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December 20, 2020 - The Croatia women's handball team topped Denmark in the bronze medal fight at the European Championships in Denmark!  The Croatia women's handball team played their last match of the European Championships against the host of the tournament, Denmark, at 15:30 on Sunday.  Croatia lost in the semi-final to the powerful France, which dominated every part of the game and celebrated 30:19. Denmark offered much more resistance in the semi-final match to Norway but eventually lost 27:24. Denmark was the favorite for the bronze.  Croatia v. Denmark Recap Croatia scored the first goal of the match with a…

December 20, 2020 - On Saturday, Antun Racic (25-8-1) defended the title of KSW champion in the bantamweight category for the first time in his career. FightSite.hr reports that Antun Racic defended the title of KSW bantamweight champion with a unanimous decision of the refs after five exhausting rounds against the Brazilian Bruno Dos Santos. KSW 57 was held in Lodz, Poland, on Saturday.  It was the fight of two masters, and Racic, as a phenomenal wrestler, sought an answer against the Brazilian jiu-jitsu on Saturday night - and finally deservedly celebrated. The 30-year-old from Dubrovnik did not start the fight well.…

December 19, 2020 - Croatia and Denmark will play the third-place match of the Women's Handball Euros on Sunday at 3:30 pm in Denmark.  After losing to France in the semi-final on Friday, the Croatia women's handball team will play against the host Denmark in the match for third place at the European Championships. Norway defeated Denmark 27:24 in the second semi-final match on Friday.  Norway had two big series in the second half Denmark opened the match better. Apart from the beginning (1:0), the host of the championship was never behind in the first half. Denmark's biggest advantage was…

ZAGREB, Dec 18, 2020 - The FIS international ski federation and National Civil Protection Authority have officially approved the 2021 Snow Queen Trophy, FIS World Cup Ski race on Mount Sljeme in compliance with the most stringent epidemiological measures and without any spectators, FIS announced on Friday. In accordance with current anti-COVID measures in Croatia, the Sljeme race will be held  on 3 and 6 January without spectators and guests and according to FIS rules for this season there will not be any public draw of starting numbers that was traditionally held in Zagreb's main square. This will be the first time that…

December 18, 2020 - The Croatia women's handball team met the current European champion France in the semi-final of the 2020 European Championships in Herning, Denmark on Friday evening.  By entering the semi-final, Croatia achieved the best result in the history of Croatian women's handball, and thus secured a place in next year's World Cup, where Croatia has not played since 2011. Croatia traveled to Denmark as complete underdogs, building great form from game to game. On Tuesday, they played a fantastic match against Germany and advanced to the semi-final with a 23:20 victory. Unfortunately, mighty France was too powerful for…

December 18, 2020 - The Croatia women's gymnastics team will fight in four finals at the European Championships in Mersin on Sunday! Namely, T.portal reports that Tijana Korent, Ana Đerek, Christina Zwicker, Tina Zelčić, and Petra Furač will fight in the Croatia team final, and in the hunt for individual medals, Korent will perform on the vault and Zwicker on uneven bars and balance beam. The Croatia women's team took sixth place in Thursday's qualifiers with 140,064 points and will fight in the final among the six best European teams in Mersin on Saturday. The Croatia women's gymnastics team's only individual…

December 17, 2020 - The Croatian Football Federation has announced the schedule for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in March when Croatia meets Cyprus and Malta.  The Executive Board of the Croatian Football Federation decided on the host of Croatia's qualifying matches against Cyprus and Malta in March 2021.  On March 24, 2021, the Croatia national team will open the European qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022 away against Slovenia.  The 2018 World Cup finalists then have two matches at home, against Cyprus and Malta, and the HNS Executive Board has decided that the two matches…

December 17, 2020 - Two Croatia women's handball players have been included in the ideal team of the main round of the European Handball Championships! Namely, Tea Pijević was named the best goalkeeper of the second round, while Ana Debelić is the best pivot in this phase of the competition. Both are totally deserved. Pijević's brilliant defense in goal destroyed rivals in both of Croatia's victories in the second round. She was especially impressive in the decisive clash against Germany when she had as many as 16 saves with an almost unrealistic 50 percent. Ana Debelić was brilliant in that match…

December 17, 2020 - The Jug AO water polo club from Dubrovnik secured their third victory in the Champions League Group A tournament in Ostia, Italy, after beating Greek Olympiacos 9-8 (0-1, 2-4, 3-0, 4-3) on Wednesday. In the first two quarters, Olympiacos outplayed Dubrovnik, leading 5-2, and at the beginning of the third quarter, they also had a penalty, which was defended by goalkeeper Toni Popadić. This was followed by a turnaround, and by the end of the third quarter, Paulo Obradović scored two goals, and Daniil Merkulov and Jug equalized for 5-5. In the last quarter, although Jug was…

December 16, 2020 - After winning just seven points in 13 Premier League games, Slaven Bilic was sacked as the West Bromwich Albion manager. Fans of the club are outraged. HRT reports that English media announced last night that the club had decided on that move, so last night's sensational point won against Manchester City - one of the most expensively compiled teams in the world - did not help the former Croatia national team coach. "I'm very calm. I love my job, I enjoy it, and I'm working hard for myself and my staff for the club. Everything else is out…