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From national sports to football, wrestling to chess — the sport and athletes of the Turkic world.

National sports

SportGreat Kurultáj (Bugac)A festival of nomadic horse culture held in the first week of August on the Bugac steppe in Hungary, bringing together Turkic peoples and Hungarians.Read more →
SportMounted archeryAn ancient martial art of the steppe peoples, turned into a modern sport in Hungary by Lajos Kassai.Read more →

Sport by country

SportHungary men's national water polo teamThe most successful team in water polo history, with 16 Olympic medals, nine of them gold.Read more →

Athletes

PersonFerenc PuskásOne of the greatest footballers of all time (1927–2006), who scored 84 goals in 85 matches for Hungary.Read more →

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