The issue of a much-needed national football stadium has come to the fore again as freshly instated PM Robert Fico looks set to adopt it as one of his more popular projects over the next four years. Speaking to the press before Easter, Fico said he had hopes that the new stadium could be a [...]
The European Championships in Poland and the Ukraine are going to make such a difference to the atmosphere here in Ireland this year. Only 2 years ago, Ireland’s spot in the World Cup in South Africa was pulled from under their feet and watching the games in 2010 just wasn’t the same. Well good old [...]
Earlier this week Martin Sktrel received the award for Slovakian footballer of the year. The 6’3′ center-half, currently plying his trade at Liverpool F.C., narrowly won out over Marek Hamsik, who is a standout performer at Napoli F.C. Though only narrowly winning out over Hamsik by a margin of 3 votes, there is no disputing his [...]
Vladimir Weiss is no longer the head of the Slovak national football team after an amicable agreement with the Slovak Football Association, which sees Weiss carry off EUR 105,000 in severance pay. The news was confirmed for daily Hospodarske Noviny this afternoon by head of the SFA, Jan Kovacik. Kovacik expressed his appreciation for what [...]
Things haven’t being going too well recently for head coach of the Slovak national football team after Slovakia were knocked out of the 2012 European Championships thanks mostly to defeats to Armenia, so there is now talk of ousting him from his position. Weiss’ contract as national team coach doesn’t run out until the end [...]
The government agreed today to put up part of the financing to build a national football stadium, which is, embarrassingly, something Slovakia has been lacking for the past several years. Education minister Eugen Jurzyca announced the news, but without specifying how much the state was willing to contribute. According to Hospodarske Noviny, Jurzyca said the subsidy [...]
Tonight Slovakia take on Russia in the Euro 2012 qualifier in a make-or-break match for the Slovak team, which was doing well in the wide-open group until losing 0-4 to Armenia in the previous match. The Slovak team is confident that they have what it takes to bring down the Russian bear, but unless they [...]
After a good performance against Ireland on Friday last week that ended in a 0-0 draw, Slovakia’s national football team were subjected to a shameful defeat against Armenia last night in Group B of the EURO 2012 qualification round. Although the Slovak team started the match well, the second half would prove disastrous with the Slovaks [...]
In the club transfer window that closed on Wednesday, several Slovaks have made the move to new clubs, including Juraj Kucka, Robert Vittek, Marek Sapora and Marek Cech. Kucka was snapped up by Inter Milan, signing a contract until June 2016, but he will continue to play on loan for his current team FC Genoa until January [...]
One of the biggest football nations in the world, Italy, has been kicked in the ego once again by Slovakia and specifically by Vladimir Weiss, coach of both the national team and Slovan Bratislava. After a 1-0 victory against AS Roma at home, Slovan went to Rome for the second leg of the UEFA [...]
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