Sport
Saturday, 28 November 2020
EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers: Croatia Basketball Topped Turkey, One Step Closer to Euros
November 28, 2020 - In the third qualifying match for EuroBasket 2022, Croatia basketball topped Turkey in the Istanbul bubble on Friday evening. The Croatia national team defeated Turkey 79:62 in the third qualifying match for the European Championships in 2022! In the previous cycle of qualifications, Croatia beat the national teams of Sweden and the Netherlands, and Friday's game continues their perfect qualifications - three wins, no defeats. On Sunday, November 29, at 18:00, Croatia will play against Sweden (broadcast on HRT2 and SportKlub), and in February 2021, the qualifiers will end with two more return matches against Turkey…
Friday, 27 November 2020
Europa League: Dinamo Tops Wolfsberger AC Away, Rijeka Falls to Napoli in Naples
November 27, 2020 - In the 4th round of the Europa League on Thursday, Dinamo tops Wolfsberger AC and Rijeka falls to Napoli. Dinamo Zagreb is one step closer to placing in the Europa League round of 16. In the 4th round match of Group K as guests in Klagenfurt, they defeated Austrian club Wolfsberger 0:3 and thus stand out at the top of the table. The scorers were Lovro Majer in the 60th minute, Bruno Petković in the 75th, and Luka Ivanušec in the first minute of the referee's added time. Dinamo has yet to concede a goal, even…
Thursday, 26 November 2020
Columbian Company Takes Ownership of HNK Sibenik
November 26, 2020 -The Croatian football club HNK Sibenik is officially in the hands of the Columbian company Football Smart International d.o.o. Sibenik.in reports that the agreement on the sale and transfer of shares was signed on Wednesday in the City Administration by Mayor Zeljko Buric and the director of the company Eduardo Fernando Zapata Sierra. It should be reminded that the City of Sibenik announced a Public Invitation to collect offers to purchase shares in HNK Sibenik, owned by the City of Sibenik, upon completion of which it was determined that the most favorable offer was that of the…
Thursday, 26 November 2020
Remembering Diego Maradona and His Croatian Connection
November 26, 2020 - Diego Armondo Maradona passed away on Wednesday at the age of 60. Today, we remember the Argentine football legend Maradona and his Croatian connection. One of the greatest and most controversial footballers of all time has died from the effects of a heart attack two weeks after a blood clot operation in his brain. The news of Diego's death shocked the whole world, and many active and former athletes said goodbye to him on social media. Maradona was in independent Croatia for the first time in 1994 in a friendly match at Maksimir as preparation for the World…
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Hajduk and HNS Discuss Relations Moving Forward, Poljud as Primary Croatia Stadium
November 25, 2020 - The presidents of Hajduk and HNS met on Tuesday in Zagreb to discuss several topics and open issues that directly and indirectly concern the Split club and Croatian Football Federation. The President of the Management Board of HNK Hajduk, Lukša Jakobušić, met with the President of HNS Davor Šuker at the headquarters of the Federation in Zagreb. The meeting lasted an hour and 20 minutes, and the two discussed a number of topics and open issues that directly and indirectly concern Hajduk and HNS. "This meeting is a logical sequence of what I announced in my inaugural…
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic Going After Olympic Medal as Croatian Doubles Team
November 24, 2020 - Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic will take on the tennis world next year as a doubles team, and an Olympic medal is certainly on their minds. HRT reports that the winner of the ATP Finals in doubles, Nikola Mektic, arrived in Zagreb on Monday evening and was greeted at the Franjo Tuđman Airport by the president of the Croatian Tennis Federation, Nikolina Babic, and numerous journalists. Nikola Mektic and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof won the ATP Finals in London on Sunday after beating Austria's Juergen Melzer and France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-2, 3-6, 10-5 in the final…
Tuesday, 24 November 2020
It's Official: Croatia Will Host NASCAR GP for Next Three Years
November 24, 2020 - Excellent news from the auto racing world as Croatia will host NASCAR GP for the next three years! HRTurizam reports that in mid-November, Croatia hosted the prestigious European automotive series of NASCAR races for the first time, and the race at Automotodrom Grobnik met all expectations organizationally. In fact, as the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series points out, the organization of the race and Automotodrom Grobnik even exceeded all expectations. This is also evidenced by the fact that only five days after the NASCAR GP race at Automotodrom Grobnik, it was officially confirmed that Nascar will return…
Monday, 23 November 2020
Dario Saric Signs A Three-Year Contract Worth $27 Million with Phoenix Suns
November 23, 2020 - The latest news about Croats in the NBA, as Dario Saric signs a three-year contract worth $27 million with Phoenix. Croatia national basketball team member Dario Saric has agreed on a new three-year contract with the Phoenix Suns, announced Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Sibenik native will earn $27 million in three years with the Suns. Dario Saric has agreed to a three-year, $27M deal to stay with Phoenix, agents Jeff Schwartz and Mike Lindeman of @excelsm_bball tell ESPN.— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 23, 2020 Saric's rookie contract, which he signed with Philadelphia in 2016, expired…
Monday, 23 November 2020
Nikola Mektic Becomes First Croatian to Win ATP Finals
November 23, 2020 - Nikola Mektic becomes the first Croatian to win ATP Finals, which were completed in London on Sunday evening. Mektic won in the doubles final with Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof. Gol.hr reports that Croatian doubles star Mektic and Dutch partner Wesley Koolhof won the ATP World Finals title after defeating Austrian Juergen Melzer and Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6:2, 3:6, 10:5 in the final match of the season on Sunday. "I can't express how I feel. I am really overjoyed, this is a dream come true," said Mektic, who was delighted to win the ATP Finals in London alongside…
Monday, 23 November 2020
HNL Round 12 Recap: Osijek Topped Dinamo, Hajduk Better than Belupo
November 23, 2020 - The 12th round of the Croatian First League was held from November 20 to 21, 2020. In this round, Osijek topped Dinamo 2:0, and Hajduk won away at Belupo. Lokomotiva v. Varazdin (2:2) Lokomotiva and Varazdin opened the 12th round on Friday, November 20, 2020, in Zagreb. Delic scored the first goal for Varazdin in the 7th minute, though Chajia was quick to equalize for Lokomotiva with a goal three minutes later for 1:1. An own goal by Hendija gave Varazdin the 1:2 lead in the 60th, but a last-minute equalizer by Papadopoulos ended the game…
Sunday, 22 November 2020
Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares End 2020 as Best Tennis Doubles Team
November 22, 2020 - Mate Pavic and Bruno Soares are the best doubles team in the world this year! Croatian Davis Cup national team member Mate Pavic and Brazilian tennis player Bruno Soares are the best tennis doubles team in the world this year, which was confirmed on Saturday. Next year, they will hunt for trophies with other partners. Pavic and Soares unhappily finished the group stage at the final tournament in London and did not make it to the semifinals thanks to a worse set-quotient than the remaining two pairs with two wins and one defeat. They came to…
