Athletics Federation of Serbia

BELGRADE - Athletics Federation of Serbia President Veselin Jevrosimovic said Sunday the European Athletics Indoor Championships at Belgrade's Kombank Arena had been the best-organised ever and that Belgrade and Serbia had thus qualified to host the 2020 World Indoor Championships.

BELGRADE - Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic and President of the Athletics Federation of Serbia (ASS) Veselin Jevrosimovic signed a funding agreement on Thursday, based on which the Ministry will allocate RSD 5.4 million for the organization of the 28th Belgrade Marathon.

BEIJING - The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has admitted the Kosovo Athletic Federation into provisional membership, the organization's executive committee said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - European women's long jump vice champion Ivana Spanovic and men's shot putter Asmir Kolasinac were named Serbia's athletes of the year in the sport of athletics in 2014 by the Athletics Federation of Serbia on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic conferred on Tuesday with Ivana Spanovic and Tatjana Jelaca who won silver medals at the recently ended European Athletics Championship in Zurich.

SREMSKA MITROVICA - Serbia's javelin thrower Vedran Samac scored a new personal best distance on Thursday and qualified for the upcoming European championship in Zurich.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Ivana Spanovic tops the list of best female long jumpers in the world, according to All-Athletics.com, a comprehensive athletics database portal issuing rankings since 1999.

PRAGUE - Serbian runner Milos Raovic achieved a major success by winning the 400 m race at the Jozef Odlozil Memorial meeting in Prague.

Raovic, who is a member of the Serbian national team, set his personal best in late Monday's race, finishing in 46.24, ahead of Britons Jarryd Dunn (46.41) and Richard Buck (46.38).

BELGRADE - The Serbian government earmarked RSD 7 million for this year's Belgrade Marathon, which will be held on April 27.

A contract for financing the 27th Belgrade Marathon was signed by Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic, President of the Belgrade Marathon Aleksandar Djordjevic and Secretary General of the Athletics Federation of Serbia (ASS) Slobodan Brankovic.