Publications

04.03.2013 - Published in SME daily Renovating regional stadiums should be the responsibility of their owners and local governments, not the state budget. The 45-million-euro allocation lacks clear rules or any competitive proc...

29.01.2013 - (Published in Slovak Sport Daily) There are topics that divide the public as well as the media. It’s not unusual for economic commentators and a sports editorial team from the same outlet to see the very same topic...

31.10.2012 - (published in the Slovak daily Sport) Many successful former Slovak football internationals often say that their generation had no chance to transfer abroad at all, or only after turning thirty, near the end of their...

15.08.2012 - (published in the daily SME) Slovakia’s Olympic disappointment in London is an opportunity for reflection. The focus should be on youth, not just on the number of medals. Games where Slovaks failed. The Olympics con...

29.02.2012 - (Published in SME Daily) Škrtel, Chára, and Sagan represent Slovakia better than a world champion in dog sledding or megastars of gymnastics or shooting. Which sports and which athletes represent Slovakia better...

29.07.2009 - (published in the daily SME) Even editors at leading national newspapers can’t agree on whether to welcome the government’s decision to support the construction of the National Football Stadium in Bratislava or to ...

14.03.2008 - (published in the daily SME)   The Slovak sports movement has been waiting many years for a good Sports Act. In the proposed new one, the surprise is a ban on entrepreneurship for all sports clubs, amateur or profes...

05.06.2006 - (published in the daily SME) The state does not intend to contribute to the operation of the ice hockey arena or the national football stadium. Hockey and football can show the way forward. For years, the sports m...

07.03.1996 - (published in the daily SME) Finally! The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), in a letter sent to European Union officials in Brussels, has definitively confirmed the abolition of the existing transfer ...