Serbia, Georgia, and Brazil advanced to the second round of basketball’s World Cup with victories on Wednesday. Serbia defeated South Sudan 115-83 helped by 25 points from 20-year-old Nikola Jovic. Georgia topped Venezuela 70-59 behind 25 points from Tornike Shengelia, and Brazil beat Ivory Coast 89-77 with Yago Santos scoring 24 points and adding 12
The Basketball World Cup had eight games on the Saturday schedule and seven were one-sided. The U.S. opened its quest with a win over New Zealand, Luka Doncic had a huge game to lead Slovenia to a win, defending champion Spain rolled in its opener and Brazil and Serbia each won by more than 40
Capsules on each of the 32 nations in the Basketball World Cup, listed by their group and in order of world rankings:___GROUP A — MANILA ITALYWorld ranking: 10 World Cup appearances: 10 Other news US Open 2023: Swiatek, Sabalenka and Gauff are among the women to watch US Open 2023: Alcaraz, Djokovic and Tiafoe are
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A statue bearing the names of 23 Kosovo Albanians who rescued Jews from the Holocaust during World War II was inaugurated Wednesday in the capital, Pristina.The “Wall of Honor” statue was placed in a park in Pristina in the presence of some of the rescuers’ descendants, political leaders, and the U.S.
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Serbia will provide Hungary with increased shipments of Russian natural gas if Ukraine follows through on ending a gas transit agreement with Russia, Hungary’s foreign minister said Sunday. Speaking in a taped message, Peter Szijjarto said Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, had met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest, and
LONDON (AP) — United States goalkeeper Gaga Slonina joined Belgian team K.A.S. Eupen on a season-long loan deal from Chelsea on Thursday.The 19-year-old Slonina didn’t play a competitive match for Chelsea in his first season at the club following his move from the Chicago Fire. But he made his senior international debut for the United
BRUSSELS (AP) — Senior lawmakers from the United States and Europe are calling for a change in the Western diplomatic approach toward Serbia and Kosovo amid concern that tensions between the two could rapidly spiral out of control.In the letter, signed by U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and his
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Serbia will ignore U.S. sanctions recently imposed on top Bosnian Serb officials for undermining a 1995 peace agreement that ended a war that left more than 100,000 dead and millions homeless, the Serbian president said Friday.Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the sanctioned ethnic Serb officials from neighboring Bosnia will
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Pro-democracy Russians in Serbia protested Sunday after two prominent anti-war activists and critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin said they faced problems with entry and residence permits in the Balkan country.Several dozen activists held banners reading “We came to live in peace” and ”I love Serbia and I want safe and
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Russian antiwar group in Serbia said Tuesday that authorities have refused to extend the residence permit of one of its activists, a critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.The Russian Democratic Society said one of its founders, Vladimir Volokhonski, had all the necessary documentation but the authorities cited a security risk
