Maribor will be one of the 16 European cities in 2018 to hold the title European City of Sport conferred by ACES Europe, a Brussels-based non-profit association. Maribor will collect its title at an award ceremony on 6 December in Brussels. Last year, Krško also held the title European City of Sport.

Slovenia's best basketball player Goran Dragić confirmed on Tuesday that he is bidding farewell to the national team after Slovenia made history and won gold at the EuroBasket on Sunday.

Delo draws lessons from the Slovenian basketball team's Euroleague success, arguing in Tuesday's front-page commentary that the players' mentality and courage is what Slovenia needs to move forward.

The Slovenian national basketball team finally has a medal at major tournaments, and it is Serbian coach Igor Kokoškov who is one of the main contributors, having managed to convince Slovenian players that they are actually the best in Europe while remaining calm and concentrated throughout the entire EuroBasket tournament.

While Slovenia's best basketball player Goran Dragić may be bidding farewell from the national team after winning the EuroBasket, the nation has a legitimate successor in teenage prodigy Luka Dončić, who made it to the best five of the tournament as one of the youngest European players to manage the feat.

The story of Slovenia's best basketball player and national team captain Goran Dragić is a journey from a skinny teenager from the Ljubljana borough of Koseze who preferred football to an European champion and the most valuable player at the 2017 EuroBasket.

You never forget the first, neither love, nor victory or medal, especially the gold, the paper Večer writes in Tuesday's commentary, calling on people to pick up at least some of the confidence and courage of Slovenia's national basketball team, which won the EuroBasket on Sunday.