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USA smokes Serbia behind Steph Curry, dominant defense
Team USA ran away from Serbia for a 105-79 exhibition game victory on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi to improve to 3-0 on the team's pre-Olympics tour. ,Bam Adebayo scored at will -- inside and out -- and helped Anthony Davis make life difficult for Serbian star and three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic. Davis h...
Novak Djokovic to compete at Paris Olympics
Novak Djokovic will make his fifth Olympic appearance this summer in Paris, Serbian officials confirmed Tuesday.,The 24-time Grand Slam champion had surgery earlier this month to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.,The injury forced the 37-year-old Djokovic to withdraw from the French Open qua...
Big Boban Engulfs Donovan Mitchell On Jump Ball
Team USA lost to Serbia, 94-89, in a consolation round matchup at the FIBA World Cup today, ensuring their worst-ever finish at any international tournament. The underperformance of an talent-depleted national team is less interesting to me than the physical prowess of one of basketball’s very large...
Boban Plays Tennis
Boban Marjanovic appears to be spending some of his offseason back in his native Serbia, which has produced tennis stars like reigning Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic and former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic. As tall, smooth-moving players with big serves increasingly find success in the men’s game, it’s become...
Croatian Defender Domagoj Vida Is In Some Hot Water After Shouting Pro-Ukraine Slogans In A Pair Of Videos
After Croatia defeated Russia in the World Cup quarterfinal on penalty kicks this weekend, former Croatia international Ognjen Vukojevic posted a video of himself and Croatian defender Domagoj Vida celebrating in the locker room and exclaiming “Slava Ukrayini!”, which translates to “Glory to Ukraine...
FIFA Will Investigate Two Switzerland Players For Controversial Goal Celebrations
FIFA has announced that it has opened an investigation into Switzerland players Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka in light of both players’ politically charged goal celebrations during Switzerland’s 2-1 win over Serbia yesterday....
The Notorious Chokers Of Serbia Might Be Too Good To Gag This Time Around
Serbia’s proud history of cultivating the talents of exceptional soccer players is only surpassed by their inglorious history of choking in embarrassing fashion once those exceptional Serbs all get together with the national team. This Serbian team is even more stacked than usual. Hopefully that tal...
CSKA Moscow Fans Delay Match With Spectacular Flares
Traveling Russian fans delayed the second half of CSKA Moscow’s Europa League draw against Red Star Belgrade thanks to a terrifying flare offensive. The Moscow faithful set off a fiery blaze during the break and the pyrotechnics created a spectacularly hellish effect, with a wall of flames lining th...
The USMNT Has A New Coach And The Same Old Problem<em></em>
It doesn’t make much sense to draw sweeping conclusions about the direction of the USMNT after yesterday’s U.S. vs. Serbia match, and it wouldn’t no matter what the result was. Despite being Bruce Arena’s re-debut at the start of his second spell as USMNT manager as he ushers the team into its post-...
This Is Literally The Worst Miss In Soccer History
We’ve brought you a whole bunch of terrible misses over the years, and while all of them were affronts to the notion of soccer as an elegant, highly skilled sport, they were also, when looked at with an exceedingly sympathetic eye, at least sort of understandable. The above miss, in some Serbian low...
Novak Djokovic Visits The Bomb-Ravaged Tennis Club From His Childhood
Novak Djokovic livestreamed a visit Monday to some childhood tennis courts that were struck by the 1999 NATO bombing campaign in what was then Yugoslavia. Hiking through Kopaonik, Serbia, the No. 1 player pointed out three former clay courts, now overrun by vegetation, only a fence and net post rem...
Red Star Belgrade Played Partizan Today, Which Means There Were Violent Riots
Another edition of the Eternal Derby kicked off today in Belgrade, as bitter foes Red Star and Partizan resumed one of the most violent rivalries in club soccer. Local media provides us with stunning photos and video of the warfare, which started mere moments into the match:...