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December 19, 2021 - The best Croatian MMA fighter Roberto Soldić knocked out the legendary Mamed Khalidov at KSW 65 on Saturday night, adding the KSW middleweight belt to the previously won welterweight belt!  Khalidov has achieved 35 victories, seven defeats, and two draws in his professional career until Saturday, and Soldić entered the ring with a 19:3 ratio in the MMA against a fighter who has been in KSW from the very beginning, and who from 2007 to 2017 had 20 consecutive fights without defeat in that promotion. Only in this KSW did he start with a win and…

December 19, 2021 - Croatian boxer Alen Babić defeated French boxer David Spielmont on Saturday, reaching his 10th career victory in the toughest fight of his professional career.  Croatian boxer Alen Babić reached his 10th career victory! He defeated French boxer David Spielmont, whom he learned would be his opponent just four days before the fight, reports Index.hr. Spilmont has 11 wins, one draw, and eight defeats so far in his career. Interestingly, according to Boxrec, he had his last fight ten days ago, when he drew against compatriot Cyril Makiadi, but was less successful against Babić.  This was Babić's fourth fight…

December 18, 2021 - The Spanish giants seek to reinforce their squad, even as current La Liga leaders and after a successful group stage in the Champions League. According to Spanish media, in addition to Mbappé and Haaland, the "whites" would also be interested in two Croatian players. According to tportal.hr, the mythical club Real Madrid already has a list of potential signings for the next summer transfer window. The football world already knows that the ''Galáticos'' made an offer for Kylian Mbappé last summer, but in addition to trying again (considering that the PSG star can negotiate a free transfer…

December 18, 2021 - Jug AO and Jadran Split will play in Sunday's Croatian Water Polo Cup final. In the first semifinal match, Jadran defeated Solaris 12:6 (4:1, 2:1, 4:1, 2:3), and in the second match, Jug defeated Mladost Zagreb 14:7 (3:1, 5:2, 3:3, 3:1). This will be the 26th Croatian Cup final for Jug, and for the second time since 2017, Dubrovnik and Split will play in the final. Jadran, on the other hand, has qualified for the Croatian Cup final for the third time in history. They lost in the final in 2003 and 2017, reports HRT. The best for…

December 17, 2021 - Organized by the Croatian Football Federation, the Croatian premiere of Untold Story, a documentary about Miroslav 'Ćiro' Blažević, was held at the Kaptol Boutique Cinema in Zagreb. The film about the "coach of all coaches" and the celebrated Croatia coach, who won bronze with Croatia at the World Cup in France in 1998, was directed by Bosnian-Herzegovinian sports commentator Sabahudin Topalbećirević and former Croatia footballers Davor Šuker, Robert Jarni, Aljoša Asanović, Igor Štimac, and Goran Vlaović, but also Bosnian-Herzegovina national team players Edin Džeko and Miralem Pjanić and many others, reports HNS. In the film, Ćiro…

December 17, 2021 - The UTMB® World Series will consist of 30 international trail races, and one of them is the strongest Croatian trail race - Istria 100.  The organizers of the world's most famous trail race Ultra Trail Mont Blanc (UTMB Group), teamed up with IRONMAN Group in May 2021 to launch the UTMB® World Series, a new trail platform that will bring together an impressive number of globally acclaimed trail races from 2022 to give runners exclusive access to a top sporting event, the final of the world series of races, UTMB® Mont-Blanc, reports HRTurizam. UTMB® World Series…

December 17, 2021 - The UEFA Nation's League Group 1 schedule has been announced. Croatia will open the competition with home games against Austria and France next June.  The European Football Federation (UEFA) has announced the Nations League Group 1 schedule, which features the national teams of Croatia, France, Denmark, and Austria. "We are in the elite group and every opponent is tough, but I can say that the draw was not bad. It seems to me that it will be easier than the first two years and I expect, of course, good results. I was expecting Italy, but we…

December 16, 2021 - The UEFA Nations League draw was held tonight. Croatia has been drawn into Group 1 against France, Denmark, and Austria. The 2022 Nations League competition will be played next June and September.  Croatia learned who they will play in the 2022 Nations League tonight. The Croatia national team will play in the elite A league against  Croatia was placed in the third strong hat and could not be drawn against England, Poland, and Switzerland. As in the previous edition, Croatia would face two stronger opponents and a slightly less attractive national team from the weakest, 4th…

December 15, 2021 - KSW65 will be held this weekend, featuring one of the biggest fights in Europe to date, as Roberto Soldic and Mamed Khalidov meet in the Gliwice, Poland ring.  This Saturday, December 18, live from Gliwice, Poland, one of the biggest fights ever in Europe takes place in the main event of KSW 65 as welterweight champion Roberto Soldic (19-3) challenges Mamed Khalidov (35-5-2) for the middleweight title in a Champ vs. Champ Superfight. Hailing from Croatia, Soldic has long established himself as one of the best welterweights on the planet and one of the most feared fighters in…

December 15, 2021 - Young Croatian tennis player Petra Marčinko is the #1 junior tennis player in the world! When it seemed that this tennis year could not be better for Croatia after numerous doubles titles and becoming Davis Cup finalists, 16-year-old Petra Marčinko reached new heights, reports HRT. Namely, Petra became the first player in history to win the most prestigious junior tournament - Orange Bowl - in both singles and doubles competitions and ends the year as the best junior in the world!  Marčinko defeated the seventh junior in the world, Russian Diana Schneider, in the final of the…