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Slovenian ski-jumper Anže Lanišek. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA
Powered by Anže Lanišek, Slovenia edged ski jumping superpower Austria to defend the team title at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Norway's Trondheim on 6 March.
Slovenians have not had a stellar season in the World Cup this year and Lanišek is the only one in the top ten in the overall ranki
Slovenia's mixed team win silver on large hill at the Nodric World Ski Championships. Photo: Slovenian Ski Association
Featuring world champion Nika Prevc, Slovenia's mixed ski jumping team took silver on the large hill at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, conceding to the home team. Bronze went to Austria.
Slovenia, the reigning Olympic mixed team champions, delivered an excellent performanc
Black grouse cock. Photo: Envato elements
This year's Biathlon World Cup meet at Pokljuka, a plateau in the Triglav National Park, coincides with black grouse mating season. To give the vulnerable species the peace and quiet it needs during this crucial time spectator numbers will be capped and noise and lighting reduced to a minimum.
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Nika Prevc pictured at the 2023 season final in Planica. Photo: STA
Slovenian ski jumper Nika Prevc has proved that she is unbeatable this season, winning gold at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, after scooping wins at six straight World Cup events.


Prevc scored 258.2 points for her jumps of 98 and 100 metres, to pip German Selina Freitag
Luka Dončić in action against his former team. Photo: ESPN on X
Slovenian basketball superstar Luka Dončić notched a triple-double in a 107:99 win of his Los Angeles Lakers against the Dallas Mavericks, the team that recently traded him to the Lakers.
Posting his first triple-double with the Lakers in what was his fifth game for the LA team, he scored 19 points
Slovenian cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar. Photo: dpa/STA
Slovenian cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) secured his third UAE Tour title after winning the final stage summit finish of the week-long race at Jebel Hafeet in a 7.6km solo move.
The reigning world road race champion had entered the final stage with a 21-second lead in the g
Celje goalie Ricardo Silva (yellow) and defender Žan Karničnik (blue) in the first leg of the UEFA Conference League knockout phase play-offs vs APOEL Nicosia. Photo: Boštjan Podlogar/STA
The Slovenian football champions Celje have made it to the round of 16 of the UEFA Conference League by defeating APOEL Nicosia 4:2 on aggregate in the second leg of the knockout phase play-offs.
Celje played out a 2:2 draw with APOEL at home last week, making a step further on 20 February, defeati
Nika Prevc soaring above Ljubno at the Ski Jumping World Cup meet. Photo: Jure Makovec/STA
Slovenian ski jumper Nika Prevc reaffirmed her position as the world's best woman ski jumper by winning another World Cup double on home soil as 15,500 fans turned out in Ljubno at the weekend, the largest crowd yet for a women's ski jumping event.
Having won the double in Lake Placid, US the previ
Nika Prevc wins Ljubno women's Ski Jumping World Cup event. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
Slovenia's best woman ski jumper, Nika Prevc won the first of the two World Cup events in Ljubno pri Savinji for her 15th career victory, consolidating her lead in the overall World Cup rankings.
The 19-year-old jumped 95 metres in the final round for a total of 258 points to beat German Selina Fre
Model of cross-border basketball court to be built in Nova Gorica. Photo: Rosana Rijavec/STA
The humanitarian foundation of Goran Dragić, one of the greatest Slovenian basketball players of all time, will build a basketball court in Nova Gorica on the border with Italy.
The two half-courts will symbolically connect the two countries and are expected to open in June as part of the European
Luka Dončić and LeBron James in Dončić's Lakers debut. Photo: X/Los Angeles Lakers
Slovenian basketball superstar Luka Dončić made his debut with the Los Angeles Lakers to standing ovations, scoring 14 points in 23 and a half minutes on the floor during his new team's 132-113 wire-to-wire victory over the Utah Jazz.
To celebrate the Slovenian point guard's home debut on 10 Februa
The Slovenian women's basketball team. Photo: Bor Slana/STA
Slovenia have secured their fifth straight berth for FIBA Women's EuroBasket, coming top in their qualifying group by winning five out of six matches.
"These girls showed an incredible desire to progress and a lot of love for their country," Slovenia's head coach George Dikeoulakos said after his t