UEFA Champions League

BELGRADE - Speaking to reporters ahead of Thursday's UEFA Champions League clash with Portuguese football giants Benfica, Red Star Belgrade head coach Vladan Milojevic said he was proud his club was competing against the best European teams.

NYON - Serbian football champions Red Star Belgrade were on Monday drawn to play the winner of the tie between Jagiellonia Bialystok (Poland) and Bodo/Glimt (Norway) in the UEFA Champions League playoffs later this month.

Red Star will host the second leg in Belgrade on August 27 or 28, with the first leg scheduled for August 20 or 21.

BELGRADE - Serbian football club Partizan Belgrade suffered another rout to Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv, losing 3-0 at home in the return leg of the two teams' UEFA Champions League second qualifying round tie on Wednesday evening.

In the first leg in Lublin, Poland, Dynamo won 6-2, winning 9-2 on aggregate.

Partizan hosted the game before empty stands due to a UEFA ban.

LUBLIN - Serbian football club Partizan Belgrade suffered a 6-2 defeat in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League second qualifying round tie against Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv on Tuesday evening.

NYON - Serbian side Partizan Belgrade were on Monday drawn to play Scottish football powerhouse Glasgow Rangers in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round if they knock out Ukraine's Dynamo Kyiv in the second round.

Dynamo will host the first leg of the tie in Lublin, Poland, on Tuesday and the return leg is scheduled for July 31 in Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Serbian football coach Aleksandar Stanojevic was officially unveiled as new Partizan Belgrade boss on Thursday after signing a three-year contract with the club.

Stanojevic succeeds Albert Nadj, who took over from Igor Duljaj at the end of last season, securing a UEFA Champions League qualifiers berth for the club.

BELGRADE - Serbian football club FK Partizan Belgrade announced on Monday evening their board of directors had unanimously decided to dismiss head coach Igor Duljaj.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Wednesday with UAE Executive Affairs Authority Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, who is also the owner of the English Premier League club Manchester City FC, and noted that Al Mubarak was a personal friend of his as well as a great friend of Serbia.

Prosecutors have given the green light for the release on bail of 30 Croatian nationals arrested in August after a 29-year old man died in violent clashes between soccer clubs fans in Athens.

Turkish champions Galatasaray will begin their first UEFA Champions League campaign in four years in a strong group featuring Bayern Munich and Manchester United.

The two giants will be favourites to advance from Group A, which also includes FC Copenhagen, the Danish champions.