Ivan Rakitić played the full match in Barcelona’s 5-0 thumping of Sevilla to win the Copa del Rey title on Sunday. Rakitić returned from hand surgery where he fractured a bone earlier in the month. Barcelona take the Copa trophy for the fourth straight year and are primed to lift La Liga silverware in a few weeks. Rakitić should […]

    Hajduk Split had the opportunity to make things interesting in the Croatian Prva Liga Sunday night at Poljud as they entered their match against leaders Dinamo Zagreb only five points back. A win in front of their home fans would have brought the deficit to two points, however, they couldn’t stop Dinamo’s Mario Gavranović, who scored twice (14′, […]

    Bojan “Babo” Bogdanović had the best home playoff debut he could ask for for the Indiana Pacers as he scored 30 points in a 92-90 win over Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Babo shot 11/15 from the field and 7/9 from 3-point. He also guarded Lebron most of the night and was effective as the Cavs led by […]

    Two months after the World Cup wraps up, Croatia will continue their tough schedule, playing European elites Spain and England, four times in a span of 60 days in the UEFA Nations League.     In preparation for the opener against Spain in Spain, Croatia will play Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal in a friendly on September 6th, staying […]