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February 2, 2022 - The Croatia national team will participate in a Doha friendly tournament next month as preparation for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar this December.  The Croatian Football Federation management has agreed that the Croatia national team will play a friendly tournament in Qatar in March. Croatia will play two matches in Doha, reports HNS. Croatia will face Slovenia on March 26 and will play Bulgaria three days later. The national team of Qatar will also play in the tournament, against Bulgaria (March 26) and Slovenia (March 29). The matches will be played at the stadiums in…

February 2, 2022 - This March, young girls all over Croatia will have the opportunity to participate in the UEFA Playmakers program and enjoy football through innovative and fun training programs that follow the most popular Disney animated hits.  What is the UEFA Playmakers program?Namely, HNS reports that the UEFA Playmakers is a pan-European program promoting women's football, which was created in cooperation between Uefa and Disney. The Croatian Football Federation is thus introducing the program in Croatia on March 1. The program is intended for girls aged 5 to 8 and is adapted to girls who have never played football…

February 1, 2022 - As part of the presentation of Croatia at the world exhibition in Dubai, an interactive event called 'Croatia inspiring Champions' was held with the presence of famous Croatian athletes such as Sandra Perković, Blanka Vlašić, and the Sinković brothers. In order to promote the Republic of Croatia as a country of sports and a small country of great world success, this event was attended by famous Croatian athletes and medal winners at major world competitions, such as rowers Martin and Valent Sinković, athletes Sandra Perković and Blanka Vlašić, handball player Mirza Džomba, football player Stipe Pletikosa, and…

January 31, 2022 - The 21st round of the Croatian First League was held from January 28 to 30, 2022. The Croatian First League thus returned from a long winter break, with the first part of the season ending on December 19, 2021. Here is our HNL round 21 recap.  Istria 1961 v. Gorica (2:1) Istra and Gorica opened the 21st round and the second part of the season on Friday, January 28, 2022, in front of 262 fans.  Jovicic put Gorica in the early lead for 0:1 in the 6th minute. Perkovic scored the equalizer to open the second…

January 30, 2022 - The Platak SkiBike competition was held this weekend as the first of its kind in Croatia, organized by the SkiBike Club Croatia. "SkiBike was created in the USA in the late 1980s and brought to Europe via Austria in 2005. It has only gathered more and more competitors and adrenaline junkies since then. I am thrilled that we came to this interesting ambiance of Platak. This great ski center is so close to the sea and in this way we are spreading the popularity of this sport," said Gregor Schuster from Baden near Vienna, who can also be…

January 30, 2022 - Wrestler FILIP ŠAČIĆ advanced to the finals of the international wrestling tournament Grand Prix Zagreb Open 2022 on Saturday.  On the way to the final evening in the category up to 82 kg, he defeated YALDIRAN (TUR), JOHANSSON (SWE), and MUKUBA (NOR). In Sunday's final, he will face a representative of Ukraine - FILCHAKOV. Slobodan Kadic In the category of up to 63 kg, Croatia's Ivan Lizatović will compete for bronze, against the winner of the fight Celiček (CRO) - Juan (ESP). On Saturday, Lizatović registered two victories and one defeat. He took his first victory…

January 30, 2022 - The Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) in cooperation with the Croatian Ski Federation (HSS) on Saturday presented the majority of the 2022 Croatia Winter Olympic team that will compete at the Games in Beijing from February 4 to 20.  Seven of the 11 Croatian representatives who will compete in Beijing - alpine skiers Andrea Komšić, Zrinka Ljutić, and Matej Vidović, Nordic skiers Vedrana Malec, Marko Skender, and Tena Hadžić and snowboarder Lea Jugovac - took part in a relaxed gathering with the media, while respecting current epidemiological measures. The Vice President of the Croatian Olympic Committee Morana Paliković…

January 30, 2022 - The draw for both rounds of the 2023 World Handball Championship qualifiers was held in Budapest on Saturday.  The draw took place in two phases, as there are two qualifying rounds. Thus, the first to be drawn was the national teams that have already passed the first round of qualifications by groups, i.e., those ranked from 15th to 24th place at this European Championship, reports HRS. UKRAINE - FINLANDITALY - SLOVENIAPORTUGAL - SWITZERLANDAUSTRIA - ESTONIAGREECE - BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINANORTHERN MACEDONIA - ROMANIAISRAEL - LITHUANIASLOVAKIA - BELGIUMFARO ISLANDS - BELARUS The first matches will be played from…

January 29, 2022 - A shock defeat to Slovakia on Saturday left Croatia without the UEFA Futsal Euro quarterfinal in the Netherlands.  The Croatia futsal team was left without a place in the UEFA Euro quarterfinal after they lost to Slovakia 3-5 (1-2) in a key match in Groningen. Goals for Croatia were scored by Kristijan Postružin (15), Matej Horvat (36) and Franco Jelovčić (38), and for Slovakia by Martin Smerička (8, 35), Petr Kozar (20) and Tomaš Drahovsky (21, 28 penalty). Croatia played against Slovakia without the suspended Matošević and the injured Suton. The last seconds of the first half…

January 29, 2022 - Preparations are underway for the WRC Croatia Rally 2022, in a special year in which the World Rally Championship celebrates its 50th anniversary. The big event will take place from April 21 to 24 and will feature spectators on 20 stages across five Croatian counties. Following the excellent organization of the WRC Croatia Rally in its first edition in 2021, the FIA did not think twice about including Croatia again in the next two World Rally Championship calendars. Thus, this year, the country is once again preparing to host one of the most important sports and…