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Football - 2022 World Cup qualifier Northern Macedonia - Romania, line-up teams

Skopje, Sept 8 /Agerpres/ - Romania's national football team coach Mirel Radoi has made one change for Wednesday's match with Northern Macedonia's Group J in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers at the Todor Proeski Arena in Skopje, compared to the match with Iceland and seven compared to the match versus Liechtenstein.

North Macedonia’s Tarnished Football Icon Gets New Owner

Blue Sky Investment from North Macedonia is taking over the indebted football club FC Vardar from its previous owner, the Russian-born businessman Sergey Samsonenko, the City of Skopje which mediated the negotiations said on Wednesday.

Mura sail into next round of Champions League qualifying

Murska Sobota – Mura, Slovenia’s football champions, have made it to the second round of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League after crushing North Macedonia’s Shkendija 5:0 in Murska Sobota last night to advance on an aggregate score of 6:0.

North Macedonia Mourns Basketball Legend Killed in Crash

Basketball legend Blagoja Georgievski - Bushtur as he was known in North Macedonia and ex-Yugoslav countries - died aged 69 on Wednesday at around 11 pm after losing control of his vehicle on a wet, slippery road in the capital, Skopje, the North Macedonia Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

PAOK's title party gets postponed

The White Tower in central Thessaloniki was ready for the party. The flag and scarf sellers and the kebab makers had set up shop from the afternoon on Sunday. The TV crews were picking their best angles from the spot where the PAOK following would converge to celebrate the club's first league trophy in 34 years.

NSI: Bulgarians' Trips Abroad Increase 4.2% YoY in December 2018

In December 2018, Bulgarians made 478,400 trips abroad, 4.2% more than in the same month of the previous year, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said. An increase was registered in the trips to Serbia, Turkey, Macedonia, Romania, Germany and Greece.

Members of Belgian-Serbian "football mafia" arrested

Among them are two Belgian football referees, and several club managers.

They are suspected of fraud related to transfer of players to Belgian football clubs Brugge, Anderlecht, Lokeren, Ghent, and others.

Organized crime prosecutors are currently taking statements from the suspects, the Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime announced on Wednesday.

Balkan Police Help Crack Crime in Belgian Football

Serbia's organised crimes prosecutor's office said on Wednesday that Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia took part in an international operation cracking down on corruption in Belgium's biggest football clubs, including Club Brugge and Anderlecht.

Police detain 10 suspects in beating of ruling party MP

Greek police have detained a total of 10 suspects in connection to an attack against a ruling party MP in the city of Kalamata, in southern Peloponnese, last Sunday.

Eight suspects were detained and led before the prosecutor on Monday night while another two were arrested on Tuesday.

Kammenos pledges land transfer to PAOK for new soccer field

The Ministry of Defense will submit an amendment in the coming days transferring rights of use over an area of about 5.1 acres near Thessaloniki to the local soccer club, PAOK FC, to built a new soccer stadium, Minister Panos Kammenos said on Monday.

The land, which belongs to the National Defense Fund will be granted as a concession for a period of 100 years.

Kosovo Accuses Bosnia of Delaying Basketball Players' Visas

Elvira Dushku, the secretary-general of Kosovo Basketball Federation, FBK, said on Wednesday that the participation of its youth basketball players in a European championship in Sarajevo was under threat due to visa issues.

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