Nikola Jaksic

Serbia beat US to qualify for water polo world championship quarters, Olympics

DOHA - The Serbia men's national water polo team defeated the US 14-12 (2-3, 3-4, 6-1, 3-4) at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha on Friday to qualify for the quarter-finals and secure a berth at the Paris Olympics, where it will be defending back-to-back gold medals from Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo.

Serbia lose to Greece in water polo world cup semi-finals

FUKUOKA - The Serbia men's national water polo team lost to Greece 13-7 (3-2, 3-0, 3-3, 4-2) in the 2023 FINA Water Polo World Cup semi-finals in Fukuoka on Thursday.

Konstantinos Kakaris and Stylianos Argyropoulos led the scoring for Greece with three goals each.

Nikola Jaksic and Strahinja Pavlovic excelled for Serbia with two goals each.

Filipovic, Bogdanovic claim OCS best athlete awards

BELGRADE - The Olympic Committee of Serbia (OCS) on Thursday named male water polo player Filip Filipovic and female taekwondist Tijana Bogdanovic the best Serbian athletes for 2016.

With the national team, Filipovic won the European Championship, the World League and the long-awaited Olympic gold, as well as the Champions League with his club, Italy's Pro Recco.