World number one Serena Williams overcame both illness and Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky at Roland Garros in Paris to book her place in the French Open final and move to within one match of winning a twentieth Grand Slam title.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will face Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka, while world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia

Baku 2015 has released its official mobile application, providing all the latest news and up-to-date information on the inaugural European Games, as well as offering full social media interactivity.

journey across Azerbaijan continuesMay 2015: Baku 2015 signs broadcast deal with Radio Television of Serbia

Seventeen-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer is out of the French Open after he suffered a straight-sets defeat to compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at Roland Garros in Paris today.

panel fell on to the crowd, injuring three people as a result.Women's seventh seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia

s action includes the mouthwatering men’s quarter-final between world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia

Maria Sharapova’s reign as French Open champion came to an end after she fell to a shock straight sets defeat to Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova at Roland Garros in Paris.

Wawrinka.By far the most eagerly anticipated last eight match will see world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia

Baku 2015 has signed a broadcast deal with Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) ensuring that viewers in

shown by the public free-to-air broadcaster, which has a reach of three million households across Serbia

Serbia joins an extensive list of countries that will be able to watch the European Games with Baku 2015

“This latest agreement shows the great enthusiasm for the Games, and I am delighted that fans in Serbia

“Serbia has a strong sporting tradition, and we expect great things from their competitors next month

in Baku.”Radio Television of Serbia holds rights to the Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesVladan Ckrkic, RTS

Defending champion Maria Sharapova breezed into the second round of the French Open with a comfortable straight-sets victory over Estonian Kaia Kanepi at Roland Garros in Paris today.

Roger-Vasselin.There are a host of top names in action tomorrow as men’s world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia

China have officially announced their intention to stage the 2019 International Basketball Association (FIBA) World Cup after submitting their bid book to FIBA, with the tag-line “More than ever”.

having won in 2010 and 2014 ©Getty ImagesUnited States are the current World Cup holders having beaten Serbia

Germany and China profited most handsomely today from an opening World Rowing Cups in Bled, Slovenia, which came too early to fit into the racing plans of Britain, Australia and the United States.

for only a few weeks, this two looked very assured as they earned a victory over a field in which Serbia

Azerbaijan will play the world number one ranked team The Netherlands in the group stage of the women’s 3x3 basketball competition at the Baku 2015 European Games.

well as Lithuania and Israel.Russia, Spain, Turkey and Belgium all feature in Group B, while Estonia, Serbia

Damir StajnerChef de Mission, Serbia

Team Serbia will have more than 100 athletes in 16 to 17, maybe 18 sports.

that the Baku Games are qualifying for Rio 2016 in nine sports and that will stimulate sport fans in Serbia

International Olympic Committee President (IOC) Thomas Bach was in typically enthusiastic form as he visited Fiji today, participating in a rugby training session before praising "great efforts" made to promote sport during a meeting with the Organisation of Sports Federations of Oceania.

which comes during a grueling period of travelling which has already included visits to United States, Serbia

A possible Olympic bid rose to the fore again during the latest leg of International Olympic Committee (IOC) President's Thomas Bach's visit to Asia and Oceania, as he assured Prime Minister Tony Abbott an Australian bid for the 2028 Games would have a "very good chance".

is midway through a frenetic global tour this month - which has already included the United States, Serbia

South Korea have claimed the gold medal and secured promotion back to Division IA of the Ice Hockey World Championship at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Division I Group B tournament in Eindhoven.

in Reykjavik were a 3-2 win for already promoted Romania over hosts Iceland and a 4-3 victory for Serbia

For all the bluster and triumphalism of the 40 Agenda 2020 recommendations unanimously passed in Monte Carlo on December 8, it has not escaped the notice of many that, with the possible exception of the Olympic TV Channel, few concrete and definite changes have yet occurred in Thomas Bach’s era of reform.The decision taken the following day during that International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session to recognise the membership of Kosovo was therefore perhaps the biggest accomplishment so far of the Bachean era. For it was a choice that could have sparked a political maelstrom but seems to have passed with,...

other 83 United Nations members that do not recognise the Balkan Republic.It was convenient that Serbia

Criticisms were raised elsewhere; the Athletics Federation of Serbia for example, described last week

historical and political symbolism, Bach and his entourage paid a brief but similarly significant visit to Serbia

Rather poignantly, they met only with sporting and Olympic Committee of Serbia (OCS) representatives

decision was about helping aspiring athletes ©KOC/Genuine EffectIt will be interesting to see whether Serbia

Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has paid a historic visit to Belgrade to meet Olympic Committee of Serbia

From the Beijing Olympic Games to the London Olympic Games Serbia climbed more than 20 places in the

this work and I thank President Divac who recognizes the assistance that the IOC provides athletes in Serbia

"I hope that the team of Serbia at Rio 2016 achieves even greater success than in London."

Thomas Bach meeting representatives from national sporting federations in Serbia ©OCMBach then continued

his visit by journeying to a local elementary school to see the "EcOlympics Serbia" project first hand