Slovenian lawyer Aleksander Čeferin has told the STA in an interview after getting re-elected president of UEFA that this is a sign that members of the organisation think he is the one. He said that many challenges lay ahead in the new four-ye…
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Primorske says new UEFA term for Čeferin celebration of his authority
Commenting on Slovenia’s Aleksander Čeferin getting re-elected president of the UEFA, Primorske Novice says that it is a story about taking every opportunity and being in the right place at the right time. The re-election was a celebration of the authority that Čeferin had gained in the previous term, it adds.
Record Breaking Audience for Women’s NCAA Championship
Earlier this week, LSU and Iowa’s women’s basketball teams drew a record number of viewers as they competed for the collegiate championship. With 9.9 million viewers on ABC and ESPN2, the game became the most-viewed NCAA women’s basketball game i…
Aleksander Čeferin re-elected UEFA boss
Aleksander Čeferin was re-elected president of the Union of European Football Associations at the UEFA congress in Lisbon on Wednesday. The 55-year-old Slovenian lawyer, who has been serving as the boss of the European governing body of footba…
Pogačar wins Tour of Flanders
Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) won the Tour of Flanders on Sunday. This is his fourth victory at a one-day classic, having won Giro di Lombardia twice (2021 and 2022) and the Liege-Bastogne-Liege race in 2021. As one-day c…
Zajc wins ski flying event in Planica, Lanišek second
Slovenian ski jumper Timi Zajc won the FIS World Cup ski flying competition in Planica, the last event of the season. To great delight of thousands of fans, the second place was also claimed by a Slovenian. Anže Lanišek scored 455.0 points, only 0.1 point poorer than Zajc. Third place went to Austria’s Stefan Kraft (445.1 points).
Slovenian ski jumping team finishes second in Planica
Slovenian ski jumpers Lovro Kos, Domen Prevc, Timi Zajc and Anže Lanišek finished second at the team event of the Ski Jumping World Cup Finals in Planica on Saturday. The Austrian team won gold and Norwegians were third.
Slovenian ski jumping team finishes second in Planica
Slovenian ski jumpers Lovro Kos, Domen Prevc, Timi Zajc and Anže Lanišek finished second at the team event of the Ski Jumping World Cup Finals in Planica on Saturday. The Austrian team won gold and Norwegians were third.
Ski jumper Anže Lanišek takes second place in Planica
Anže Lanišek finished second at a ski jumping World Cup event in Planica on Saturday, jumping 236 metres and scoring 234.7 points. The winner of the event with only one round of jumps was Austrian Stefan Kraft, who scored 240.5 points, and Pio…
Planica individual event rescheduled due to wind
Some 11,500 fans waited in vain on Friday to see Slovenian ski jumpers on their home turf, as the individual FIS World Cup ski jumping event in Planica was rescheduled for tomorrow due to strong winds. The event will have only one round and wi…