Argentina's last dictator and five military leaders who helped rule the country more than 25 years ago went on trial Monday on human rights charges.
Liverpool's Champions League hopes took a blow as teenage Montenegro international Stevan Jovetic scored both goals to give Italian side Fiorentina a deserved 2-0 Group E victory.
There's a buzz among travelers that humble little Montenegro is becoming a new Mediterranean hotspot. Once part of Yugoslavia and then part of Serbia, this tiny mountainous nation on the Adriatic achieved independence only recently, in 2006. This summer my film crew and I set out to capture the country for a public television show.
World champions Italy opened a two-point gap in World Cup qualifying Group Eight ahead of Wednesday's home clash against nearest challengers Republic of Ireland in Bari.
A goal deep in injury time from Danish substitute Christian Poulsen gave 10-man Juventus a vital 2-1 win at Catania on Sunday, keeping alive their slim hopes of winning the Serie A title.
Driving south from Croatia's Dubrovnik, I soon hit the border of Montenegro, once part of Yugoslavia and now its own nation. By European standards, Montenegro is about as poor as it gets. They don't even have their own currency. With just 600,000 people, they decided, heck, let's just use euros. And since it's such a tiny place, the official Eurozone countries are willing to look the other way.
In November, CNN Business Traveller continues its special on how the travel industry is being affected by the financial crisis, this time focusing on tourism and destinations.
It's been called "the Pearl of the Adriatic," but standing high above Dubrovnik's formidable ramparts, I study what the recent war did to this jewel of a city on Croatia's coast.
World champions Italy shrugged off a lengthy injury list to secure a battling 0-0 draw against Bulgaria in Sofia to leave them in prime position in World Cup qualifying Group 8.
Defending champions Italy maintained their perfect start to the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 victory at home to Georgia in Udine on Wednesday night.
Argentina's last dictator and five military leaders who helped rule the country more than 25 years ago went on trial Monday on human rights charges.
Liverpool's Champions League hopes took a blow as teenage Montenegro international Stevan Jovetic scored both goals to give Italian side Fiorentina a deserved 2-0 Group E victory.
There's a buzz among travelers that humble little Montenegro is becoming a new Mediterranean hotspot. Once part of Yugoslavia and then part of Serbia, this tiny mountainous nation on the Adriatic achieved independence only recently, in 2006. This summer my film crew and I set out to capture the country for a public television show.
World champions Italy opened a two-point gap in World Cup qualifying Group Eight ahead of Wednesday's home clash against nearest challengers Republic of Ireland in Bari.
A goal deep in injury time from Danish substitute Christian Poulsen gave 10-man Juventus a vital 2-1 win at Catania on Sunday, keeping alive their slim hopes of winning the Serie A title.
Driving south from Croatia's Dubrovnik, I soon hit the border of Montenegro, once part of Yugoslavia and now its own nation. By European standards, Montenegro is about as poor as it gets. They don't even have their own currency. With just 600,000 people, they decided, heck, let's just use euros. And since it's such a tiny place, the official Eurozone countries are willing to look the other way.
In November, CNN Business Traveller continues its special on how the travel industry is being affected by the financial crisis, this time focusing on tourism and destinations.
It's been called "the Pearl of the Adriatic," but standing high above Dubrovnik's formidable ramparts, I study what the recent war did to this jewel of a city on Croatia's coast.
World champions Italy shrugged off a lengthy injury list to secure a battling 0-0 draw against Bulgaria in Sofia to leave them in prime position in World Cup qualifying Group 8.
Defending champions Italy maintained their perfect start to the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 2-0 victory at home to Georgia in Udine on Wednesday night.
President Filip Vujanovic won re-election by a landslide, election monitors said Monday, cementing Montenegro's westward economic and political course since breaking away from Serbia two years ago.
England have been drawn against Croatia, who eliminated them from Euro 2008, in the draw for the 2010 World Cup which was made in Durban on Sunday.
In 2004, Peter Munk and a handful of Montenegrin government officials took off in a rickety old army helicopter for a flight along the country's coast. There were no seats - just ammunition crates screwed to the floor. When Munk inquired about safety straps, the captain pointed to the iron handles on the sides of the crates and hollered, "Hold on tight!" The flight took them over lush, green hills and jagged outcroppings that tumbled down toward azure seas, till they finally reached their destination: a rusting naval base in a town called Tivat on the Bay of Kotor.
I was sitting on a Croatian beach a few years ago, staring in amazement at the glorious Adriatic Sea, when my traveling companion said, "If you think this is beautiful, you should see Montenegro someday." That day finally arrived this summer, when my friend Leslie and I decided to celebrate her birthday with a trip to the small country north of Albania and south of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Rangers muscled their way into the Champions League group stage after a 0-0 draw at Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday gave them a 1-0 aggregate win over the Serbian side.
An hour's drive south of Dubrovnik, I cross into the tiny and new country of Montenegro. Driving along the fjord-like Bay of Kotor, the humble town of Perast catches my attention.
Former Serbian officer Vlastimir Djordjevic, accused of war crimes during the 1999 crackdown on Kosovo Albanians, was arrested in Montenegro, a court official has told CNN.
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Serbia striker Nikola Zigic has joined Racing Santander on a four-year deal from Red Star Belgrade, the Primera Liga club said on Wednesday.
