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Swiss song triumphs at Eurovision; Greece in 11th place

Published by Kathimerini on Sun, 05/12/2024 - 06:02

Swiss singer Nemo won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday with "The Code," an operatic pop-rap ode to the singer's journey toward embracing a nongender identity.

Eurovision 2024: When is the final and how to watch it?

Published by Kathimerini on Sat, 05/11/2024 - 08:56

The world's biggest live music event involving 37 nations, the Eurovision Song Contest, culminates in Sweden on Saturday.

Roughly 100,000 visitors from 89 countries have descended on host city Malmo during the week for the 68th edition of the competition, which has been marked by anti-Israel protests.

Who is in the final?

Europapa or Baby Lasagna? Contestants to look out for at Eurovision 2024

Published by Kathimerini on Sat, 05/04/2024 - 14:26

The Eurovision Song Contest, a music kitsch-fest watched by some 200 million people, kicks off in Malmö, Sweden, on Sunday with its "turquoise carpet" gala, in what fans say is a wide-open year with half a dozen countries having a shot at the title.

Serbia slide to 33rd place in FIFA world rankings

Published by Tanjug on Thu, 03/28/2024 - 16:00

ZURICH - The Serbia men's national football team has slid by one position to the 33rd place in the latest FIFA world rankings following a recent defeat to Russia and a victory over Cyprus.

Argentina, France, Belgium, England, Brazil, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Croatia make up the top ten.

Serbia climb to 32nd place in FIFA world rankings

Published by Tanjug on Fri, 02/16/2024 - 13:03

ZURICH - The Serbia men's national football team has moved up two positions to the 32nd place in the FIFA world rankings.

Serbia currently have 1,517.43 points.

World champions Argentina remain at the top of the rankings with 1,855.2 points and are followed by France (1,845.44) and England (1,800.05).

Serbia lose to Croatia in water polo world championship quarters

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 02/13/2024 - 18:51

DOHA - The Serbia men's national water polo team lost 15-13 (4-4, 5-5, 2-1, 4-3) to Croatia at the World Aquatics Championships in Doha on Tuesday evening.

Serbia now go to the playoffs for the 5th to the 8th positions and will first face the loser of the match between Hungary and France.

Serbia to be seeded in Davis Cup playoffs draw

Published by Tanjug on Tue, 02/06/2024 - 18:12

LONDON - Serbia will be seeded in the draw for the September 13-15 tennis Davis Cup World Group 1 playoffs, the International Tennis Federation announced on its website on Tuesday.

The draw ceremony is scheduled for February 8.

The other seeds are Croatia, Sweden, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Switzerland, Hungary, Portugal, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Israel and Colombia.

Serbia narrowly avoided Croatia and Albania in the EURO 2024 draw

Published by B92 on Mon, 12/04/2023 - 11:55

The Serbian national team, which is participating in the continental competition for the first time since 2000, will play in group C with England, Slovenia and Denmark.
Group B is also interesting, where Croatia, Albania, Spain and Italy are, and the Croatian media are aware that the "Blazers" will play in the "group of death".

More than 2,000 officers assigned to sports crime prevention

Published by Kathimerini on Fri, 08/11/2023 - 19:51

More than 2,000 officers have been assigned by the leadership of Greece's police force, ELAS, to prevent violence on the sidelines of several soccer games taking place in Athens over the next few days.

Defenseless against horde of hooligans

Published by Kathimerini on Wed, 08/09/2023 - 06:56

The police had been informed in time about the movements of the Croatian hooligans ahead of the Champions League qualifying game between AEK Athens and Croatia's Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday, which was postponed by European governing soccer body UEFA after a 29-year-old Greek fan was fatally stabbed in overnight clashes between rival supporters in the Greek capital.

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