Tag: Slovakia
Hantuchova to join Ivanovic in Brisbane
Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova will play in next year's inaugural Brisbane International tennis tournament, organisers said on Wednesday.[MORE]
Warhol exhibition cancelled
An exhibition of Andy Warhol prints in the only museum in Europe dedicated to the American pop icon has been cancelled due to a hole in the roof.[MORE]
Slovak twins win C2 gold
Slovakian brothers Pavol and Peter Hochschorner won the C2 canoe doubles gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Friday.[MORE]
Faulty air conditioning puts Warhol show on ice
An exhibition of Andy Warhol prints in the only museum in Europe dedicated to the US pop artist is being put off until September due to defective air conditioning.[MORE]
ATP players banned for betting on matches
Tennis players Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak have been suspended after being found guilty of gambling on matches, the ATP announced on Monday.[MORE]
Slovakia to build 33m Jesus statue
A Slovak mayor is hoping that a project to build Europe's tallest statue of Jesus Christ will put his city on the map.[MORE]
Hantuchova downs Radwanska to make semis
Slovak ninth seed Daniela Hantuchova emphatically announced her Grand Slam comeback when she outclassed Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska to reach the Australian Open semi-finals on Wednesday.[MORE]
Injury forces Hrbaty out of Open
Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty has pulled out of the Australian Open after announcing he will be forced to undergo a new operation on his right elbow.[MORE]
Europeans celebrate new border-free zone
Europeans are taking part in a two-day long celebration to mark nine new states joining a European border-free zone. [MORE]
Police arrest trio over alleged 'dirty bomb' plot
Police in Slovakia have arrested three alleged smugglers and seized enriched uranium that could have been used to make a "dirty bomb".[MORE]
Heatwave turns south-east Europe into tinderbox as fires rage
South-eastern Europe is a tinderbox in the grip of an unrelenting heatwave that has claimed hundreds of lives as wildfires sweep southern Italy and bite into a national park in Slovakia.[MORE]
Slovak capital fights mosquito invasion
Slovakia's capital, Bratislava, will carry out a mass spraying of mosquitoes to counter an invasion of the pests following recent flooding, city council spokeswoman Eva Chudinova says. [MORE]
Central European residents brace for floods
Hundreds of people across central Europe have left their flood-threatened homes, as heavy rain and melting snow burst river banks.[MORE]
Bird flu wreaks havoc on India's poultry industry
Sales of poultry products have fallen 25 to 30 per cent in India since the outbreak of bird flu was reported in western India at the weekend, an industry official says. [MORE]
Beck blames positive test on spiked drink
Slovakia's Karol Beck, banned from tennis this week for two years after a positive drug test, believes an acquaintance spiked his drinks in a nightclub. [MORE]
Beck handed two-year doping ban
Slovakian tennis player Karol Beck has received a two-year ban from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for testing positive for the anabolic steroid clenbuterol. [MORE]
Slovak tennis player Beck tests positive
Slovak tennis player Karol Beck has tested positive for a banned substance, Slovak Tennis Federation general secretary Igor Moska said.[MORE]
Up to 48 dead in Hungarian plane crash
The Hungarian Government has confirmed a Slovak AN-24 military aircraft, bound from Kosovo to Slovakia with Slovak peacekeeping troops on board, has crashed in east Hungary today.[MORE]
Ancic holds nerve to win Davis Cup for Croatia
Croatia won the Davis Cup for the first time overnight when Mario Ancic beat Slovakia's Michal Mertinak 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 to clinch a 3-2 victory in a rollercoaster final in Bratislava.[MORE]
Croatia edge closer to first Davis Cup triumph
Croatia are one victory away from their first Davis Cup title after Ivan Ljubicic and Mario Ancic teamed up to beat Slovakian duo Dominik Hrbaty and Michal Mertinak 7-6, 6-3, 7-6 in Bratislava overnight.[MORE]
Slovakia skipper backs under-fire Beck
Slovakia Davis Cup captain Miroslav Mecir has leapt to the defence of Karol Beck after the player was forced to battle allegations that he had failed a drugs test. [MORE]
Slovaks and Croatians level
Determined Dominik Hrbaty threw Slovakia a lifeline as he pulled the hosts level with Croatia 1-1 with a defeat of Mario Ancic in the Davis Cup final in Bratislava.[MORE]
Spain thrash Slovakia in first leg
Spain took a giant stride towards qualifying for their eighth successive World Cup after Luis Garcia's hat-trick helped them to a 5-1 win over 10-man Slovakia in their play-off first leg in Madrid this morning.[MORE]
Better technique should see Spain through, says Aragones
Spain coach Luis Aragones believes his side's technical superiority will ensure them of victory in their World Cup play-off against Slovakia.[MORE]
Last pieces of World Cup jigsaw to fall in place
The last pieces of the 2006 World Cup jigsaw will slot into place over the next few days when the identities of the final five qualifiers are decided.[MORE]
