Stefan Lazarevic

Red Star Belgrade sweep Partizan to win basketball ABA League

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade have claimed their seventh title in the regional basketball ABA League by completing a 3-0 sweep of arch-rivals Partizan in a best-of-five playoffs final series with a 82-76 away win at the Belgrade Arena on Sunday evening.

The Game 3 victory was Red Star's sixth consecutive win over Partizan across all competitions.

Belgrade marks its holiday

BELGRADE - The Serbian capital celebrated its holiday, the Ascension of Jesus, with a liturgy at the Church of the Ascension and a procession in the city streets on Thursday.

Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej served the liturgy and then led the procession, which included Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali and other city officials, through the downtown streets.