Budapest (AFP) – The bongo drum means only one thing in Hungarian football: Internationale CDF, a team mostly of African immigrants ripping up the amateur leagues and challenging prejudices, are on the pitch. "We go win forever! We love Jesus!" roars the dreadlocked Theophilus, 38, the team's self-appointed spiritual healer and djembe drummer, during a […]

Szombathely (Hungary) (AFP) – Gabor Kiraly has been through seven qualifying campaigns for major tournaments — always in his ever-present sweatpants — but even in the darkest moments insisted he never gave up hope on Euro 2016. "The thought never entered my mind," said Kiraly, who played a key role getting Hungary to the European […]

Budapest (AFP) – As Hungary count down to Euro 2016 and face Germany in a friendly on Saturday, a relic of their glory days as a world-beating side has just been demolished in Budapest: the communist-era Ferenc Puskas stadium. It was here, watched by almost 100,000 spectators, that the legendary 'Magical Magyars' were kings, famously […]