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Stojkovic announces preliminary squad list for October EURO 2024 qualifiers

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 09/26/2023 - 15:37

BELGRADE - The head coach of the Serbia men's national football team Dragan Stojkovic on Tuesday announced a preliminary squad list for the EURO 2024 qualifiers in October.

Serbia face Hungary in Budapest on October 14 and host Montenegro at the Rajko Mitic Stadium in Belgrade on October 17.

The preliminary squad list is:

West Ham come from behind to defeat TSC in UEFA Europa League

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/22/2023 - 11:47

LONDON - English Premier League side West Ham United came from behind to defeat Serbia's TSC Backa Topola 3-1 in the UEFA Europa League Group A in London on Thursday evening.

Petar Stanic put the visitors in the lead in the 47th minute after robbing Angelo Ogbona of possession in midfield and going through on goal.

Djokovic to play in Paris, Turin and at Davis Cup Finals

Published by Tanjug on Thu, 09/21/2023 - 16:55

BELGRADE - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis, will play at the Paris Masters, the ATP Finals in Turin and the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga until the end of the season, according to his official website.

Djokovic will skip the Astana ATP tournament and the Shanghai Masters.

Serbia to face Great Britain in Davis Cup quarter-finals

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 09/19/2023 - 15:37

LONDON - The Serbia men's national tennis team was on Tuesday drawn to play Great Britain in the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup Finals tournament.

The winner of the tie will face the Netherlands or Italy in the semi-finals.

The other two quarter-finals are Canada vs Finland and Czech Republic vs Australia.

The draw ceremony was held in London.

Serbian long jumper Vuleta wins Diamond League

Published by Tanjug on Mon, 09/18/2023 - 11:30

EUGENE - Serbia's Ivana Vuleta won the long jump event at the Diamond League in Eugene, US, after producing a 6.85 m leap in her last attempt in the final on Sunday.

Vuleta was tied in the first place with Nigerian Ese Brume but won due to a better second-best attempt (6.77 m compared to 6.69 m by Brume).

American Quanesha Burks took the third place with a 6.77 m jump.

Djere hands Serbia lead in Davis Cup tie vs Spain

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/15/2023 - 18:02

VALENCIA - Serbian tennis player Laslo Djere beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4, 6-4 in Valencia on Friday to give Serbia a 1-0 lead in a Davis Cup Group C second round tie against Spain.

Djere won after an hour and 26 minutes of play.

Djere defeats Kwon to give Serbia Davis Cup win over South Korea

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 09/13/2023 - 11:33

VALENCIA - Serbian tennis player Laslo Djere defeated South Korea's Soonwoo Kwon 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the second match of a Davis Cup Group C first round tie between Serbia and South Korea in Valencia on Tuesday evening.

Djere won after two hours of play to give Serbia a decisive 2-0 lead and a win in the tie.

Earlier, Dusan Lajovic beat Seong Chan Hong.

Lajovic hands Serbia 1-0 lead in Davis Cup tie vs South Korea

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 09/12/2023 - 18:31

VALENCIA - Serbian tennis player Dusan Lajovic beat South Korea's Seong Chan Hong 6-4, 7-6 in a first round match of Davis Cup Group C in Valencia on Tuesday.

Lajovic won after two hours of play.

Serbia will also face Spain and the Czech Republic in Group C.

Mitrovic scores hat-trick to hand Serbia away win over Lithuania

Published by Tanjug on Mon, 09/11/2023 - 12:11

KAUNAS - The Serbia men's national football team defeated Lithuania 3-1 in a EURO 2024 qualifying match in Kaunas on Sunday evening.

Striker Aleksandar Mitrovic scored a hat-trick for Serbia after netting in the 21st, 32nd and 43rd minute following assists by Filip Mladenovic and captain Dusan Tadic.

Gitis Palauskas scored the only goal for Lithuania in the 45th minute.

Serbia lose to Germany in basketball world cup final

Published by Tanjug on Mon, 09/11/2023 - 11:38

MANILA - The Serbia men's national basketball team won the silver medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup after an 83-77 (23-26, 24-21, 22-10, 14-20) defeat to Germany in the competition's final in Manila on Sunday.

Aleksa Avramovic led the scoring for Serbia with 21 points and Bogdan Bogdanovic added 17.

Djokovic beats Medvedev in US Open final to claim 24th Grand Slam title

Published by Tanjug on Mon, 09/11/2023 - 11:15

NEW YORK - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world's top-ranked male tennis player, won a record 24th Grand Slam title by defeating Russian Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 in the US Open final in New York last night.

Djokovic won his fourth career trophy at the tournament after three hours and 17 minutes of play and is now 10-5 head-to-head against Medvedev.

Serbia beat Canada to advance to basketball world cup final

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/08/2023 - 13:15

MANILA - The Serbia men's national basketball team is through to the final of the FIBA World Cup after a 95-86 (23-15, 29-24, 23-24, 20-23) semi-final win over Canada in Manila on Friday.

In Sunday's gold medal game, Serbia will play the winner of the other semi-final between the US and Germany.

Serbia in the final! Bogdan: There's no time to celebrate

Published by B92 on Fri, 09/08/2023 - 13:03

The "Eagles" beat the Canadian NBA team with a fantastic game 95:86 in Manila.
Bogdan Bogdanovi led Serbia with 23 points, while Ognjen Dobri and Nikola Milutinov scored 16 each, who reached a double-double with 10 rebounds.

Serbia lose to Hungary at home in EURO 2024 qualifier

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 09/08/2023 - 11:49

BELGRADE - The Serbia men's national football team suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Hungary in a EURO 2024 qualifying match at the Rajko Mitic Stadium in Belgrade on Thursday evening.

Serbia took the lead through an Attila Szalai own goal in the 10th minute, but Barnabas Varga equalisaed in the 34th minute and Willi Orban netted the winner in the 36th minute.

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