Montenegro, which voted to spin out of Serbia's orbit in June, might be the world's newest country. But it is haunted by one of the world's oldest problems: corruption.
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Ivory Coast fought back from two goals down to beat Serbia & Montenegro 3-2 and secure their first World Cup win in a fiercely fought battle on Wednesday.
Serbia & Montenegro manager Ilija Petkovic has said he will step down after the World Cup, following his side's 6-0 drubbing by Argentina.
Argentina gave the most impressive performance of the World Cup finals so far when they overwhelmed a woeful Serbia/Montenegro side 6-0 with a superb display of flowing football in Gelsenkirchen.
Dutchmen Phillip Cocu and Wesley Sneijder were ready to start the World Cup opener against Serbia & Montenegro on Sunday after coming through a final training session on Saturday.
Serbia & Montenegro will go into their World Cup campaign with only 22 players following a meeting with FIFA on Wednesday to discuss whether they could call up a replacement for center back Dusan Petkovic.
Forward Lionel Messi, who is recovering from a thigh muscle injury, does not expect to start Argentina's opening World Cup match against Ivory Coast.
Serbia's football authorities are ready to part company with their Montenegrin counterparts after the World Cup finals.
Voters in Montenegro have decided narrowly to sever the country's union with Serbia, a move that breaks up the last two pieces of the former Yugoslavia, according to official preliminary results from the election commission.
Voters in Montenegro decided narrowly to sever the country's union with Serbia, a move that would break up the last two pieces of the former Yugoslavia, unofficial poll returns from Sunday's referendum indicated.
Midfielder Carlos Bonet scored two sweetly struck goals to give Paraguayan outsiders Libertad a precious 2-2 draw away to River Plate in the first leg of their Libertadores Cup quarterfinal.
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The top two teams in each group advance to the 16-team knockout round.
Atletico Madrid strikers Fernando Torres and Mateja Kezman are likely to miss three of the remaining five league games because of injury.
Spain, the 2004 Davis Cup winners, must beat Italy in the playoffs in September if they are to retain their place in the elite World Group.
Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich ended talk of a crisis with a 3-0 home win over third-placed Schalke on Sunday.
A passenger train has derailed and plunged down an embankment outside Montenegro's capital, Podgorica, on Monday, killing 41 people aboard and injuring more than 180 others, a government spokeswoman has said.
Argentina's matches at next year's World Cup will all be finals said coach Jose Pekerman - after his team were drawn in the "Group of Death".
FIFA have ordered Serbia and Montenegro to play one home match in an empty stadium after crowd trouble during the home World Cup qualifier against Bosnia on October 12.
Spain have chosen Atletico Madrid's Vicente Calderon stadium as the venue for the home leg of their World Cup play-off in November.
Spain captain Raul will equal Fernando Hierro's appearance record for a Spanish outfield player when he leads the team against Belgium in their World Cup qualifier in Brussels on Saturday.
Former Hertha Berlin and Stuttgart coach Juergen Roeber has taken charge of Partizan Belgrade, the Serbia & Montenegro champions have confirmed.
Sevilla defender Ivica Dragutinovic is set to miss Serbia & Montenegro's World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania and Bosnia after suffereing an injury at the weekend.
Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian-Serb leader, is accused of having been responsible for running concentration-style detention camps, and the massacre at the NATO so-called safe haven of Srebrenica.
A devastating second-half strike from substitute Albert Luque gave Spain a narrow 1-0 home win over Lithuania.
Real Zaragoza striker David Villa has been drafted into Spain's squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania and Bosnia, after Raul Tamudo was forced to drop out because of injury.
Serbian midfielder Dragan Mladenovic will return to Rangers, after Real Sociedad revealed they will not use their option to buy the player.
Results from Roland Garros on Tuesday, the eighth day of the French Open:
Uncapped Villarreal goalkeeper Pepe Reina has been named in a 27-strong Spain squad for a team-building session next Monday.
Valencia centre-back Carlos Marchena has been forced to withdraw from the Spain squad for Saturday's friendly against China and next week's Group Seven qualifier against Serbia & Montenegro because of injury.
Spain eased their way to an unspectacular but efficient 5-0 victory at home to part-timers San Marino in a Group Seven World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
Espanyol midfielder Ivan de la Pena has been given a long-awaited squad call-up by Spain coach Luis Aragones for next week's World Cup Group Seven qualifier with San Marino.
Osasuna fought back from a goal down and a sending-off to stun Deportivo Coruna 3-1 in the Riazor in the Primera Liga on Sunday.
Birgit Prinz scored four goals as world champions Germany crushed China 8-0 in their opening Group F game in the women's Olympic tournament in Patras on Wednesday.
Penalties decided the fate of four teams in the second round of the Copa Libertadores as Mexican duo America and Santos Laguna were eliminated and four Brazilian teams advanced to the quarterfinals.
Ten countries have qualified for the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest after the competition's inaugural semi-final.
News that Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic is living in Belgrade, according to war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte, has put the spotlight back on the U.N.'s most wanted man.
Dejan Stankovic fired Lazio into the Italian Cup semifinals on the day his club president prepared to sell him to Inter Milan.
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