Sport in Croatia
Croatia is country, like most of the Eastern European countries, that gives a great importance to sport and sports activities. Dating back from the beginning of last century, Croatian man and women are involved in various sport activities. There are various sport clubs all over Croatia, in small as well as larger places, towns and cities.
Best known sportsman and sportwomen from Croatia are Goran Ivanisevic, the Wimbledon winner, Janica and Ivica Kostelic - skiing champions, Croatian Handball Team, as well as Croatian Basketball and football (soccer) teams ( just to mention few...)
Croatia Sport News
Goran Ivanisevic and Wronged Common Law Wife Tanja Dragovic Return to Zagreb from the United StatesZagreb, May 10 (CP) – Former Croatian tennis star Goran Ivanisevic and his common law wife Tanja Dragovic have returned from the United States after a two-month self-imposed exile.
The couple and their young children had fled Croatia after it was revealed that Ivanisevic was having an affair with a local model.
Following several bust-ups with the [...]
Croatian High Jumper Blanka Vlasic Wins Qatar Grand Prix by Clearing 203 CentimetresZagreb, May 9 (CP) – Croatia’s best track and field athlete Blanka Vlasic has won another athletic meet – the Super Grand Prix in Qatar by managing to clear 203 centimetres a season record, but failing to make the 205 on Friday.
The meet is a great preparation for the upcoming Beijing Olympics.
Croatia Soccer Squad Coach Bilic Signs a Fresh Two-year Contract with Croatian Football AssociationZagreb, May 6 (CP) ' Slaven Bilic, the Croatian football squad coach signed a fresh two-year contract with the Croatian Football Federation on Monday and announced a list of players for the upcoming EURO 2008.
Putting forth a list of players he is counting on for the upcoming European Championships Bilic ommitted some some big names [...]
Croatian Midfielder Luka Modric Formally Signs for TottenhamZagreb, April 29 (CP) ' Croatian international midfielder Luka Modric of Dinamo, Zagreb has formally signed a transfer contract with Tottenham Hotspur football club in line with an agreement reached with Dinamo Zagreb and Luka Modric, for a total consideration of 21 million euro payable in instalments over the next four years.
The player's contract is [...]
Dinamo Zagreb To Receive €25 Mln in Damages for Modric; Modric To Receive €3 Mln AnnuallyZagreb, April 27 (CP) – The details of Dinamo Zagreb’s captain midfielder Luka Modric’s transfer are surfacing with Dinamo to receive €25 mln and Modric to enjoy a € 3 Mln annual pay.
Modric was sold to Tottenham on Friday and is already in the UK where he is undergoing rigorous medical checks.
It is interesting that [...]
Croatian Midfielder Luka Modric, Dinamo Zagreb Captain, Signs for Tottenham for € 26 MillionZagreb, April 26 (CP) – The Dinamo Zagreb soccer club captain Luka Modric has become a member of Tottenham late last night, as he signed a 5-year deal for a fantastic € 26 million!
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City were all said to have had an eye on Modric, but Spurs captured him making a [...]
Croatian Striker Eduardo Might Be Back in the Game by SeptemberZagreb, April 24 (CP) – The Italian media are claiming that Croatian striker Eduardo da Silva may be back on the football pitch by September, two months prior to previous plans.
Eduardo is currently undergoing physio in his native Brazil, where he is being cared for by the Brazilian national squad physician Jose Luis Runca and [...]
Croatian Soccer Squad Coach Slaven Bilic Author of Lyrics and Music for the Team’s Anthem at EURO 2008Zagreb, April 18 (CP) – The multi-talented Croatian soccer team coach Slaven Bilic has taped a new Croatian football team anthem at the EURO 2008 with his Rowbau band, the song titled Fiery Madness (Vatreno ludilo)
He is the sole author of the lyrics and music and plays the guitar, but he decided to leave the [...]
Croatian Striker Eduardo da Silva To Continue Recovery in his Native BrazilZagreb, April 14 (CP) – Arsenal striker and member of the Croatian soccer squad Eduardo da Silva is to continue the recovery from his foot injury in his native Brazil, where he is to be treated by the Brazilian squad physio expert.
