Top women's qualifying seed Elise Mertens has been eliminated from the Miami Open after losing an all-Belgian encounter with Alison Van Uytvanck on the opening day of action.

Pierre-Hugues Herbert of France 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.The shortest match of the day saw 15th-ranked Dusan Lajovic of Serbia

Olympic gold and bronze medallists Serbia and Italy both booked their place in the Super Final of the

Switzerland's Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal of Spain are set to meet in the fourth round of the Indian Wells Masters in California after both won their round three matches today.

Australian Open in January.Elsewhere in the men's singles today, world number two Novak Djokovic of Serbia

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Board of Directors has unanimously endorsed a package of comprehensive reforms for the Davis Cup and Fed Cup competitions. 

Djokovic helped lead Serbia to win the title back in 2010, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka guided Switzerland

Canadian qualifier Vasek Pospisil stunned world number one Sir Andy Murray with a straight-sets victory to reach the third round of the Indian Wells Masters.

Italy 6-3, 6-4.In the women's event, Venus Williams of the United States defeated Jelena Janković of Serbia

Zorana Arunović of Serbia shot a world record score to claim the gold medal in the women's air pistol

Serbia won the women's team title at the European 10 metres Shooting Championship in Maribor ©ESCShe

The golden success continued for Serbia in the Slovenian city as Arunović helped her nation secure the

year-old and team-mates Sergey Kamenskiy and Evgeny Panchenko recorded a total of 1878.5 points, with Serbia

Olympic champion Christian Reitz claimed the men's air pistol spoils as senior competition began at the European 10 metres Shooting Championship in Maribor today.

 Damir Mikec of Serbia rose to second with 241.4 as Ismail Keles took bronze, with 220.7."

Chernousov won won the corresponding team competition with a score of 1,734.Ukraine scored 1,728 to pip Serbia

Anton Aristarkhov secured two gold medals today in junior air pistol event at the European 10 metres Shooting Championship in Maribor today.

Germany managed 226.7.Anna Janssen, Verena Schmid and Jana Heck claimed German gold in the team event as Serbia

Belgrade's Mayor Sinisa Mali has revealed that the successful hosting of the European Athletics Indoor Championships here will be "a step forward" to seeking the International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships in 2020.

Our strategy is to promote Serbia as a country of sportsmen and women, and we will be a candidate for

Ivana Spanovic, Serbia's poster girl for the European Athletics Indoor Championships due to begin here tomorrow, was asked twice at the pre-event press conference if she felt pressure defending the long jump title she won in Prague two years ago.

My honour to be part of this great event in Serbia - it is going to be something no-one ever witnessed

Olympic gold medallists Serbia have been drawn against Spain, Greece and South Africa in the group stage

The International Handball Federation (IHF) have paid tribute to former player and referee Slavko Miljanović, who has died at the age of 59 in Belgrade.

2012 and the 2013 women’s World Championship.Savko Miljanovic was rated one of the best referees in Serbia

©Serbian Handball FederationMiljanovi also served as the commissioner of Serbia and Montenegro Super

Brazil’s Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal-winning coach Rogério Micale has been sacked after he failed to guide the country to qualification for this year’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup in South Korea.

in May 2015, just prior to that year’s Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand, where Brazil lost 2-1 to Serbia

Rio 2016 Olympic champions Serbia beat Romania in Bucharest today as they continued their perfect start

A 9-4 victory takes Serbia to 11 points in Group A, six more than nearest challengers Slovakia who lost

9-8 to Germany after a penalty shoot-out in Stuttgart.Croatia, who Serbia dethroned as Olympic champions

World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) and European Softball Federation (ESF) officials held a meeting with the Serbian Minister of Sport, Vanja Udovicic.

The reception at the Palace of Serbia, located in the capital of Belgrade, was attended by WBSC Softball

relations in the field of sport, as well as supporting sports that do not have a long tradition in Serbia

the development of the sport throughout the country.Softball is considered a relatively new sport in Serbia

with the Serbian Softball Federation only established in 2005.The meeting took place at the Palace of Serbia