World Cup

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27.march 2026 NM

How did the Kosovar footballers enter Slovakia, which does not recognize Kosovo's independence?

Despite the fact that Slovakia is one of the few members of the European Union that does not recognize Kosovo's independence, the Kosovar football players traveled to Bratislava with their fans and managed to beat the home team.

04.march 2026 NM

Will Iran play in the World Cup?

Iran Football Federation President Mehdi Tay said he is not sure if the national team will be able to play matches in the upcoming World Cup. Donald Trump, on the other hand, "doesn't care"

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17.December 2022 Momir Turudić

Croatia-Morocco (2:1): Great prelude to the final

It's an old cliché that a third-place match in any sport is a sad event because the players have previously been defeated in the semi-finals, so a loser's bracket match is mostly a deal-breaker. The match between Croatia and Morocco was not like that, on the contrary

In the New Issue: The 22nd Football World Cup begins

19.November 2022 Željko Bodrožić

Stojković, be Osim

We achieved the last good result 32 years ago at the World Cup in Italy, when the coach was Ivica Osim. Then Dragan Stojković scored an untimely goal in the round of XNUMX match against Spain. He ran to celebrate his masterpiece in the arms of Osim, just as three decades later the Serbian national team members ran to hug him after the decisive goals

The World Cup - a culture of memory: France 1998.

02.November 2022 Željko Bodrožić

The crossbar shook, a mouse was born

The championship in France was the last World Cup for all players except Dejan Stanković, and among them for the current coach Dragan Stojković. After 24 years, he is back at the World Cup and that is the only coincidence for now - unlike the national team that he led as a captain at the time, today's under his coaching does not calculate and plays for the goal anymore. We can be eliminated again in the round of XNUMX or earlier, but this time honorably and bravely

Sports and politics

16.January 2019 Uroš Mitrović

An instrument of soft power

Due to its popularity and ubiquity, modern sport has become an instrument of "soft power" of states, which strengthen their position and reputation in the world by organizing major sporting events. That's how Serbia, along with its neighbors, entered the race for the organization of the World Cup in 2030. Compared to political gain, financial gain seems secondary