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BELGRADE - Sasa Radulovic, former Serbian minister of economy, said on Wednesday that the arrest of former heads of the Serbia Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SIEPA) is just a part of the criminal charge relating to fictitious contracts, which the ministry he had headed pressed against the director of that agency.

Milwaukee Bucks rookie forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has managed to enthrall National Basketball Association fans and coaches this season despite playing on the league's worst team.

World's richest Russian Alisher Usmanov might visit Bulgaria's city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria's Fencing Federation announced.

The Federation's chief, Velichka Hristeva was quoted by Dariknews.bg as saying that Usmanov "might come to Plovdiv" to attend World's Cadet and Junior Fencing Championship due to take place between April 3 and April 12.

MIAMI - Serbia's best tennis player Novak Djokovic advanced on Tuesday to the quarterfinals of the Sony Open Tennis tournament in Miami.

Second seed and three-time former champion Djokovic notched up a routine straight sets win against world No. 17 Tommy Robredo (6-3, 7-5), extending his head-to-head record over the Spaniard to 6-1.

Tuesday night turned special for the young Bulgarian footballer Todor Nedelev as he made his Bundesliga debut for Mainz 05.

His team lost 3:1 to last place Eintracht Braunschweig, but the former Botev Plovdiv midfielder will cherish his first 15 minutes on the pitch, as he went in for Julian Koch in the 75th minute.

Serbian tennis player demonstrated huge potential at tournament in Miami Lajovic: I have learned something important from Novak

Dusan Lajovic went to a tennis court quite accidentally. Today he is Serbian no.2 player! He almost defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine. Had he managed to do so, he would have been among the best 16 in Miami.

The young Bulgarian midfielder Todor Nedelev is expecting his debut for German club Mainz on Tuesday.

Nedelev joined Mainz in January from Botev Plovdiv, but was still recovering from an injury on his knee, suffered in September.

MIAMI - Serbia's Dusan Lajovic has failed to reach the 4th round of the ATP Masters tournament in Miami.

He lost to Ukraine's Alexander Dolgopolov 3-6 6-0 7-6(5) in the 3rd round on Monday.

Lajovic missed an opportunity to achieve the greatest success of his career. He served for victory in the third set, but lacked concentration and allowed his opponent to break his serve.

MIAMI - Serbia's Ana Ivanovic has failed to qualify for the quarterfinals of the WTA premier series tournamen in Miami.

She lost to Czech Republics Petra Kvitova 3-6 6-0 6-0 on Monday.

Ivanovic went from brilliant to terrible in her game and will probably have trouble putting this match behind her.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos and Olympiakos hardly broke a sweat during their Sunday games for the Greek league against relegation-threatened opposition, but third-placed Panionios suffered another loss and is now threatened by PAOK.