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Serbian NOC President says NBA star Jokić will play at Paris 2024

  • Basketball

Serbian Olympic Committee President Bozidar Maljkovic has said that basketball star Nikola Jokić will be part of the country's team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

been named as an NBA all-star five times and the most valuable player twice.He won a silver medal with Serbia

valuable player Vasilije Micic and Rio silver medallist Nikola Kalinic were among others absent as Serbia

Jokić, nicknamed The Joker, also played for Serbia at the World Cup in 2019 and at EuroBasket last year.He




FIBA holds draw for women's Olympic qualifying tournaments

  • Basketball

The draw for the International Basketball Association Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments has been made, with 16 teams set to battle for a place at Paris 2024 in four different cities.

Australia will travel to Brazil for the tournament in Belem.Brazil are ranked eighth in the world with Serbia


Bach lands in Mumbai for "huge occasion" of IOC Session

  • Olympics

Thomas Bach has landed in Mumbai for the crucial International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting and Session.

Duke of Luxembourg and Executive Board members Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco and Nenad Lalović of Serbia


Six countries book Olympic places through Road to Paris men's volleyball qualifiers

  • Volleyball

Poland, United States and Germany all qualified for Paris 2024 with perfect records from three Olympic men's volleyball qualification tournaments held in three cities.

Tokyo at an event which doubled up as the Volleyball World Cup.They saw off Japan, Slovenia, Turkey, Serbia

be given priority, with Africa the only team lacking a representative so far.Egypt, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia


NBA star Embiid commits to USA for Paris 2024 Olympics

  • Paris 2024

Basketball star Joel Embiid has pledged his allegiance to the United States as he hopes to make his Olympic debut at Paris 2024.

blow for Olympic hosts France, who settled for silver in the Tokyo 2020 final.The US, France, Germany, Serbia


Maurizzi and Francisco claim world junior chess titles

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Marc’Andria Maurizzi of France and Candela Francisco of Argentina won the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Junior Championships in Mexico city.

rounds, the French player faced tie breaks against Arseniy Nesterov of Russia, Luka Budisavljević of Serbia



FIBA claims massive engagement from 2023 World Cup

  • Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has reported "record-breaking" engagement with this year's men's World Cup held in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines.

new followers between the competition's draw and the final on September 10 which saw Germany defeat Serbia


THF and Malta Taekwondo Association help refugee athletes compete

  • Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation

The Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) and Malta Taekwondo Association (MTA) has collaborated to help two refugee athletes participate in competitions.

, Mamadou Balde from Guinea, who arrived in Malta in 2015, took part in the 7th Asterix Cup in Nis, Serbia

His trainer and coach, Gianluca Barbara, registered him to compete in the 7th Asterix Cup in Nis, Serbia

Even if this participation was doubtful at first due to visa reasons where Mamadou was detained in Serbia



France end World Shooting Para Sport Championships on top thanks to De la Forest

  • Shooting News

Frenchman Tanguy de la Forest stole the show on the final day of the Lima 2023 World Shooting Para Sport Championships by winning the R9 mixed 50 metres rifle prone SH2 final, helping his country finish as the best nation.

concluding with four gold and three silver medals.De la Forest scored 252.5 to beat Dragan Ristić of Serbia