It is yet to be seen whether Da Silva's recovery will be quick enough [...]
Mario Ancic Secures Croatia?s Davis Cup Victory over ItalyZagreb, April 13 (CP) – Mario Ancic beat Italy's Simone Bolelli to secure Croatia's win in the tennis Davis Cup match in Dubrovnik and a place in the world group qualifications.
Mario Ancic beat Simone Bolelli in straight sets 3-0 after Marin Cilic lost to Andreas Seppi in a marathon match, which ended 3-2.
The overall result [...]
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Croatians change World Cup jerseys
: Croatia has bowed to a request by football's governing body FIFA to change the design of their World Cup jerseys. It was ruled that there was too much white on them, the Zagreb daily Vecernji List reported Friday. The decision means the team will play in Germany with a different strip to the one it used in the qualifications and to the replicas sold to tens of thousands of fans...read more
Wakeboard Croatia: This comming weekend, on the Saturday at Cable Krk - the wakeboard ski lift in bay of Punat on Island of Krk, the fifth international cable wakeboard competition Croatia Open will be hosted. The best wakeboarders from Croatia as well as Europe are expected to compete , among them wakeboard world's champion Bernhard Hinterberger, European champion Lior Sofer (last years winner of Croatia Open). read more...
Speedway Racetrack in small Croatian village : Donji Kraljevec is a small community in the Croatian Medjimurje County, some 20 km east of Cakovec. With population of under 2000 one wouldn't expect that village to be centre of Speedway Motor Sport. However, due to enthusiasm of it's local community , this village is getting more and more acknowledged in speedway world. read more...
Croatian Sport Links:
We also collected some sport links for various croatian sport websites for you to further explore. Some of the clubs are larger, some are just small clubs. There are some official sport info for various Croatian sport association.
- Croatian Academic Athletics Club Mladost - Zagreb (Hrvatski akademski atletski klub Mladost Zagreb) - about athletics in Zagreb
- Basketball club Jadrankamen (Kosarkaski klub Jadrankamen) - information about basketball club Jadrankamen from Pucisca , island of Brac - Croatia.
- Croatian Chess Page - Play chess online, or find out about chess tournaments worldwide.
- Cycling Federation of Croatian - Hrvatski biciklisticki savez
- Croatian Diving Federation - Official Croatian Diving Federation web - includes regulations about diving in Croatia.
- Diving in Croatia - how to dive in Croatia
- Croatian Fencing Federation (Hrvatski macevalacki savez) - Official website of the Croatian Fencing Federation
- CFF - Croatian Football Federation (HNS - Hrvatski nogometni savez) - informacije o igracima i reprezentaciji
- Sydney United Web Page - This site is Croatian-Australian football club site in Australia
- Golf Club Pula (Golf klub Pula)
- Croatian Karate Union - official wesite fro Croatia Karate Association
- Taekwon-do club "DAN-GUN" (Tae Kwon Do klub "DAN-GUN") - Official "DAN-GUN" homepage. Contains information on club's activities, members, trainers, competitions and achievements.
- Planinarski Klub SPLIT - Hiking Club from Split - Croatia.
- Planinarsko drustvo sveucilista "Velebit" - University's Hiking Club.
- CROATIA OPEN - Umag -Tenis Tournament information, players, history...
- Tennis Club Pecine - club history, players, results, cool pictures,... Tennis club Pecine from Rijeka.
- Skating club ROLLER - Information about in-line skating in Croatia.
- CROATIAN SPELEOLOGY - Speleological clubs and societies in Croatia, speleological events, journals, links, cave rescue, cave diving
- Scout Association of Croatia (Savez izvidaca Hrvatske) - Croatian Scouts on-line
- Scout Association of Split (Savez Izvidjaca Splita)
- Softball Association of Croatia - softball in Croatia
- Swimming Club Zagreb (Zagrebacki plivacki klub) -official website of Swimming Club in Zagreb.
- Croatian Women Volleyball League - Women (Hrvatsko odbojkasko prvenstvo za zene) - Current standings, match results and schedule of upcoming events...
- Yacht Club Labud - sailing club from Croatia

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