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Petrounias adds another Euro gold to collection

Olympic gold medallist Lefteris Petrounias has just made it three in a row in the European Championships.

The Greek gymnast triumphed in the rings at Cluj in Romania on Saturday having also won in Montpellier in 2015 and in Bern in 2016.

The athlete of the Irini Peristeriou club scored 15,433 points executing perfectly a routine with a 6.30 difficulty value.

Stojanovic stuns world number 28 Babos in Shenzhen

SHENZHEN - Young Serbian female tennis player Nina Stojanovic has caused a major upset at the Shenzhen WTA tournament by defeating world number 28 Timea Babos of Hungary 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 Monday to reach the last sixteen stage.

Stojanovic won after slightly over two hours of play and will next face Ons Jabeur of Tunisia.

Halep beats Jankovic in Shenzhen

SHENZHEN - Serbia's top-ranked female tennis player Jelena Jankovic has suffered an early exit at the Shenzhen WTA tournament after losing 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 to Romania's Simona Halep in the first round.

World number four Halep, who won after an hour and 49 minutes of play, will next face Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.

Sofia to Host European Homeless Cup Next Year

Bulgaria's capital Sofia will be the host of the European Homeless Cup's next edition in the spring to come, a year ahead of schedule, organizers say.

Initially, the year announced was 2018, but the Austrian city of Graz insisted the championship should go there to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the first Homeless World Cup, of which it was also the host.

Serbia to play Turkey, Russia in EuroBasket group stage

ISTANBUL - The Serbia men's national basketball team was on Tuesday drawn to play Turkey, Russia, Latvia, Belgium and Great Britain in Group D of EuroBasket 2017 in Istanbul.

The draw ceremony was held in Istanbul, which will also host the final stage of the competition.

Fener, Osmanlı looking for qualification

Turkey's Fenerbahçe can advance to the round of 32 in the UEFA Europa League with a game to spare with the right combination of results on matchday five when it welcomes Ukraine's Zorya Luhansk, while Osmanlıspor can also make it to the next round if it beats Romania's Steaua București away.

Serbia to play Russia, Turkey in EuroBasket group stage

Basketball team of SerbiaPhoto: FIBA

ISTANBUL - The Serbia men's national basketball team was on Tuesday drawn to play Turkey, Russia, Latvia, Belgium and Great Britain in Group D of EuroBasket 2017 in Istanbul.

The draw ceremony was held in Istanbul, which will also host the final stage of the competition.

Ciolos: Pirelli plant in Slatina, example of Romania-Italy good economic co-operation

The Pirelli plant in southern Slatina is an example of the good co-operation between Romania and Italy in economic field, on Friday said Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos.

Bulgarian Women's Volleyball Team Qualifies for Eurovolley

The national women's volleyball team of Bulgaria will be able to participate in the European volleyball championship next year after beating Switzerland on Friday.

It took the Bulgarians five games to defeat their opponent 3:2 (20:25, 25:17, 23:25, 25:15, 15:12), with local sports websites suggesting they had underestimated the Swiss team.

Russian hackers release new batch of athletes’ doping data

Hacktivist group ‘Fancy Bear’ has released a second batch of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)’s medical data on 25 athletes from the United States, Germany, Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland, Romania and Russia.

Jankovic ousted from Madrid Open in first round

MADRID - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic was ousted in the opening round of the Madrid Open by Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday.

World number 131 Cirstea will next play Montenegro's Danka Kovinic.

The total prize money for the tournament in Madrid is USD 4,771,360

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