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Vucic: Proposal made to raise reward for Olympic gold to 200,000 euros

BELGRADE - After a meeting with representatives of the Olympic Committee of Serbia (OCS), Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said a proposal had been made to the government to raise the reward for gold medals at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris to 200,000 euros.

Djokovic to face Croatia's Prizmic in Aussie Open first round

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, will play Croatian youngster Dino Prizmic in the first round of the Australian Open on Sunday.

After defeating Argentine Mariano Navone and compatriot Duje Ajdukovic, Prizmic beat Tunisian Aziz Dougaz 6-3, 6-4 on Friday morning to complete the qualifications for the Australian Open.

Serbia sink France at European water polo championship

ZAGREB - The Serbia men's national water polo team beat France 14-10 (3-2, 3-4, 3-1, 5-3) in the round of last 16 of the European Championship in Zagreb on Wednesday evening.

Serbia will face Hungary in the quarter-finals on Friday afternoon.

Serbia's Lajovic knocked out of Adelaide ATP tournament

ADELAIDE - Serbia's Dusan Lajovic is out of the Adelaide tennis tournament after a 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 defeat to Czech Jiri Lehecka in the second round on Wednesday.

Lehecka won after two hours and 20 minutes of play and will face Chilean Nicolas Jarry in the quarter-finals.

Serbia crush Malta at European water polo championship

ZAGREB - The Serbia men's national water polo team is through to the round of last 16 at the European Water Polo Championship in Zagreb after a 21-4 win over Malta in a Group C, Round 3 match on Tuesday evening.

Djokovic completes first training session in Melbourne ahead of Aussie Open

MELBOURNE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, on Tuesday completed his first training session at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne ahead of Australian Open, the season's first Grand Slam tournament.

Reigning champion Djokovic recently arrived in Melbourne from Perth, where he played for Serbia at the United Cup.

Lajovic through to Adelaide second round

ADELAIDE - Serbia's Dusan Lajovic is through to the second round of the Adelaide tennis tournament after defeating Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Monday.

World number 52 Lajovic, who won after two hours and 12 minutes of play, is now 4-0 head-to-head against world number 68 Kokkinakis.

Serbia outclass Israel in water polo European championship opener

ZAGREB - The Serbia men's national water polo team outclassed Israel 22-1 (6-0, 5-0, 5-1, 6-0) in its first match at the European championship in Croatia.

Serbia out of United Cup after Stevanovic loses to Australia's Tomljanovic

PERTH - The Serbia national tennis team is out of the United Cup after Natalija Stevanovic lost 6-1, 6-1 to Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic in Perth on Wednesday.

Winning after only 65 minutes of play, Tomljanovic handed Australia a decisive 2-0 lead in the quarter-final tie against Serbia.

Stevanovic was a stand-in for Olga Danilovic.

Bogdanovic: Paris Olympics next chance for Serbia to win gold

BELGRADE - Losing to Germany in the World Cup final was very tough, but life goes on and next summer's Olympic Games in Paris will be another opportunity to win a gold medal, Bogdan Bogdanovic, captain of the Serbia men's national basketball team, has told the basketball news portal Eurohoops.