The Slovenian Football Association (NZS) is joining the first ever UEFA-sponsored national-team efootball championship. Slovenia will compete with two gamers, who will be picked in national tournaments.
Luka Dončić has been named Sports Illustrated's 2019 Breakout of the Year in what is only the latest in a series of titles won by the 20-year-old Slovenian NBA superstar.
The Slovenian women's national handball team has failed to advance to the main round of the World Championship in Japan and eventually battle for medals as it lost to Serbia 27:29 in the last match of the preliminary round in Kumamoto on Friday.
Slovenian ski jumper Anže Lanišek finished third in a World Cup event in Ruka, Finland, on Saturday, after a series of disqualifications. The third place was initially to go to Peter Prevc but he was disqualified over his outfit along with several other ski jumpers.
Slovenia will open their campaign at the World Women's Handball Championship in Japan's Kumamoto on Saturday in what will be their sixth appearance at such tournaments. Despite the team being depleted by injuries and cancellations, the goal is to advance to the main round, where 16 teams will be battling for the medal round.
Slovenian Damir Skomina has been declared the world's best football referee in 2019 by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). He was selected by football experts from 90 countries in the world.
The Slovenian national basketball team will play in an Olympic qualification tournament in Lithuania's Kaunas next June in a group which also features Poland and Angola. Should it advance to the semi-finals, the team will play the host nation, Venezuela or South Korea on the way to the first place which leads to Tokyo.