Vanja Udovičić

DOHA - The Serbia men's national water polo team has got off to a winning start at the world championship in Doha by defeating Japan 17-10 (4-3, 4-4, 5-1, 4-2) in Group C on Monday.

Serbia will face Montenegro on Wednesday and the United States on Friday.

ZAGREB - The Serbia men's national water polo team beat France 14-10 (3-2, 3-4, 3-1, 5-3) in the round of last 16 of the European Championship in Zagreb on Wednesday evening.

Serbia will face Hungary in the quarter-finals on Friday afternoon.

The sports ministers and representatives of the football federations of Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Serbia held a working meeting in Thessaloniki, to which they signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the four governments.

BELGRADE - The conference "Against Everything That Erodes the Integrity and the Mission of Sport - Fair Play, Fair Life", organised by the Tanjug News Agency and the Serbian Ministry of Youth and Sport, opened at Belgrade's Hotel Metropol on Wednesday.

BELGRADE - Prevention of negative phenomena in sport is the most significant segment of protecting the integrity of sport, children and young people, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sport Vanja Udovicic said in Belgrade Wednesday.

Top officials have sent congratulatory messages to the national men's volleyball team for winning the bronze medal at the European Championships in Poland.

The squad beat Belgium 3-2 (25-17, 22-25, 19-25, 25-22, 15-12) in the match played for the third place.

In the final, Russia beat Germany 3-2.

1,407 secondary school students on Friday received plaques for the results achieved in competitions in Serbia and abroad in 2016.

On the first school day of this year, they were presented with the plaques a ceremony in Belgrade by Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and Minister of Youth and Sport Vanja Udovicic.

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BELGRADE - The prestigious US magazine Swimming World has named Serbia's Filip Filipovic male water polo player of the year for 2016.

The Olympic Committee of Serbia has named male water polo player Filip Filipovic and female taekwondist Tijana Bogdanovic as best Serbian athletes for 2016.

With the national team, Filipovic won the European Championship, the World League and the long-awaited Olympic gold, as well as the Champions League with his club, Italy's Pro Recco.

BELGRADE - The Fifth International Sports Fair, held on November 25-27, is aimed at attracting the highest possible number of visitors that will later play sports, both professionally and recreationally, says Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic.