DUBAI

Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova won in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship on Sunday.

Pironkova defeated the Czech Klara Koukalova with 6:3, 4:6, 6:3 in a game that lasted just over two hours, daily Dnevnik reports.

The Bulgarian recorded a fifth victory in seven encounters with her Czech opponent

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep went one place down, from 3rd to 4th, in the WTA ranking released on Monday, because she couldn't defend the points won last year in Doha, following the change in the competition calendar.

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TAROM is launching today its Dragobete [Romania's love-celebrating holiday, marked on Feb. 24] offer by selling tickets with a starting price of 99 euros for round trips, with all charges included, according to an airline's release.

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Eiffel Tower, Paris (10,700) people

LUXEMBOURG - Filip Filipovic, a member of Serbia's water polo team, was declared Europe's best player in 2014, according to LEN, the European governing body for aquatic sports.

BELGRADE/ABU DHABI - The first Serbian business investment forum that ended on Friday in the United Arab Emirates provided an opportunity for Serbian businessmen to make connections with the UAE-based companies.

BELGRADE - Serbia's businessmen, owners of small and medium-sized enterprises, will travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday to take part in a Serbian business investment forum during which they will have the opportunity to make connections with business partners and learn about the potential of this rich market.

BELGRADE - Best-ranking Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic will not be part of the national tennis team in the Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group in Budapest because she injured her toe and needs to rest.

Britain's best-selling newspaper The Sun has quietly dropped photos of topless women from page 3, ending a controversial tradition that has lasted decades in a move hailed by feminist campaigners.
      

Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri has accused the former Iranian government of transferring huge amounts of money to Istanbul and Dubai in order to keep currency rates under control.