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Serbia crowned European water polo champion

BUDAPEST -- The Serbian men's national water polo team won the gold medal at the 31st European Championship by beating hosts Hungary 12-7 in Budapest late on Sunday.

It is the third European gold medal for Serbia, after triumphing in Belgrade in 2006 and in Eidnhoven in 2012.

Balkan Athletics Championships: Romanians reap 9 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze medals on first day of competition

On Saturday, on the first day of the Balkan Athletics Competition, now at its 73rd edition, held in Pitesti, Romanian sports people won a commendable bunch of 17 medals, of which nine of gold.

Serbian water polo team beats Montenegro in semi-final match

BUDAPEST - Serbia's water polo team qualified for the final of the European Water Polo Championship in Budapest as the Serbian players defeated the Montenegrin team in the semi-final late on Friday, 10-9 (3-5, 1-2, 3-2, 3-0).

Tennis-Bojana Jovanovski reaches semifinals in Baku

BAKU – Serbia’s Bojana Jovanovski qualified for the semi-finals of the WTA tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan, after defeating Misa Eguchi of Japan 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 Friday morning.

Jovanovski will next play either Shahar Peer of Israel or Stephanie Voegele of Switzerland.

Troicki reaches Gstaad quarterfinals

GSTAAD - Serbia's Viktor Troicki is through to the quarterfinals of the ATP tournament in Gstaad after defeating Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4 in their second-round match on Thursday.

Next up for Troicki is a first-time clash with either Spaniard Fernando Verdasco or German Jan-Lennard Struff for a spot in the semifinals.

The Swiss Open prize fund totals EUR 485,760.

Waterpolo-Serbia reaches European Champs semifinals

BUDAPEST – Serbia is through to the semifinals of the 2014 Men's European Water Polo Championship in Budapest after beating Greece in the quarterfinals 13-9 (3-2, 4-3, 4-2, 2-2) late on Wednesday.

Jovanovski in Baku quarterfinals

Jovanovski in Baku quarterfinals
BAKU - Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski advanced to the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan, after defeating Katarzyna Piter of Poland by 6-3, 6-1 in the second round on Wednesday.

Advocaat named new head coach of Serbian national team

BELGRADE - Experienced Dutch coach Dick Advocaat takes over at the helm of Serbia's national football team, goal.com reported on Tuesday.

Advocaat, who is replacing the acting head coach Ljubinko Drulovic will remain in charge of Serbia for the next two years, starting from August 1.

Dick Advocaat is new coach of Serbian football team

BELGRADE -- Dutch football coach Dick Advocaat will take over the Serbian national team, Serbian Football Association (FSS) President Tomislav Karadžić has confirmed.

Advocaat will take over from Ljubiša Drulović, who was acting coach of Serbia after Siniša Mihajlović left.

Serbia beats Spain, through to EC quarterfinal

BUDAPEST - The Serbian water polo team qualified for the quarterfinal of the European Water Polo Championship as it defeated Spain in the last round of Group B, 8-6 (2-2, 1-0, 1-1, 4-3).

After a strenuous match and successful final set, Serbia tumbled Spain and won a place in the race for the title it managed to win in Eindhoven two years ago.

Djokovic still No. 1, Lajovic 58th in ATP rankings

LONDON – Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has kept his ATP top spot this week, 460 points ahead of Spaniard Rafael Nadal.

Swiss Roger Federer is still third in the rankings, with 6,070 points.

Another Serbian player, Dusan Lajovic, moved up 13 spots to 58th, with 808 points.