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BELGRADE - Serbian football club Partizan Belgrade suffered a 1-0 home defeat to Swiss side Lugano in the first leg of the two teams' UEFA Europa League third qualifying round tie on Thursday evening.

Mattia Zanotti scored the winner for the visitors in the 70th minute.

BACKA TOPOLA - Serbian football club Vojvodina Novi Sad lost 3-1 to Ajax Amsterdam in the second leg of the two teams' UEFA Europa League qualifying tie in Backa Topola, northern Serbia, on Thursday evening.

Josip Sutalo (53 min), Jorrel Hato (85 min) and Bertrand Traore (90+2 min) provided the goal for Ajax, while Lazar Nikolic netted for Vojvodina in the 59th minute.

AMSTERDAM - Serbian football club Vojvodina Novi Sad suffered a 1-0 away defeat to Dutch giants Ajax in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League second qualifying round tie at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam on Thursday evening.

In the first half, Ajax missed a handful of opportunities to score as Vojvodina goalkeeper Lazar Carevic produced several excellent saves.

NYON - Serbian side Partizan Belgrade were on Monday drawn to play Scottish football powerhouse Glasgow Rangers in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round if they knock out Ukraine's Dynamo Kyiv in the second round.

Dynamo will host the first leg of the tie in Lublin, Poland, on Tuesday and the return leg is scheduled for July 31 in Belgrade.

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.

BELGRADE - Title holders Red Star were on Tuesday drawn to play Partizan in the semi-finals of the Serbian football cup, with Radnicki Kragujevac to face Vojvodina Novi Sad in the other semi-final.

Both semi-final ties are scheduled for April 24.

BELGRADE - Title holders Red Star Belgrade are through to the semi-finals of the Serbian football cup after a 3-0 hammering of Division 1 side Vrsac at the Rajko Mitic Stadium on Wednesday evening.

Aleksandar Katai put Red Star in the lead in the 6th minute and substitutes Cherif Ndiaye and Osman Bukari scored in the 65th and the 82nd minute, respectively.

NOVI SAD - Serbian-American businessman Milan Mandaric was named vice president of Serbian football club Vojvodina Novi Sad on Tuesday.

NOVI SAD - Serbian businessman Milan Mandaric, former owner of football clubs including Leicester City, Sheffield Wednesday, Portsmouth, Nice, Standard Liege and Charleroi, is set to be unveiled as vice-president of Serbian outfit Vojvodina Novi Sad.

NIS - Serbian basketball champions Red Star Belgrade are through to their eighth consecutive Radivoj Korac Cup final after an 87-52 win over Cacak 94 in the semi-finals in Nis on Friday evening.

In the final of the national basketball cup, Red Star will face the winner of the other semi-final between Partizan Belgrade and Vojvodina Novi Sad.

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