Tag: vardar
Handball 02.06.19 | 12:03

Vardar to play for the throne in handball champions league final for the second time

Handball club Vardar will play in the EHF Champions League final for the second time in three years after beating Barcelona 29:27 in the semifinal of the Final Four tournament in Cologne late on Saturday. Earlier in the day, Telekom Veszprem beat Vive Kielce 33:30 in the other semifinal. Dainis Kristopans...

Handball 01.06.19 | 21:16

Stojance Stoilov’s goal for explosion in Cologne

The last goal that Stojance Stoilov scored for exposition in Cologne.

Macedonia 01.06.19 | 21:11

Mickoski congratulates the handball team on the great success: Vardar showed character, strength and faith in victory

When you are motivated and believe in yourself, there are no impossible things and only the sky is the limit. The Macedonian Vardar showed this, showed character, strength and faith in victory. Congratulations. Go, champions !, wrote Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of VMRO DPMNE who was in Cologne, where...

Handball 01.06.19 | 20:46

Macedonian handball champion Vardar beats Barca, makes it to the Champions League final

Macedonian handball champion Vardar again qualified for Champions League final after knocking out Spain’s Barcelona 29-27 in Kologne on Thursday evening. In Sunday’s final, the “red and black” team will play against Hungarian Veszprém. Vardar made an incredible turn in the match...

Culture 30.05.19 | 11:22

Sting postpones his Skopje concert by a few hours after it clashed with the handball Champions League final

Sting will postpone his concert in Skopje by a few hours, to allow his fans to follow the handball Champions League final in Cologne. Vardar fans are hoping the team makes it all the way to the June 2nd final, and the event clashes with the planned Sting concert, but the British star was willing to perform...

Sport 22.05.19 | 10:09

Vardar wins Macedonian handball championship

Vardar breezed through Eurofarm to win it’s 13th Macedonian handball title yesterday. With two games to go, Vardar is already unreachable at the top of the league. The best handball team in the country has won nearly half of all championships since independence, the rest shared evenly between Metalurg...

Handball 13.05.19 | 17:13

EHF welcomes Vardar team in Cologne with a powerful video

Macedonia’s handball team Vardar participates in the Final Four tournament of the handball Champions League for the third year in a row now. The “Red and Black” family made their fans happy by winning the quarter-final against Pick Szeged and securing a visa for the Lanxess Arena...

Sport 11.05.19 | 20:59

New twist in the Vardar saga: Samsonenko said to remain as major financial supporter of the handball champion

Gol.mk reports that Russian businessman Sergey Samsonenko will continue to support Macedonia’s top handball club Vardar, even after his announcement that he is pulling back due to the high costs and lack of support from other sources. Businessman and former head of the Macedonian Handball Federation...

Handball 07.05.19 | 13:31

Vardar to play Barcelona in Final Four semifinal

Vardar will play Barcelona in the semifinals of the Final Four tournament of the handball Champions League, decided a draw in Cologne on Tuesday. Telekom Veszprem plays Vive Kielce In the other semifinal match. The final Four tournament will take place in Cologne on June 1-2.

Sport 05.05.19 | 21:02

After initial panic, Vardar defends huge lead in Szeged and advances to the handball Final Four

Vardar managed to hold Hungarian Pick Szeged to a four goal difference and advances into the final four round of the European Handball Champions League. Macedonia’s best team had a solid, eight goal lead travelling to Szeged, but slipped quickly in the first half, and allowed the hosts to nullify...

Sport 26.04.19 | 00:00

Vardar beats Szeged in an emotionally and politically charged game

In an emotionally charged game, Vardar beat Hungarian PIK Szeged in their first qualifying game of the European handball Championship League with 31 goals to 23. The fans of Macedonia’s leading sports outfit were scared about the performance of the team after Russian businessman Sergey Samsonenko...

Sport 24.04.19 | 13:37

Stoilov invites Vardar supporters to see this team, possibly for the last time

Stojance Stoilov, the popular Vardar pivot, said that the handball team is the underdog as it prepares to face Hungarian Szeged, and added that this will probably be one of the last games of this Vardar line-up. Macedonia’s beloved team lost its main sponsor as Russian businessman Sergey Samsonenko...

Sport 19.04.19 | 19:34

End of the handball fairy tale – Samsonenko withdraws from Vardar

Russian businessman Sergey Samsonenko announced that, after seven years, he is forced to pull out of the Vardar handball club. The reason, he says, is the growing financial pressure and the lack of support for the team which won the 2017 EHF European Champions League. The past three years were a daily...

Handball 03.04.19 | 23:21

Vardar defends SEHA title

Vardar beat PPD Zagreb 26:23 in the final of the SEHA regional handball league in Brest on Wednesday. This is Vardar’s fifth title in the league and third in a row. Vardar had a two-goal lead at halftime and managed to hold a slim advantage until the end. Dainis Kristopans, the Final Four MVP, was...

Sport 24.03.19 | 11:36

Vardar beats Zagreb 27 – 18 in Champions League game

Macedonian handball team Vardar easily defeated the Croatian team Zagreb in the first game of their Champions League match. Despite the home team advantage, Zagreb was powerless to stop Vardar, eventually losing 18 – 27. This all but ensures that Vardar will qualify for the quarter-finals, with...

Sport 24.02.19 | 00:28

Vardar beats Kristianstad in handball Champions League group game

The Vardar handball team defeated Swedish Kristianstad 32:30 in an away game which ensures that Vardar will be at least 3rd in the Group A of the EHF Champions League. The hosts held the lead for most of the first half, and the halftime score had them up by 1 goal – 17:16. But Vardar did significantly...

Sport 18.02.19 | 10:24

New football low: Vardar denied clear goal against Shkendija

Sergei Samsonenko announced that he will withdraw from Macedonian sports after the scandalous decision on Sunday when the referee dismissed a clear goal for his Vardar team against Shkendija. The two bitter rivals for the championship were playing on Shkendija’s turf, in Tetovo, and the home team...

Macedonia 18.01.19 | 12:13

Orthodox faithful prepare for the Epiphany cross ceremony

Across Macedonia, Orthodox Christian faithful are preparing for the Epiphany (Vodici) celebration on Saturday, when men jump into the local rivers and lakes to retrieve the holy cross. Some 140 participants announced they will jump for the cross in Skopje alone, where traditionally Archbishop Stefan...