Serbian national basketball team will face Italy in the hotly-anticipated FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall, Belgrade, on Sunday. In Saturday’s match, Serbia defeated Puerto Rico 102-84 in the semifinals as Anadolu Efes point guard Vasilije Micic, 27, scored 21 points and made eight assists for the host

Libya’s prime minister said Saturday that his country does not accept bowing to the authority of warring parties with help and funding they receive from overseas. “We cannot be under the hegemony of any party that is supported and financed from abroad, that wages war in Libya and is at

A Philippine military plane carrying 85 people crashed in the country’s south on Sunday, with at least 40 people rescued so far, local media reported citing army officials. Armed Forces chief Gen. Cirilito Sobejana confirmed that a C-130 plane transporting troops crashed in the province of Sulu at 11.30 a.m.

Besiktas signed Turkish midfielder Salih Ucan on free transfer on Sunday. In a statement, the Istanbul football club said that the defending Turkish champions inked a deal with the 27-year-old central midfielder but did not disclose the details of the agreement. A former Fenerbahce player, Ucan last played for another

Olympique Marseille signed Turkish winger Cengiz Under on loan, the French football club said on Sunday. “Olympique de Marseille have reached an agreement with Italian club AS Roma for player Cengiz Under. After passing his medical, he has signed up in the form of a loan with an option to

A missile attack targeting an army camp in Yemen’s southern Abyan province killed two soldiers and injured 20 others on Sunday, a government source told Anadolu Agency. “A missile targeted a mosque in the Army’s Fifth Infantry Brigade camp in Modiya district in Abyan governorate when soldiers were performing the