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BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade are a step away from defending their title in the regional basketball ABA league after beating Cedevita Zagreb 84-73 (29-18, 28-16, 15-16, 12-23) at home late Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in the play-off final series.

The reigning champions had a 23-point lead at one point in the game.

Tanjug file photo, Tanja Valic

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade beat Cedevita Zagreb 81-66 (16-27, 29-17, 21-10, 15-12) at home in Monday's opening game of the play-off final series of the basketball ABA league.

In a confident display at a packed Aleksandar Nikolic Hall, the reigning champions overcame a 15-point deficit to win the first victory in their bid to defend the title.

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BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade are through to their third consecutive final of the basketball ABA league play-offs after beating Buducnost Podgorica 82-59 (21-15, 14-14, 32-22, 15-8) in the Belgrade suburb of Zeleznik late Tuesday to win the semi-final series 2-1.

ZAGREB - Partizan Belgrade have failed to reach the final of the basketball ABA league play-offs after losing 87-78 (20-14, 27-22, 22-27, 18-15) to Cedevita Zagreb on the road in the third game of their semi-final series.

The Croatian champions will face the winner of the other semi-final series between Red Star Belgrade and Buducnost Podgorica, which will become known on Tuesday.

PODGORICA - Red Star Belgrade lost 63-57 (13-13, 20-10, 9-14, 21-20) to Buducnost Podgorica on the road in late Tuesday's second game of the basketball ABA league semi-final series, which is now set to be decided by the third game in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade have taken a 1-0 lead in the ABA basketball league semi-finals after beating Buducnost Podgorica 82-67 (21-17, 22-14, 19-18, 20-18) late Sunday.

Head coach Dejan Radonjic's men controlled the game throughout and had a 20-point lead at one point.

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Olympiakos basketball team have pulled off a great win in Belgrade (66-64) against Red Star Belgrade, essentially clinching a home court advantage in the next knock out round of the Euroleague. The last minute hero was forward George Printezis who scored the winning basket 3 seconds before the end.

MILAN - Red Star Belgrade have taken a huge step towards securing a spot in the Euroleague Basketball quarter-finals after beating Armani Milano 78-71 (25-10, 18-21, 17-19, 18-21) on the road late Thursday.

BELGRADE - Athletics Federation of Serbia President Veselin Jevrosimovic said Sunday the European Athletics Indoor Championships at Belgrade's Kombank Arena had been the best-organised ever and that Belgrade and Serbia had thus qualified to host the 2020 World Indoor Championships.

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade beat Brose Bamberg 74-60 (17-9, 26-20, 13-14, 18-17) at home in Round 24 of the basketball Euroleague late Thursday.

Red Star won the game despite an inconsistent display, largely influenced by the absence of point guard Stefan Jovic, and are now 14-10 in the competition.

Tanjug file photo, T. Valic