continue to the next round of the championship held in Poland.
Young Slovak footballers with mixed results in Poland so far
The footballers won the opening match at the European Under-21 Championship 2017, but lost the second match.
Slovakia returns to U21 EURO after 17 years
The national team aims to at least advance from the group.
Football World Cup 2018: Russia is still far away
Despite a poor start, Slovak footballers quickly worked their way to a play-off position after Saturday’s win in Lithuania.
European Commission approves state support for football stadium
The European Commission has approved Slovak state support of €36 million for the construction a national football stadium – planned to hold more than 22,000 visitors – in Bratislava.
Football player may benefit from law loophole
Slovak legislation does not take into consideration the possibility of having two people behind the steering wheel.
Football player Weiss acquitted of charges
Apparently, the cause of prosecution didn't take place.
State subsidy for national stadium is uncertain
The Education Ministry still has not received permission to allocate money for the stadium’s completion from the EC, while the construction works are late.
Slovakia beats Malta in World Cup qualification
The Slovak team beat Malta on March 26 evening at the Maltese stadium in Ta’Qali in their third consecutive winning qualification match.
The best football player is Hamšík
Six time winner says he is glad he can spread the good name of Slovakia abroad.
Slovak representation ends 2016 with a draw
The friendly football match against Austria ended 0:0.
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