The Slovenian acrobatic group Dunking Devils Squad has launched its latest innovation at the Macher Festival in Germany - a human cannon that has sent willing participants flying more than 40 metres far.
It took the group six months to develop the device, an innovation they say was born out of a d

Slovenian shooter Franček Gorazd Tiršek won gold in the air rifle standing position (category R4) at the Paralympic Games on 30 August. This is his fifth Paralympic medal but the first gold.
Tiršek was sixth in the preliminary round but then quickly climbed in the rankings to make the relegation r

Olimpija Ljubljana routed Croatia's Rijeka 5:0 at home on 29 August to advance to the league phase of the UEFA Conference League, but the match was marred by rioting in which seven police officers were injured and there was considerable damage done to the stadium.
Problems started even before the s

Slovenia's best table tennis player Darko Jorgić has won the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Lima 2024 with a prize money of US$80,000 (€71,500). The 26-year-old defeated the top seed, German Patrick Franziska 4:0 (5,9,3,7) in the finals on 25 August to clinch his first WTT tournament win.
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Goran Dragić, one of the greatest Slovenian basketball players, who played 15 seasons in the NBA and captained the national team that won the 2017 EuroBasket, capped his career with an exhibition game featuring NBA stars and retired legends of the sport. A Ljubljana native, Dragić bid farewell to p

Sports and business have long been closely intertwined and those professionally involved in either field, or both, see many synergies. "Both require passion, commitment and constant efforts for top results," Rok Capl, the head of the Spirit investment promotion agency, said at a round-table on the

Slovenian basketball executive Vanja Černivec has been appointed vice president of basketball operations of the newly-established WNBA team Golden State Valkyries. This is a third prominent managerial post in basketball for the 42-year-old former player from Maribor.
The Golden State Valkyries are

Slovenian rider Primož Roglič (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) has taken the lead at La Vuelta a Espana after winning stage four on 20 August in a sprint up the final climb to the Pico Villuercas.
Roglič led a small breakaway group up the 14.6-kilometre, 6.2% climb and fended off several last-minute attac

Slovenia will field 14 athletes in four disciplines at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, which will take place from 28 August to 8 September.
Unveiled by the Slovenian Paralympic Committee on 13 August, the national team features the women's sitting volleyball team, archers Živa Lavrinc and Dej