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SER - Ivkovic returns to Serbia helm
BELGRADE (EuroBasket 2011) - Dusan Ivkovic will coach the Serbia national team at this summer's EuroBasket in Lithuania, according to new Serbia Basketball Association (KSS) president Dragan Djilas.
Djilas made the announcement on Monday after being unanimously voted in as the successor to Dragan Kapicic.
Ivkovic had stepped down two months ago, saying he could not " fulfill his role" despite being in the middle of four-year Olympic turn in which he helped re-establish Serbian basketball among the world elite.
But on Monday, Belgrade Mayor Djilas became president of the KSS and announced Ivkovic will be at the helm of the Blues when the national team tries to reach the Final and earn a trip to the London Olympics.
"Ivkovic will remain our coach, but I must say that we didn't speak about payment as he's very well aware that we can't fulfill all of our obligations at the moment," Djilas said
In his February statement, Ivkovic said the KSS couldn't work normally due to a financial crisis, while adding that the postponement of his payments was the "smallest problem" in a once-great basketball system.
"When we spoke about his new/old role, we didn't speak about money at all," Djilas said.
"He knows our situation, and I know ver
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Montenegro Federation celebrates 60th anniversary
PODGORICA - Montenegro and basketball.
You can't imagine one without the other.
Montenegro was important to what has been dubbed the Yugoslavian basketball miracle, a period of sustained excellence which lasted for more than half a century.
In 14 of the former Yugoslavia's gold-medal winning sides at European Championships, FIBA Basketball World Cups and Olympics, there were Montenegrins in the teams.
Montenegro has had wonderful players and coaches, excellent referees, hardworking officials and administrators.
There have been some courageous, talented, determined and intelligent people involved with the game in the country.
Since having its federation recognized by FIBA in 2006, the men's and women's teams of Montenegrin basketball have played at European Championships.
On Friday night, a gala was held at the Montenegrin National Theater in Podgorica, with a huge audience reflecting on the sport and its importance to the country, and likewise reflecting on the country and its importance to the sport.
Called '60 Years of Basketball in Montenegro', the ceremony recognized and celebrated the Montenegrin Basketball Federation.
It was both informative and inspirational.
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