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Serbia slide to 33rd place in FIFA world rankings

ZURICH - The Serbia men's national football team has slid by one position to the 33rd place in the latest FIFA world rankings following a recent defeat to Russia and a victory over Cyprus.

Argentina, France, Belgium, England, Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Croatia make up the top ten.

Djokovic parts ways with longtime coach Ivanisevic

BELGRADE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, has parted ways with coach Goran Ivanisevic.

In social media posts, Djokovic has announced his cooperation with the Croatian had come to an end after five years.

He added that his friendship with Ivanisevic was "solid as a rock."

Serbia beat Cyprus in football friendly

LARNACA - The Serbia men's national football team defeated Cyprus 1-0 in a friendly game in Larnaca on Monday evening.

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic scored the only goal of the match in the seventh minute.

Cyprus goalkeeper Joel Mall saved a penalty by Aleksandar Mitrovic in the 11th minute.

Ten-man Serbia crushed by Russia in football friendly

MOSCOW - The Serbia men's national football team lost 4-0 to Russia in a friendly game in Moscow on Thursday evening.

Serbia were down to ten men after Milan Gajic was sent off for a foul on Daniil Khlusevich in the visitors' penalty box in the 21st minute.

Serbia to play US, South Sudan in group stage of men's Olympic basketball tournament

MIES - The Serbia men's national basketball team was on Tuesday drawn to play the United States, South Sudan and the winner of a qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico in Group C of the July 27-August 11 Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024.

The group stage will be played in Lille and the knockout stage in Paris.

Serbia boss Stojkovic agrees contract extension with FSS

STARA PAZOVA - The head coach of the Serbia men's national football team Dragan Stojkovic said on Monday he had agreed a contract extension with the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) and would soon put pen to paper on a deal that would see him remain in his current post until July 2026.

Stojkovic to remain Serbia boss until 2026 - paper

BELGRADE - The head coach of the Serbia men's national football team Dragan Pixie Stojkovic is set to sign a new contract with the Football Association of Serbia that will extend his tenure until the end of the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifications, Belgrade-based paper Informer reported on Thursday.

There has been no official confirmation of the report.

Stojkovic announces final Serbia squad list for upcoming friendlies

BELGRADE - The head coach of the Serbia men's national football team Dragan Stojkovic on Monday announced the final squad list for upcoming friendlies against Russia and Cyprus.

Serbia will play Russia in Moscow on March 21 and Cyprus in Larnaca on March 25.

The final squad list is:

Djokovic beats Vukic in Indian Wells second round

INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, has got off to a successful start at this season's Indian Wells Masters tournament after defeating Australian Aleksandar Vukic 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in the second round on Sunday.

Djokovic, who won after 130 minutes of play, is back at Indian Wells after five years.

Lajovic beats Ruusuvuori to advance to Indian Wells second round

INDIAN WELLS - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic is through to the second round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament after beating Finn Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday.

Lajovic, who won after 97 minutes of play, will next face Frenchman Frances Tiafoe.

Conference League defeats for Olympiakos and PAOK

Olympiakos and PAOK, Greece's representatives in the Europa Conference League, have a mountain to climb if they are to qualify from their round-of-16 ties, following their defeats in Thursday's first-leg games.

Djokovic seeded in Indian Wells first round, Kecmanovic to face Sonego

INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, is seeded in the first round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament and will face the winner of the tie between Australian Aleksandar Vukic and a qualifier in the second round.

The draw ceremony was held last night.

Serbia beat Georgia in EuroBasket 2025 qualifier

TBILISI - Serbia beat Georgia 76-63 in a EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers Group G Game Day 2 encounter in Tbilisi on Monday evening.

Marko Guduric led Serbia to victory with 16 points and Vanja Marinkovic, Aleksa Avramovic and Filip Petrusev added 15, 12 and 11 points, respectively.

Tornike Shengelia stood out for Georgia with 17 points and Joe Thomasson added 15 points.

Pešić: If Jokić's not ready, he'd better not play

Pei spoke at the press conference after the victory over Finland (77:61) in the first round of EuroBasket qualifiers.
The popular Kari says that the most prepared should play for Serbia.
Joki had the desire to perform at the World Championship last year, but he was simply too tired.

Pešić removed three players from the list for the match against Finland

On Friday, the "Eagles" will play the first match in group G in the "Aleksandar Nikoli" hall in Belgrade.
Uro Trifunovi, Ognjen Dobri and Aleksa Uskokovi will not play for Serbia in that match, as they were not on the list on the FIBA website.
Pei will count on the following players against Finland.

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