The Slovenian national football team will not remember their first appearance in the UEFA Nations League positively, the regional newspaper Primorske Novice says in Wednesday's commentary, hoping that what could be the future leaders of the team had gained some much-needed experience in the process.

Slovenia ended the debut UEFA Nations League without a win, drawing 1:1 with Bulgaria in Sofia last night, having already been relegated to League D in the penultimate round of the tournament.

The Slovenian women's national basketball team have qualified for the 2019 EuroBasket by defeating Finland on the road 88:68 in the qualifiers on Saturday. This is the second the Slovenian woman basketballers made it to the European basketball championship.

The Slovenian national football failed to avoid relegation to League D of the UEFA Nations League, the lowest tier of the competition, as they scored a 1:1 draw with Norway on Friday evening in front of more than 10,000 spectators in Ljubljana's Stožice Stadium.

The Ski Jumping World Cup season will start this weekend in Poland's Wisla without Slovenia's best jumper Peter Prevc, who needs additional training following his recovery from two ankle surgeries. Timi Zajc, a 18-year-old talent who stood out during the summer, is now the main hope of the Slovenian team, which has a new headcoach.

Franci Petek, a former world champion in ski jumps, was appointed the director of the Slovenian Ski Association for a full four-year term on Tuesday.

Slovenia's Jan Oblak has been named the best goalkeeper in the Spanish premier football league La Liga in the 2017/2018 season, which is the third time in a row that the 25-year-old from Škofja Loka, who plays for Atletico Madrid, received the Zamora Trophy conferred by the Spanish daily sport newspaper Marca.