The Slovenian men's national football team ended the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers by losing to Poland 2:3 in Warsaw on Tuesday evening and to finish 4th in Group E. Slovenia will not be in the play-offs as opposed to the group rivals North Macedonia and Israel, who have advanced there based on their Nations League results.

Slovenian basketball star Luka Dončić continues to break new ground in the NBA, having set a new Slovenian record in points scored. The 20-year-old passed Goran Dragić (40) on Monday evening by scoring 42 points in a win of his Dallas Mavericks against the Texas rival San Antonio Spurs.

The Slovenian men's national football team beat Latvia 1:0 in Ljubljana on Saturday evening in the penultimate round of qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2020, but the door to the tournament have been closed as Austria defeated North Macedonia to claim the second place in Group G.

Having only a slim theoretical chance of making it to the UEFA Euro 2020, the Slovenian national football team is concluding the qualifiers by hosting the minnows Latvia in Ljubljana on Saturday and wrapping up the campaign on Tuesday on the road against Group G leaders Poland, who have already qualified for the final tournament.

The designers of the Planica Nordic Centre in north-eastern Slovenia has received a gold medal for an architectural achievement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities (IAKS) among almost 100 competing projects.

Slovenian Rea Kolbl has defended her title of the women's world champion in the top category at the Spartan Ultra obstacle course race in Sweden's Aare, covering 112 kilometres in difficult weather conditions and terrain in a challenge lasting a full 24 hours.

Slovenia's best Alpine skier Ilka Štuhec held a press conference in Maribor on Wednesday to announce that, following two seasons marred by injuries, she was ready to go as the World Cup season in fast disciplines starts in Canada's Lake Louise at the beginning of December.