Kombank Arena

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade lost to Brose Bamberg 75-69 (30-18, 30-16, 16-19, 16-16) at home in the Euroleague Basketball Round 5 on Thursday.

In front of just 5,892 spectators at the Belgrade Arena, the German team was in control from the very beginning and registered its third consecutive win in European basketball's top-tier competition.

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The naming rights sponsorship over the Belgrade Arena (Kombank Arena) will be granted to Croatia-based Atlantic Grupa (Group), the city has announced.

The Serbian capital's largest indoors sports and conference venue will thus for the next five years be known as the Stark Arena - after the Serbia-based company Stark (Soko Stark), which is now owned by Atlantic Grupa.

BELGRADE - British pop legend Sting played a concert at Belgrade's Kombank Arena on Sunday.

Greeted by around 15,000 enthusiastic fans, Sting began the performance with a string of hits from his solo career, such as Mad About You, If I Ever Lose My Faith In You, and a reggae version of Englishman In New York.

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BELGRADE - After sold-out concerts in over 50 cities in North America, Europe, South America and Mexico, Sting will perform at Belgrade's Kombank Arena on September 17 as part of his 57th & 9th World Tour.

BELGRADE - I pledge to every Serbian citizen - every man, woman and child - that I will never take my duty lightly, that I will never be bigger than the country or ever take anything away from it, and that I will be ready to give everything to it, presidential candidate Aleksandar Vucic said at an electoral rally in Belgrade.

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 - The 34th European Athletics Indoor Championships will be among the best-organised in the history of European championships in the sport, a press conference was told Thursday.

The event will be held at the Belgrade Kombank Arena from March 3 through 5.

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BELGRADE - Celebrated singer/songwriter Nick Cave and his band, The Bad Seeds, will perform at Belgrade's Kombank Arena on October 28.

The concert will be a part of a world tour in support of the band's chart-topping album Skeleton Tree, the Kombank Arena said in a statement.

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Red Star Belgrade have caused another sensation at home by defeating CSKA Moscow 78-67 in a packed Kombank Arena.

The game was played in the 15th round of the basketball Euroleague late on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The decision to award the hosting of the Euroleague Basketball Final Four 2018 to Belgrade is great news for the city, which has thus joined Europe's biggest metropolises, Euroleague Basketball CEO Jordi Bertomeu said Wednesday.