UEFA Conference League

ALMATI - Serbian football club TSC Backa Topola lost 1-0 away to Kazakh side Astana in a UEFA Europa Conference League Match Day 1 game in Almati on Thursday evening.

Kipras Kazukolovas scored the winner for the hosts in the 15th minute with a header after a corner kick, while TSC players failed to score despite hitting the crossbar as many as three times during the game.

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.