Russia showed exactly why they are the dominant force in sambo after claiming five of the eight European Games gold medals on offer here.

final gold medal of the evening to the despair of Azerbaijan’s Vasif Safarbayov ©Getty ImagesAfter Serbia

Italy secured two Baku 2015 European Games golds on the final day of competition here, claiming victories in both the mixed team skeet and mixed team 10 metre air rifle events.

goldJune 2015: Varga takes European Games revenge over Alipov and Junghaenel wins Olympic placeJune 2015: Serbia

A politically-charged rugby league match between Ukraine and Russia is to proceed next month, after agreement was reached to play the fixture in the Serbian capital Belgrade.

: “If anyone knows what it means to be denied to represent your country because of politics, we in Serbia

suffered a heartbreaking European Games water polo finals defeat for a second night in succession after Serbia

Serbia delivered an exhibition of defensive solidity, with goalkeeper Stefan Todorovski leading the

Todrovski, they would surely have scored many more.In response, Marko Jankovic scored three times for Serbia

Petar Kasum levelled the score up yet again before Dorde Vucinic dinked the ball into the net to give Serbia

Olympic Committee President Spyros Capralos was on hand to present the medals, although it was for Serbia

Germany’s Christian Reitz claimed the men’s 25 metres rapid fire pistol gold medal here today, after confusion surrounded the awarding of the bronze medal.

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Russia won the women’s water polo competition here today at the European Games after a dramatic penalty shoot-out against Spain.

The medal matches in the men's competition are set to take place tomorrow as Spain face Serbia with gold

Serbia’s Damir Mikec produced another supreme display to clinch his second European Games gold medal as he won the men’s 50 metre pistol title to add to his 10m crown here today.

The result saw the country continue to dominate the sport at Baku 2015 as it gave Serbia their fourth

goldJune 2015: Varga takes European Games revenge over Alipov and Junghaenel wins Olympic placeJune 2015: Serbia

Home favourite Radik Isaev capped off an extremely productive four days of taekwondo for the European Games host nation Azerbaijan by winning the men’s over 80 kilogram category title here.

in the women’s over 67kg final, France’s Gwladys Epangue overcame Olympic champion Milica Mandic of Serbia

Italy’s Petra Zublasing and Russia’s Vitaly Fokeev each excelled today at the European Games, blending precision, endurance and insurmountable mental strength to claim respective 50 metres rifle 3 positions and double trap shooting titles.

storiesJune 2015: Varga takes European Games revenge over Alipov and Junghaenel wins Olympic placeJune 2015: Serbia

Germany’s Henri Junghaenel defeated a stellar field to earn European Games gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone men's event here, and the second gold of the day, in the new event of the mixed team trap, went to the Slovakian pairing of Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova and world champion Erik Varga, who earned an emphatic 27-21 win over Russia’s newly crowned men’s champion Alexey Alipov and Elena Tkach.

champion there – but even he has not won any World Cup events this year.”Related storiesJune 2015: Serbia

Serbia claimed the men’s and women’s 10 metres air pistol double here today as Damir Mikec and Zorana

Svein Arne Hansen, the new European Athletics President, has today made good on his intention to include more women in the organisation in announcing the names of the 14 females appointed to Commissions following last weekend’s Council meeting in Oslo.

along with Galia Puhaleva of Bulgaria and Anna Ricardi of Italy.Other appointments saw Ana Lukovic of Serbia

snatching gold after Italian rival Niccolo Capriani blew his final shot on a day in which markswomen from Serbia

It is a first gold medal for Serbia and I'm very happy about that."

Hungary’s three-time Olympic champion Zoltan Kammerer admitted that being part of the winning men’s K4 1000 metres team would have meant more if had earned them a place in next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 

Petter Menning of Sweden, and the Briton came through in third.It also proved to be a strong day for Serbia

team of Milica Starovic and Dalma Ruzicic-Benedek, who used to compete for the Hungarians, sent the Serbia

Serbia’s United World Wrestling (UWW) President Nenad Lalovic is set to be put forward as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at next month’s IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, insidethegames has learned.

confirmed at December’s Extraordinary Session in Monte Carlo.Kosovo declared formal independence from Serbia

in 2008 a decade after a bloody war, with Serbia still leading a cohort of nations who oppose the Republic