Croatian sailors have been at the top of the IOM class for years

ZAGREB, January 19, 2018 - The government has increased its budget allocation for sports by 15.5% in 2018, thus enabling the Central State Office for Sport (SDUS) to meet the demands by umbrella sports association, and creating conditions for further development and excellent results by Croatian athletes.

Organisers of the strongest Croatian regatta have complied with the wishes of competitors and returned to the programme final sailings on monohulls.

For a nation of its size, Croatia is a very successful sporting nation. And while they often excel on the international stage, they get up to some truly impressive and innovative stuff back home. A look at some of the more extreme sporting events in the modern Croatia on January 14, 2018. 

The Hvar New Year Regatta remains the most important winter competition for sailors in small classes in Europe for over 40 years

Mate Arapov and the crew of the Mornar sailing club on the Fatamorgana 2 sailboat are winners of the 23rd Christmas Regatta, traditionally organised by the Split club Zenta

Dario Šimić is one of the most recognisable face of Croatian sports, former defender of great clubs, a man with 100 appearances for the Croatian National Football Team and part of the bronze generation from France 1998, President of the Football Union, successful businessman with water and coffee, and in the future maybe the President of the Croatian Football Federation (HNS)

The town of Umag, after coming to be known as a town of sports and recreation, has turned this informal title into an official one during the proclamation ceremony of European capitals and towns of sports, held this past Wednesday in the seat of the European Parliament in Brussels

Representatives of the Kinesiology and Sports Institute and Kinesiology Faculty Split signed on Thursday an agreement for a five-year cooperation with the professional cycling club Bahrain Merida, whose sports director Vladimir Miholjević announced its cyclists will visit Hvar this month for training

Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov-on-Don will host matches of the Croatian national football team during the World Championship