Sport
Main article: Sport in SerbiaSerbia is very successful in many sports. Among the most popular sports are football, basketball, water polo, handball, volleyball and tennis.
The two most popular football clubs in Serbia are Red Star Belgrade and FK Partizan. Their supporters are the Delije and the Grobari, respectively. The Serbian national football team participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
In basketball, Serbian clubs are successful and participate regularly in European competitions, where they often make quarter-final and semi-final appearances. The Serbian national basketball team is successful in international competitions, having won several FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket and Olympic gold medals.
Serbian men's and women's teams are also World Champions in sports such as water polo and volleyball.
Serbian tennis plaeyes have been successful. The no. 2 men's tennis player in the World is Novak Djoković, with a record of winning five Grand Slam Singles titles. Janko Tipsarević, Viktor Troicki, Jelena Janković and Ana Ivanović are also successful. The Serbia Davis Cup team won the 2010 Davis Cup Final held in the Belgrade Arena.
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Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid,
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Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease,
Seats of my youth, when every sport could please,
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“The sport of digging the bait is nearly equal to that of catching the fish, when one’s appetite is not too keen.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“How long, then, Catiline, while you abuse our patience? How long is this madness of yours to make sport of us?”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)