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Albanian prime minister "proud" after scandal

Published by B92 on Wed, 10/15/2014 - 10:27

Albanian prime minister "proud" after scandal

TIRANA -- Several thousand people gathered at the airport in Tirana to give a hero's welcome to the national football team returning from Serbia.

FM: Stadium incident was planned political provocation

Published by B92 on Wed, 10/15/2014 - 09:40

FM: Stadium incident was planned political provocation

BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić has said that an incident during the Serbia-Albania football match was a deliberate and planned political provocation.

Brother of Albanian PM allowed to leave Belgrade

Published by B92 on Wed, 10/15/2014 - 09:06

Brother of Albanian PM allowed to leave Belgrade

BELGRADE -- The brother of Albanian PM Edi Rama, Olsi Rama, has been allowed to leave Serbia, after he was detained on suspicion that he caused a stadium incident.

Serbia-Albania Match Abandoned over Unrest, Flag-Waving Drone

Published by Novinite on Wed, 10/15/2014 - 08:39

Clashes between fans and players in Belgrade's Partizan Stadium forced referee Martin Atkinson to stop a Euro qualifiers football game between Serbia and Albania.

The first incident happened minutes before the first half was to end, as a drone was spotted flying over the field and waving an Albanian flag.

Flag-Carrying Drone Ends Albania, Serbia Match

Published by Balkan Insight on Wed, 10/15/2014 - 01:03

First football match between Albania and Serbia in decades was halted and abandoned in 41st minute at 0:0, after a clash between the teams.

The match was interrupted when a drone carrying banned Albanian flag was flown over the pitch.

Troicki moves through to 2nd round in Vienna

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 10/14/2014 - 18:28

VIENNA - Serbia's Victor Troicki defeated victor Estrella from the Dominican Republic 6-0 6-3 in the 1st round of an ATP tournament in Vienna on Tuesday.

His opponent in the 2nd round will be the winner of the match between Czech Lukas Rosol and Slovak Lukas Lacki.

Photo Tanjug, M. Jelesijevic (archive)

Albania Fans Barred from Belgrade Football Match

Published by Balkan Insight on Tue, 10/14/2014 - 16:06

Albanian football fans will not be attending Tuesday evening's key qualifying match in Belgrade with Serbia for the Euro 2016 championship.

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Troicki through to main draw of Vienna Open

Published by Tanjug on Mon, 10/13/2014 - 17:12

VIENNA - Serbia's Viktor Troicki advanced to the main draw of the ATP tournament in Vienna, after beating Belgia's Ruben Bemelmans 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7-3) in the singles qualifying draw on Monday.

Olympiakos coach Bartzokas quits

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 10/10/2014 - 18:26

By George Georgakopoulos

Olympiakos coach Giorgos Bartzokas reportedly tendered his resignation on Friday in the aftermath of the Cup loss to Panathinaikos on Thursday. He will be temporarily replaced by his assistant, Milan Tomic.

Djokovic through to Shanghai Masters semis

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 10/10/2014 - 15:02

SHANGHAI - The world's top tennis player Novak Djokovic reached semifinals at the Shanghai Masters on Friday, after defeating David Ferrer of Spain 6-4, 6-2.

Serbia's best tennis player did not deliver an impressive game as in the last week's Beijing final when he outplayed Tomas Berdych 6-0, 6-2, but he managed to find a way to beat Ferrer.

Serbia takes 17th place on FIBA list

Published by Tanjug on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 15:54

BARCELONA - The Serbian female basketball team improved their ranking on the FIBA list by 12 positions and climbed to the 17th place.

The team coached by Marina Maljkovic scored the biggest progress on the list after they claimed the eighth place at the world championship in Turkey.

Serbia "honored" by OSCE role "in difficult time"

Published by B92 on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 13:11

Serbia "honored" by OSCE role "in difficult time"

Helsinki -- Serbia's 2015 OSCE chairmanship will be "a great honor" as it will come on the 40 anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, Ivica Dačić has said....

Jankovic ousted from Tianjin WTA tournament

Published by Tanjug on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 10:54

TIANJIN - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic failed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Tianjin, after losing to China's Zheng Saisai 6-3, 6-3 in the second round on Thursday.

Jankovic continued her unpredictable trend this season. Although seeded first, she failed to capitalize on the role of the favorite against the 20-year-old Chinese, currently world number 112.

Peace Run ends in Belgrade

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 10/08/2014 - 17:30

BELGRADE - Peace Run 2014, which has passed through over 150 countries with a view to promote ideas of peace and harmony, ended in Belgrade on Wednesday.

Ivanovic withdraws from Linz

Published by Tanjug on Wed, 10/08/2014 - 10:20

LINZ- Serbia's Ana Ivanovic has withdrawn from the WTA tournament in Linz as a precaution, after sustaining a left hip injury.

Ivanovic won the opening match on Tuesday against France's Pauline Parmentier.
World No. 8 has already qualified for the WTA Finals in Singapore, scheduled for October 17-26.

Photo Tanjug, M. Jelesijevic

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