Sport – rroma.org https://rroma.org Fri, 15 May 2026 15:05:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Sport – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Podcast https://rroma.org/podcast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podcast Fri, 15 May 2026 15:05:22 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32594 In the twenty-third episode of the SODAcast podcast, its authors Zdeněk Ryšavý and Patrik Banga return to the housing case of Minister for Regional Development Zuzana Mrázová, the debate on the Agency for Social Inclusion, the May Day march against fascism and the vocabulary of some politicians. They also discuss the Sudeten Germans’ congress in Brno and the violence of some football fans.

]]> Sport and Integration? https://rroma.org/sport-and-integration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sport-and-integration Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:03:54 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31301 The Roma Association of Slovenia organized a round table in Murska Sobota entitled Sports and culture within the Roma community – challenges of the future. The discussion, which took place in Mikko, was led by the president of the association, Jožek Horvat Muc, and was attended by Danica Polak Gruden, director of the Office for Nationalities, Damjan Anželj, mayor of the Municipality of Murska Sobota, Miran Kos, vice president of the Olympic Committee of Slovenia, Darko Rudaš, Roma councilor in the Municipality of Murska Sobota, and Dejan Židan, state secretary at the Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport.

Well, regardless of this, sport is not going to solve the issue …

]]> Racism and Football https://rroma.org/racism-and-football/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=racism-and-football Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:45:07 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31198 Last November, young footballers from Jihlava, Czechia, had to listen to racist insults on a train from Děčín. The event also angered President Petr Pavel at the time. The Jihlava club Mongaguá is now reporting another unpleasant experience, this time directly from the Jihlava square.

]]> Croatia: Integration https://rroma.org/croatia-integration-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=croatia-integration-2 Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:27:08 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30549 Međimurje County invited citizens to vote online to support the story of the Međimurje Sports Network about Vjeran Balog from Parag, which has entered the competition for the best journalistic work on the topic of inclusion and tolerance in the community.

The story follows Vjeran Balog, a football coach dedicated to working with young people, who last week became the first Roma to hold a coaching diploma from the Croatian Football Federation (HNS). His example shows how motivation and focus can overcome great obstacles.

]]> Racism in Sports https://rroma.org/racism-in-sports/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=racism-in-sports Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:00:27 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30420 The police is investigating an incident in which fans of the LHK Jestřábi Prostějov hockey club chanted racist slogans and sang a song with hateful lyrics in Hodonín (Czechia) on Saturday, November 8, 2025. According to the police, an anti-conflict team intervened on the spot and stopped the illegal actions. The police are investigating the case.

]]> Bulgaria, Roma, and Schools https://rroma.org/bulgaria-roma-and-schools-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bulgaria-roma-and-schools-3 Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:23:22 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30224 Kristiana Koleva, who was the weightlifting coach of 15-year-old Krasi, who was stabbed and killed in a Sofia mall, was a special guest on “Darik’s Day” and shared what her calling is.

“We tell them how to be decent people, to study, to get up early, not to be on those phones. But do you know what I think? That the state is also very guilty of this. And the family. Believe me, these children have a lot of bread in them and they are good people, but we have to work with them. This is not only done by the coaches in the gym. We are like a father, like a mother to them. But the state also has to work.”

]]> 100 Years https://rroma.org/100-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=100-years Tue, 06 May 2025 12:44:25 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=28218 Football in Leskovac, Serbia, among the Leskovac Roma, began to be played between the two world wars, and their first official match was recorded on July 26, 1926 in the then city weekly “Leskovački dnevnik”.

But the idea of ​​forming a Roma football club began a year earlier, on St. George’s Day in that distant year 1925, in a smoky tavern on the edge of this popular Roma neighbourhood.

Now the club apparently closed …

]]> Football https://rroma.org/football/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=football Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:26:07 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=28128 The associations “Roma Cloud of Imagination” and “Ki Rota” organized a football tournament in Kikinda, Serbia , on the occasion of World Roma Day celebrated every year on April 8. This day aims to promote equality, human rights and social inclusion, as well as to highlight the importance of integrating the Roma into all spheres of society.

“The city administration has initiated several important measures to improve the living standards of the Roma. Among these measures is the provision of school supplies for every child from the first to the eighth grade, while last year high school graduates were allowed to use the restroom during the graduation ceremony, and this practice will continue this year. Although it is clear that the Roma face numerous challenges and that the process of their integration and inclusion requires time and effort, the goal of the city administration is to lay a solid foundation for future generations and to do everything in their power to improve the position of the Roma community,” said Željko Radu, member of the City Council responsible for social policy, demographic changes, vulnerable groups and human rights.

]]> Best Roma Athlete https://rroma.org/best-roma-athlete/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-roma-athlete Mon, 24 Feb 2025 07:03:40 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=27278 In the Duše Škof Hall (former castle hall) in Murska Sobota, Slovenia, awards were presented to the best Roma athletes and teams in 2024. The best Roma athlete of the past year is Alja Horvat, a member of the national champions of the ŽNK Mura Nona team in the under-17 competition, and the best Roma athlete is wrestler Mitja Cener, a member of the Sobota Wrestling Association, who achieved exceptional success in the Balkan championship and domestic competitions.

]]> Slovakia, Sport, and Roma https://rroma.org/slovakia-sport-and-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-sport-and-roma Thu, 09 Jan 2025 12:05:12 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26690 When eighth grader Sebastián Žiga traveled to Indonesia in December for the MMA World Championships, it was an extraordinary event for the Ľ. Podjavorinská Elementary School in the Luník IX housing estate in Košice.

The fourteen-year-old Roma boy was the first student in the school’s history to reach the world championship in any sport. He finished 8th in the under 16 category.

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