By Zjan ShirinianThe top seeds avoided any wobbles today in a tournament of upsets, putting in convincing displays as they bid for French Open glory.

Serbia's Jelena Jankovic 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.Men's quarter-final action begins tomorrow, with Novak Djokovic of Serbia

By Mike RowbottomGermany's Olympic champion men's eight and Britain's newly formed men's four, which is being fashioned as the top boat for Rio 2016, were among crews setting records in the opening heats of the European Championships on Belgrade's Sava Lake today.

Anja Noske.Belgrade, which was able to host these championships despite the serious recent flooding in Serbia

By Zjan ShirinianBasketball's world governing body, together with its European arm, is contributing €100,000 (£81,200/$136,200) to the relief efforts in the Balkans after the worst floods in the region for more than a century.

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia have been plunged into a humanitarian crisis after more than

saddened to see the devastating impact of the floods which hit Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia

issues at hand and it is important that we now address these current issues facing our brothers in Serbia

By Zjan ShirinianDefending champion Serena Williams has slumped to a shock straight sets defeat in the second round of the French Open.

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic will face Marina Erakovic of New Zealand, and Serbia

By Zjan ShirinianFormer champion Li Na has suffered a shock defeat at the hands of France's Kristina Mladenovic in the first round of the French Open.

Elsewhere in the women's draw, number 11 seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia saw off France's Caroline Garcia

By Nick ButlerWalking around the National Sports Centre in the heart of the Kosovan capital city Pristina last week, I spent a few moments engrossed in the plight of two young wrestlers training.In a facility where enthusiasm and camaraderie accounted for shortages in equipment and resources, one wrestler was clearly smaller and technically inferior to the other.Time and time again he charged forward and was duly flipped, thrown or driven into the school gymnasium-style mat. But he refused to be disheartened and surged forward again only to suffer the same result.

politics, is required.The region, landlocked in the south of the Balkans, was a central part of the old Serbia

As the campaign grew, Serbia responded by launching a vicious crackdown on the Albanian population, resulting

humanitarian catastrophe and in March 1999 began a 78-day bombing campaign on targets in Kosovo and Serbia

France, Germany and Turkey.But, and this is where it gets complicated, due to their close relations with Serbia

By Gary AndersonBritain's Clare Cunningham will be one of 60 athletes competing at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) Besancon Para-triathlon event in France tomorrow as the season gathers pace ahead of the European and World Championships later this year.

categories.A majority of the competitors will be from around Europe, including Spain, Germany, Britain and Serbia

) each is to be awarded by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) to Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia

"These floods have damaged Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia in a way which their people may only

Foundation established by former NBA star Vlade Divac, President of the National Olympic Committee of Serbia

FacebookThe donation follows help offered to the victims earlier this week by the Olympic Committee of Serbia

wife.They joined forces with the Red Cross in the launch of an aid campaign for the people in the areas of Serbia

By Mike RowbottomOrganisers of the European Rowing Championships, due to take place from May 30 to June 1 at Sava Lake in Belgrade, have assured all competing nations the event will go ahead despite the recent flooding which they describe as "the worst natural catastrophe in Serbia's history".

"Despite the recent tragic flooding that has taken place last week in Serbia - floods that have ravaged

Serbia has proclaimed a multiple day period of mourning so the Organizing Committee will follow through

By Zjan ShirinianNational Paralympic Committees (NPCs) have begun to spread the word about Para-sport as part of a drive towards improving knowledge of the Movement around the world.

activities have also taken place in Cameroon, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, Liberia, Puerto Rico, Serbia

By Duncan MackayFormer Turkish international Turgay Demirel has been elected as the new President of the European Basketball Federation (FIBA Europe) at its General Assembly in Munich today.

Norway); Grzegorz Bachanski (Poland); Carmen Tocala (Romania); Yulia Anikeeva (Russia); Dejan Bodiroga (Serbia

By Mike RowbottomThe shape of British Rowing's challenge at the Rio 2016 Games became clearer today with the naming of its first ever senior squad for the European Championships.

boat, the four, along with fellow newcomer George Nash, for the forthcoming European Championships in Serbia

By Gary AndersonBritain emerged with two gold medals from the second round of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Shooting World Cup in Szczecin, Poland this weekend as Richard Davies and Deanna Coates secured top spots in the rifle events.

Frimann.Frimann secured his second bronze of the weekend as he finished behind European champion Laslo Suranji of Serbia

By Paul OsborneOlympic gold medallist Heather Stanning has been ruled out of the European Rowing Championships in Belgrade later this month following medical advice.

The European Rowing Championships are due to take place in Belgrade, Serbia from May 30 to June 1 with

By Duncan MackayBelgrade has been awarded the 2017 European Athletics Indoor Championships  ahead of Istanbul and Torun in Poland, it was announced in Frankfurt today. 

passion and desire and will use these Championships to promote athletics as the most popular sport in Serbia