Slovakia’s most storied player in modern soccer says he hopes European Championship games can unite the nation after the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Robert Fico. Marek Hamsik is an assistant coach now with Slovakia after playing the last of his record 138 national-team games one year ago.
FILE - Slovakia ’s Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives to a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Feb. 1, 2024. Slovakia ’s government approved a package of measures on Wednesday June 12, 2024, that are designed to boost security for leading politicians and some others following an attempt to assassinate populist Prime Minister Robert Fico .
“These times are terrible for Slovakia,” Hamsik said in translated comments at the team training camp when asked about last month’s shooting that the populist Fico survived. “I couldn’t even imagine it happening.”
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