The 2021 European Universities Games is set to be the largest edition of the event to date, organisers claim.

on Games preparations ©Getty Images"Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of the Republic of Serbia

Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer will not compete at the 2021 Australian Open, having not fully recovered from knee surgery.

match coming at the 2020 Australian Open - a semi-final defeat to eventual champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia

Lukhumi Chkhvimiani of Georgia and Ukraine’s Daria Bilodid were named as respective male and female judoka of the year for 2019-2020 at the International Judo Federation Awards, which concluded today’s virtual and inaugural JudoFest event.

year.Grigalashvili’s rivals for the Rising Star honour were Patricia Sampaio of Portugal, Andrea Stojadinov of Serbia

The Nigerian Government has pledged support to the men and women's basketball teams for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Basketball World Cup and the women's side booked their place through the Olympic qualifying tournament in Serbia

Russia's dominance of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) World Cup in Moscow continued as they claimed 12 of the 14 gold medals on offer on day two of competition.

Olesia Posylkina.Silver went to Volha Maleika of Romania with the bronzes going to Ivana Jandric of Serbia

Latvian side Riga have won the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Tour Finals 2020 in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia after a dramatic last shot against Serbia's Liman.

Netherlands in the quarter-finals.On the other side of the draw, reigning champions Novi Sad, also of Serbia

Playoff ties for the Billie Jean King Cup have been moved from February to April as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tennis calendar continues.

respective regional Group I event in 2022.Matches include Poland against Brazil, Britain against Mexico and Serbia

The coronavirus-hit 2020 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Tour campaign is set to draw to a close with a grand finale in Saudi Arabian city Jeddah.

third in the past two years.Novi Sad, who were based in the United Arab Emirates before returning to Serbia

freestyle categories on the penultimate day of competition at the UWW Individual World Cup in Belgrade in Serbia

China's women's volleyball head coach Lang Ping has said she expects the team to resume training in the New Year with a view to the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

team to the World Cup title in 2015.China were then crowned Olympic champions at Rio 2016 by beating Serbia

The qualification process for the International Cricket Council's (ICC) 2022 Men's T20 World Cup has been confirmed ahead of the event in Australia.

total of 225 internationals will be played in qualifying across 13 months, while Hungary, Romania and Serbia

Six-time world sambo champion Maria Oryashkova was the recipient of a Golden Belt award from the National Association of Martial Arts of Bulgaria.

went to Oryashkova, who claimed her sixth world title in the women's under-80-kilogram division in Serbia

Russia won three of the first five gold medals awarded at the United World Wrestling (UWW) Individual World Cup in Belgrade, with Olympic champion Roman Vlasov among the victors.

Hungary.There was home joy in the minor-medal matches, as ex-world champion Viktor Nemeš won bronze medal for Serbia

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has confirmed the hosts of the upcoming Women’s EuroBasket and Asia Cup qualification events.

forfeiting games against Turkey and Lithuania, following travel restrictions.Their disqualification means Serbia

All medallists from the 2020 World Sambo Championships have been awarded prize money for their efforts from the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) and its sponsors. 

sambists around the world who won gold, silver or bronze at the World Championships in Novi Sad in Serbia