Serbia
Red Star Belgrade shakes off financial burden from the past
Red Star Belgrade is clearly in better shape now than it was in recent years. Not only has the red and white put together a very competitive team for next season (rumors say the spent € 1.500.000 on new players), but they have also paid off most of the debts from the past. Former coach…
Read MoreNBA player Darko Milicic signs with Real Madrid
After several years in the NBA, Serbian player Darko Milicic will return to Europe where he has signed a contract with Real Madrid (reportedly for € 1.800.000 per season).
Read MoreSerbia, USA and France win Gold in FIBA 3×3 Worlds
The Serbian Mens team, US women’s team and the French mixed team all took home Gold medals from the first FIBA 3×3 World Championships, held in Athens, Greece.
Coming into the final day of competition, both the Ukraine and France had teams still in contention. France came out of Sunday’s final matches with an impressive haul of hardware winning Gold in the Mixed event, and Silver in both the Mens and Womens events.
Read MoreFinland shocks Belgium, Montenegro and Italy first to 4 wins
Montenegro and Italy became the first teams to four wins in the 2013 EuroBasket Qualifier tournament on Friday with wins over Iceland and Belarus, respectively. In Helsinki, Finland and Belgium went in as the only to undefeated teams in Group E, but when the dust had settled, Finland stood atop the group standings with a…
Read MoreCold war between Partizan and Red Star
The season has not even started yet, and there is already a cold war going on between Serbia’s biggest and most popular Basketball clubs; Partizan Belgrade and Red Star Belgrade. For many decades there was some kind of balance of power and status quo between the two, in which Red Star dominated football (Champions league…
Read MoreEurobasket Qualifier Aug. 24 Schedule
Group A 18:00 Slovak Republic – Israel – Levice, SVK, City Sport Hall 20:30 Serbia – Estonia – Novi Sad, SRB, JP SPC Vojvodina 20:30 Montenegro – Iceland – Niksic, MNE, SC Niksic Group B 19:30 Luxembourg – Bulgaria – Luxembourg, LUX, Centre National Sportif & Culturel d’Coque 20:00 Germany – Sweden – Ulm, GER,…
Read MoreOliver Stevic signs with Zielona Gora
Serbian player Oliver Stevic (204 cm) has signed with Polish club Zielona Gora. Stevic last played in Italy and before that in Spain.
Read MoreTurkey remains unbeaten in U20 European Championships
Turkey remains the only undefeated team in the U20 European Championships for Women, being played in Debrecen, Hungary. The 12 teams will play their last qualification match on 22 August and will start the Quarterfinals on the 24th. Results from Aug. 21 Group E Netherlands – Lithuania 66-54 The Netherlands knocked Lithuania out of the…
Read MoreAleksandar Rasic signs with Siena
Experienced Serbia guard Aleksandar Rasic has signed with Euroleague team Siena from Italy. Rasic played for Lietuvos Rytas from Lithuania last season.
Read More2012 – European Championships U20 Women Schedule-Results
Preliminary Round – Day 1 GROUP A Aug. 16, 2012 Lithuania-Latvia 71-66 Aug. 16, 2012 Belarus-Spain 39-73 GROUP B Aug. 16, 2012 Holland-Italy 72-67 Aug. 16, 2012 Sweden-Poland 56-54 GROUP C Aug. 16, 2012 Portugal-France 33-55 Aug. 16, 2012 Ukraine-Turkey 61-86 GROUP D Aug. 16, 2012 United Kingdom-Russia 49-55 Aug. 16, 2012 Slovakia-Serbia 67-68 OT…
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