Novica Veličković

Partizan beats Bilbao Basket in first Eurocup win

BILBAO - Partizan Belgrade beat Bilbao Basket 96-92 (21-26, 21-23, 24-19, 30-24) on the road in Tuesday's Eurocup Basketball Group C, Round 3 game to notch up their first win in the competition this season.

Nigel Williams-Goss led the scoring for Partizan with 27 points, followed by Novica Velickovic (19 pts), Patrick Miller (13 pts) and Vanja Marinkovic (10 pts).

Partizan overcome Red Star in basketball derby

BELGRADE - Partizan Belgrade beat arch-rivals Red Star 78-77 (16-21, 22-20, 18-21, 22-15) late Thursday in Round 9 of the Serbian Basketball Superleague.

In front of 5,000 spectators at the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall, Red Star had the lead until the very end, when Novica Velickovic won the derby for Partizan with a buzzer beater.

Tanjug file photo, T. Valic

Serbian national team wins 3×3 basketball World Cup

BELGRADE - Serbian national team won the gold medal after it defeated the United States with 21:16 in the final of the World Cup in 3×3 basketball.

This was the third consecutive World Cup finals for the Serbian basketball players, who won the first edition in 2012 in Athens, while two years ago they were defeated from Qatar in Moscow.