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Bulgaria's legendary 1994 World Cup midfielder Krasimir Balakov is working on attracting German golfers to Bulgaria.

The Stuttgart football player turned Litex Lovech coach has already organized a week of events for German businessmen at the golf resorts near Bulgaria's Black Sea town of Kavarna, Dnevnik reports.

Admiral Leonidas Vassilikopoulos, who was head of the Hellenic Navy in the 1980s and in charge of the National Intelligence Service (EYP) in the 1990s, died on Friday at the age of 82.

PARIS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic advanced to the round of 16 at Roland Garros after battling past Marin Cilic of Croatia 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4 on Friday.

The Croatian threatened to cause an upset even after two sets down but No. 2 seed Djokovic regained control and continued his bid to win this year's French Open title.

Romanian cyclist Eduard Grosu continues his excellent season; he won the first stage of the 2014 Tour of Estonia on Friday, which obviously entitles him to wear the current leader's yellow jersey. His performance came just months after signing his first professional contract with the Italian-Japanese team.

Anadolu Efes has agreed terms for European basketball legend Dusan Ivkovic to take over as head coach, the club announced on May 30.

The Istanbul club said it would officially unveil Ivkovic in a ceremony on June 3.

Croatia's Ajla Tomljanovic upset third seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 6-4 in the third round of the French Open on Friday.
      
The defeat means that the tournament's top three seeds have been ousted inside six days, with top seed Serena Williams losing in the second round and second seed Li Na departing in the first.
      

Football's world governing body FIFA is concerned with the preparation for the World Cup in Brazil, which starts on June 12.

Three of the stadiums, in Natal, Porto Alegre, and Sao Paulo are yet to be completed and are "racing against the clock", as FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke tweeted.

By Brian Homewood

Match-fixing is a «major problem» in Greece where 12.8 percent of players interviewed in a recent survey said they had been approached and asked to manipulate a game in the last year.

PARIS - Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Russia's Alisa Kleybanova progressed into round-of-16 at the French Open on a walkover as the Canadian/Russian pairing of Sharon Fichman and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova retired before their match on Friday.

Mevlüt Erdinç and Caner Erkin scored in the second half as Turkey beat World Cup-bound Honduras 2-0 in an international friendly on Wednesday night.

Erdinç opened the scoring in the 70th minute with a shot from in front and was involved again in the 83rd when he passed to Erkin, who drove a shot into the back of the net.