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FIFA braces for Israeli-Palestinian showdown

The Palestinian efforts to isolate Israel from global football goes visible at the FIFA. The Palestinian side hopes the campaign will ease Israeli pressure on local football The scene is set at next month’s World Cup in Brazil for a showdown between Israel and Palestine – albeit off the pitch, given that neither qualified for one of the world’s most important sporting events.

Serbian coxless pair wins gold at European Championships

BELGRADE - The Serbian coxless pair of Dusan Bogicevic and Veselin Savic on Sunday won the gold medal at the 2014 European Rowing Championships in Belgrade.

Bogicevic and Savic won the final on Ada Ciganlija in 6:21.75.

Silver medallists the Netherlands finished in 6:21.99, while Germany won the bronze, finishing in 6:24.71.

Photo Tanjug, Dragan Stankovic

Ivanovic loses to Safarova

PARIS - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic on Saturday failed to reach the fourth round of the Roland Garros tennis tournament by losing to Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3.

Ivanovic was no match for in-form Safarova, who dominated both sets with power and accuracy.

AP Photo/David Vincent

Lajovic through to Roland Garros fourth round

PARIS - Serbia's Dusan Lajovic reached the fourth round of the Roland Garros tennis tournament on Saturday by beating Jack Sock of the United States 6-4, 7-5, 6-3.

Current world number 83 Lajovic, who is Serbia's second-highest ranking male tennis player, achieved a career-best win that is bound to hand him a higher ATP ranking next week.

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