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Kenya's Talam and Aiyabei win at Belgrade marathon
Kenya's Talam and Aiyabei win at Belgrade marathon
BELGRADE -- Kenya's Bernard Kipkorir Talam is the winner of the 27th Belgrade Marathon, which saw participation of over 20,000 runners in the Serbian capital on Sunday.
Talam finished the race in 2:14:35, followed by compatriot Paul Kimeli Samoei, who finished in 2:15:50.
Ivanovic reaches Stuttgart quarterfinals
STUTTGART - Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic is through to quarterfinals at the WTA tournament in Stuttgart, after beating Julia Georges of Germany 2-1, in sets 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday.
The Serbian tennis player will next take on the winner of the match between Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova and second-seeded Simona Halep of Romania.
Grigor Dimitrov Qualifies for Quarterfinal in Bucharest
Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov defeated Czech Jiri Vesely 7:6, 6:2 in the second round of the ATP tournament in Bucharest.
Dimitrov, who is seeded 1st in the tournament, enjoyed the support of a full capacity crowd, among which many Bulgarians living in Romania.
Ivanovic beats Lisicki
STUTGART - Serbian female tennis player Ana Ivanovic scored a successful start at the Stuttgart WTA as she beat Germany's Sabine Lisicki in the Wednesday match, 6-1, 6-3.
In the next match, Ivanovic will cross rackets with Germany's Julia Goerges who defeated Romania's Sorana Cirstea, 6-1, 7-5.
Serbia falls out of World Group
BUCHAREST - The Serbian national women's tennis team did not manage to secure its stay in the Fed Cup World Group II, after Sorana Cirstea scored the third point for Romania by defeating Bojana Jovanovski 6-3, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3 in Bucharest on Sunday.
Ivanovic loses to Cirstea, Romania takes lead over Serbia
BUCHAREST - The Romanian national women's tennis team took a 1-0 lead over Serbia on Saturday in a play-off tie for remaining in the Fed Cup World Group II.
Sorana Cirstea secured the point by outplaying Ana Ivanovic 2-1, in sets 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Simona Halep and Bojana Jovanovski will clash in the other singles match on Saturday.
Serbia beats Russia in World League preliminaries
KRAGUJEVAC - Serbia triumphed against Russia 14-7 (3-1, 4-2, 3-3, 4-1) in the Men's Water Polo World League 2014 Europe Group A Round 6 preliminaries in Kragujevac late on Tuesday and secured their spot in the Super Final that will be played in Dubai on June 16-21.
Romania Detains Football Officials Suspected of Fraud
Romania prosecutors on Monday detained the former chairman of the Professional Football League, LPF, and other six others on suspicion of tax evasion and money laundering in a case related to the sale of match rights to television stations.
Former chairman Dumitru Dragomir was taken into custody for 24 hours, with a proposal to extend the arrest over a month more.
Partizan, Radnicki through to Champions League Final Six
BELGRADE - Belgrade's Partizan advanced to the final stage of the European Water Polo Champions League tournament after a Preliminary Rounds Day 8 home win against Romania’s Oradea 9-7 (5-1, 2-1, 1-4, 1-1) late on Wednesday.
Clinching its fifth victory in Group B, Partizan is now tight in third place and has secured its spot in the Final Six.
Nearly 80% of Bulgarians Never Exercise - Eurobarometer
A great part of 78% of Bulgarian citizens never exercise or play sport, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey on sport and physical activity.
41% of Europeans exercise or play sport at least once a week, while 59% of EU citizens never or seldom do so, according to the survey.
Serbia defeats Romania in Bucharest, water polo
BUCHAREST - Serbia beat host Romania in a FINA Water Polo World League Preliminaries Round 5 Group A match in Bucharest 7-4 (2-1, 1-0, 1-2, 3-1) late on Tuesday.
This was Serbia's third consecutive win, cementing its top position in the group with nine points ahead of Russia and Romania with three points each.
Novak Djokovic through to round of sixteen
INDIAN WELLS - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic qualified for the round of sixteen of the Masters 1000 Seriesin Indian Wells.
World's second best tennis player beat Romania's Victor Hanescu, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2.
In the fight for the quarterfinal, Djokovic will cross rackets with Columbia's Alejandro Gonzalez who defeated Ivan Dodig of Croatia, 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5).