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Hosts Spain look to Nadal to lead charge at new Davis Cup finals

  • Tennis

Hosts Spain are favourites in the first of the controversial, new-style Davis Cup finals in Madrid this week.

November 24).World number one Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are expected to feature for Spain, Serbia

the ATP Finals, at which he suffered a recurrence of an elbow injury.France, who have been drawn with Serbia


Tsitsipas ousts Federer to set up Thiem battle for ATP Finals crown

  • Tennis

Stefanos Tsitsipas will meet Dominic Thiem in tomorrow's Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Finals after defeating six-time champion Roger Federer in straight sets in London.

Austrian Thiem in the form of his life.Wins against Federer and ATP Finals top seed Novak Djokovic from Serbia


FIBA announce hosts of Tokyo 2020 basketball qualification events

  • Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has announced hosts of the men's and women's Olympic qualifying tournament, offering a final chance for nations to qualify for Tokyo 2020.

remaining berths, with only the winners progressing.They include hosts Canada, Croatia, Lithuania and Serbia


Philip Barker: Walls, poppies, protests

  • Inside the Blogs

It has been a week of memorable commemorations at football matches and in other sporting arenas.

political symbol".In Cardiff, Wales chose to wear plain black armbands without a poppy for their match with Serbia


Chinese momentum continues at ITTF World Tour Austrian Open

  • Table Tennis

It was a good day for Chinese players in the preliminary rounds of the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour Austrian Open.

success, defeating Enzo Angles of France 4-1.There was an epic European battle between Aleksa Gacev of Serbia



Bjelica sets sights on finally gracing Olympic stage at Tokyo 2020

  • Basketball

Serbian basketball star Nemanja Bjelica has targeted bouncing back from injury disappointment to finally appear at the Olympic Games.

and four EuroBaskets.Injury to his right foot kept him out of the Rio 2016 Olympics, however, where Serbia

won silver.He is now desperate to appear on the grandest stage at Tokyo 2020, but Serbia will need to

European spots were available for the Olympics at the World Cup in China in August and September, but Serbia

 Serbia won silver at Rio 2016 but Nemanja Bjelica was absent ©Getty Images"It's going to be a very




How the collapse of the Berlin Wall changed Olympic sport

  • The Big Read

On the night of November 9, 1989, 30 years ago, the gates along the 45-kilometre expanse of the Berlin Wall were flung open and the world changed.

the IOC with the [United Nations] Security Council enabled competitors from the remnant Yugoslavia – Serbia


FIAS chief Shestakov targets Los Angeles 2028 for sambo's Olympic bow

  • Sambo

International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President Vasily Shestakov is hoping the World Sambo Championships here in Cheongju can be a catalyst for the sport's development as FIAS targets Olympic Games inclusion.

Minsk, Russia had much less than 50 per cent of the gold medals with smaller nations like Croatia and Serbia


Russian dominance to come under threat at World Sambo Championships

  • Sambo

Russian sambists should not expect to revel in the same successes as 2018, when the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) World Sambo Championships begin here in Cheongju tomorrow.

MInsk, Russia had much less than 50 per cent of the gold medals with smaller nations like Croatia and Serbia


Vincis causes upset as Savate Combat World Finals begin in Milan

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Following the World Championship qualifying heats which took place in Tunisia in June, the World Finals in savate combat are now underway.

to meet Serbia's Tijana Vukovic in the women's under-70kg category.It will also be a France versus Serbia



Kim Tuyen fighting hard for Tokyo 2020 berth

  • Member National Association and Continental Unions News

Vietnam taekwondo star Truong Thi Kim Tuyen has taken another major step towards the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Championships, Kim Tuyen's experience and skill is now coming to the fore.She defeated Galina Madvedeva at the Serbia