Marko Guduric

PARIS, Aug 6 (Tanjug) - Serbia is through to the semi-finals of the men's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics after a 95-90 overtime win against Australia on Tuesday.

Australia got off to a much better start to the encounter and, midway through the first half, Serbia was trailing by 24 points, yet managed to win the game, which ended 82-82 in regular time.

BELGRADE - The Serbia men's national basketball team defeated Greece 94-72 at the Belgrade Arena on Monday evening in the last test before the Olympic Games.

Captain Bogdan Bogdanovic led the scoring for Serbia with 19 points, Nikola Jokic scored 16 points and Filip Petrusev, Nikola Milutinov and Nikola Jovic added 15, 11 and 10 points, respectively.

BELGRADE - The head coach of the Serbia men's national basketball team Svetislav Pesic on Monday announced his preliminary squad list for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, which includes NBA MVP Nikola Jokic.

The 16-player list is as follows:

TBILISI - Serbia beat Georgia 76-63 in a EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers Group G Game Day 2 encounter in Tbilisi on Monday evening.

Marko Guduric led Serbia to victory with 16 points and Vanja Marinkovic, Aleksa Avramovic and Filip Petrusev added 15, 12 and 11 points, respectively.

Tornike Shengelia stood out for Georgia with 17 points and Joe Thomasson added 15 points.

MANILA - The Serbia men's national basketball team is through to the final of the FIBA World Cup after a 95-86 (23-15, 29-24, 23-24, 20-23) semi-final win over Canada in Manila on Friday.

In Sunday's gold medal game, Serbia will play the winner of the other semi-final between the US and Germany.

ATHENS - The Serbia men's national basketball team lost to Italy 89-88 on Wednesday evening in its second game at the Acropolis basketball tournament in Athens.

Previously, Serbia defeated Greece 71-64 on Tuesday.

Serbia got off to an excellent start to the game against Italy and had a 17-point lead in the first quarter, but Italy made up the deficit to win.

ATHENS - The Serbia men's national basketball team defeated Greece 71-64 (16-13, 23-22, 18-14, 14-15) in the first round of the Acropolis tournament in Athens on Tuesday evening.

Bogdan Bogdanovic led Serbia with 15 points and seven rebounds, Nikola Milutinov had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Marko Guduric added 14 points and seven rebounds.

ATHENS - The Serbia men's national basketball team defeated Greece 71-64 (16-13, 23-22, 18-14, 14-15) in the first round of the Acropolis tournament in Athens on Tuesday evening.

Bogdan Bogdanovic led Serbia with 15 points and seven rebounds, Nikola Milutinov had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Marko Guduric added 14 points and seven rebounds.

BELGRADE - The Serbia men's national basketball team has qualified for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup after beating Great Britain 101-83 (28-20, 18-21, 28-19, 27-23) in a decisive qualifying game in Belgrade on Monday evening.

Fenerbahçe Beko, known as the "Yellow Canaries," has gained its 10th championship in Turkey's ING Basketball Super League after beating its rival, Anadolu Efes, 3-1 in the final series in Istanbul.

The Yellow Canaries reached the trophy with amazing performances of Czech player Jan Vesely and French forward Nando de Colo in Sinan Erdem Sports Hall late June 13.