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Djokovic announces he will miss ATP Finals in Turin
BELGRADE - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic announced on Tuesday he would miss the ATP Finals in Turin due to an injury problem.
"It's quite an honor to qualify for the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. I was really looking forward to being there, but due to ongoing injury I won't be playing next week," Djokovic wrote in an Instagram post.
UEFA moves Beşiktaş – Maccabi Tel Aviv match from Istanbul: Report
UEFA has decided to relocate the match between Turkish club Beşiktaş and Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv, which was originally slated to take place in Istanbul on Nov. 28, local media reported on Nov. 4.
According to TRT Spor, the specific country and stadium for the fixture will be determined by the weekend.
EuroLeague: Panathinaikos triumphs in Belgrade, closing in on Zalgiris at the top
EuroLeague: Panathinaikos, following their road victory in Belgrade, climbed closer to the top, where Zalgiris remains firmly positioned.
More Euroleague wins for Reds and Greens
The Greek teams confirmed this week they are once again among the favorites for the Final Four, making it four wins out of four games in this double take of games for each one of them. On Thursday Olympiakos dismissed Barcelona in Piraeus and on Friday Panathinaikos defeated high-flying Red Star in Belgrade.
Stojkovic recalls Vlahovic, Gudelj and Mladenovic for Switzerland and Denmark games
BELGRADE - The head coach of the Serbia men's national football team Dragan Stojkovic on Tuesday announced his preliminary squad list for the upcoming UEFA Nations League A matches against Switzerland and Denmark.
Dusan Vlahovic, Nemanja Gudelj and Filip Mladenovic have been recalled to the national team.
The preliminary squad list is:
Serbia crushed by Spain in UEFA Nations League
CORDOBA - The Serbia men's national football team suffered a 3-0 away defeat to European champions Spain in a UEFA Nations League Group A4 Match Day 4 game in Cordoba on Tuesday evening.
Aymeric Laporte (5 min), Alvaro Morata (65 min) and Alex Baena (77 min) provided the goals for Spain and Morata missed a penalty in the 54th minute.
Serbia beat Switzerland at home in UEFA Nations League
LESKOVAC - The Serbia men's national football team beat Switzerland 2-0 in a UEFA Nations League Group A4 Match Day 3 game in Leskovac on Saturday evening.
Nico Elvedi (45+1 min OG) and Aleksandar Mitrovic (61 min) provided the goals for Serbia, whose goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic saved a penalty from Breel Embolo in the 72nd minute.
Stojkovic announces final Serbia squad list for Nations League games
BELGRADE - The head coach of the Serbia men's national football team Dragan Stojkovic on Friday announced the final squad list for the upcoming Nations League A games against Switzerland and Spain.
The 24-player squad list is:
Goalkeepers: Predrag Rajkovic, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic and Aleksandar Jovanovic;
Vucic: Novi Sad-Subotica high-speed rail line big thing for Serbia
NOVI SAD - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday the construction of a Novi Sad-Subotica high-speed rail line section - to be inaugurated on November 24 - was a "big thing" for entire Serbia and that he expected Hungary to complete its stretch of a Belgrade-Budapest line in two years' time.
Covic: We need Pesic to win our first gold as Serbia
BELGRADE - New Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS) President Nebojsa Covic said on Wednesday picking head coaches for the men's and women's senior national basketball teams was a priority and that Svetislav Pesic - whose contract with the KSS has expired - had an "open invitation" to coach the men's team.