The women’s national team of Macedonia opened the women’s EURO qualifiers with a heavy 0:9 loss against Italy.

After missing the previous game because of a yellow cards suspension, Vance Sikov returned for Volyn and was part of a defense that kept a clean sheet.

Midfielder Antonio Stankov will be out for some time after he broke his metatarsal while on duty with the Macedonian U21 national team.

Despite Karpaty having an interim manager, Andriy Tlumak is expected to remain the starting goalkeeper.

Macedonian attacker Agim Ibraimi is in the starting lineup for Maribor for today’s Europa League clash against Braga.

Darko Tasevski has the flu for Levski and has not been included in the squad for tomorrow’s league game against Kaliakra.

Aleksandar Lazevski and Partizan played a friendly match against Dinamo Pančevo yesterday for charity purposes in which Partizan won 1:0.

Aleksandar Stavrev had a good performance as the referee in the Barcelona vs. Viktoria Plzeň game at the Camp Nou stadium.

Goalkeeper Darko Tofiloski conceded two goals but also made some important saves in today’s 2:2 draw between Košice and Zlaté Moravce in the Slovak Cup.

During yesterday’s game between the youth clubs of Heerenveen and Ajax, Fazli provided the assist for the lone goal by Heerenveen.