Derby

BELGRADE - Title holders Red Star Belgrade are through to the final of the Serbian football cup after a 2-0 Eternal Derby win over Partizan at home in the semi-finals on Wednesday evening.

Partizan's Aleksandar Filipovic scored an own goal in the 27th minute to put Red Star in the lead and Peter Olayinka netted in the 29th minute.

PAOK finished first after the regular season of the Super League, and ahead of the playoffs it will have a point's advantage over AEK that conceded a late equalizer at Aris on Sunday.

PAOK left it late at Peristeri but beat Atromitos, while the biggest win of this round in the Super League belonged to Panathinaikos that downed Olympiakos in the Derby of Eternal Rivals on Sunday.

The Greens, just a few days after eliminating the Reds in the Cup, defeated Olympiakos 2-0 at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium in Turkish manager Fatih Terim's first derby win in Greece.

Britain's Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch paid a visit to Türkiye to strengthen business links ahead of the expected launch of trade deal talks later this year, said the U.K.'s Department of Business and Trade in a statement on Jan. 5.

As part of her visit to the country, Badenoch met with her Turkish counterpart, Ömer Bolat.

BELGRADE - Serbian football powerhouse Red Star Belgrade have sacked head coach Barak Bakhar following Wednesday's 2-1 Eternal Derby defeat to arch-rivals Partizan.

Bakhar will be succeeded by former Red Star boss Vladan Milojevic.

The four teams leading the Super League table scored wins of varying difficulty, as leader Panathinaikos continues to enjoy a four-point distance from its chasing pack after the federation's appeals court upheld on Friday the original decision for the Greens getting all three points from the derby with Olympiakos.

BELGRADE - Partizan and Red Star drew 0-0 in Serbian football's 170th Eternal Derby in the second round of the Superliga playoffs on Wednesday evening.

Panathinaikos beat Olympiakos in the Derby of Eternal Rivals and remained at the top of the Super League table alongside AEK that defeated Aris.

BELGRADE - Former Serbia football international Igor Duljaj has been named new head coach of Partizan Belgrade, the club announced on its official website on Monday.

The decision comes after now-former boss Gordan Petric announced his departure following Partizan's UEFA Europa Conference League defeat to Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol last week.

A jail term of up to 23 years has been requested for the assailant involved in the tragic incident of last November's İzmir derby for throwing a signal flare.

The derby between the western province of İzmir's rivals, Göztepe and Altay, was suspended when a signal flare was thrown by Altay fan Furkan Ersanlı at the Göztepe stand, injuring a man and two children.