NK Croatia San Jose will be hosting the inaugural Bay Area Croatian Heritage Festival the weekend of August 30th, 2013 at 901 Lincoln Ave, San Jose, California 95126. Festivities include: FRIDAY: August 30th, 2013 9:00 pm to 1:30 am: Pub Night at Assumption of Mary Catholic Church. Live DJ will be on hand to kick off the weekend festivities with drinks being made available … [Read more...] about 2013 Bay Area Croatian Heritage Festival
Livaja goal keeps Mali Vatreni atop Group F
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Photo: FIFA After a 1-0 win over Uruguay to open up Group F action at the U-20 World Cup in Turkey, Croatia took on Uzbekistan Wednesday night with sole control of the group up for grabs. After a scoreless first 20 minutes, Uzbekistan's Rahmanov broke the deadlock, getting a piece off the ball to deflect off his shin following a curling free kick from the sideline. … [Read more...] about Livaja goal keeps Mali Vatreni atop Group F
Bilić headed to Turkey
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Photo: Haberier Former Croatia international and manager, Slaven Bilić, didn't have to wait long to find a new job after parting ways with Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow this offseason. Bilić has officially been announced as the new manager at Turkish club Besiktas. Besiktas finished third in Turkey last year, behind Galatasaray and Fenerbahce respectively, but have been … [Read more...] about Bilić headed to Turkey
Throwback Thursday: Croatia’s last World Cup
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Photo: USA Today June 22nd will mark the seven-year anniversary of Croatia's last match played at a FIFA World Cup. It was quite simple for Croatia on that warm, German day: beat Australia and move onto the Round of 16 vs. Italy. But it was not meant to be as Croatia would squander, not one, but two leads in the match after Darijo Srna would whip a free kick over … [Read more...] about Throwback Thursday: Croatia’s last World Cup
EXCLUSIVE: Miocic UFC 161 post-fight reaction
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Photo: ESPN After a successful and quite frankly dominating win over Roy 'Big Country' Nelson Saturday night in Winnipeg, Canada, Croatian Crippler caught up with Croatian-American UFC heavyweight Stipe Miocic at the post-fight press conference, as well as in his hotel room. UFC president Dana White alluded to Miocic moving into the top 10 of the heavyweight ranks after … [Read more...] about EXCLUSIVE: Miocic UFC 161 post-fight reaction
OFFICIAL: Lovren heading to Southampton
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Photo: Southampton Twitter After three years in the French Ligue 1 at Lyon, 23 year-old Croatian defender Dejan Lovren is moving to English Premier League side Southampton. Lovren had a falling out with Lyon management towards the end of the 2012-13 season and was benched for the club's last few remaining games as a result. A transfer after the season finale looked … [Read more...] about OFFICIAL: Lovren heading to Southampton
20 years a legend gone
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Friday, June 7th marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Croatian basketball legend, Drazen Petrović. Petrović was killed on the German autobahn in 1993 at age 28 during a car accident. It followed his best season with the New Jersey Nets and was only one year after Petrović helped Croatia to the basketball silver medal at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. He will … [Read more...] about 20 years a legend gone
Scottish shock in Zagreb, Croatia lose 1-0
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It was supposed to be a walk in the park. No Modrić. No Ćorluka. No problem. Right? Wrong. Scotland, who went into Friday night's game already unable to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, did the the unthinkable, and beat Croatia 1-0 in Zagreb. Modrić was missed in the middle of the field, replaced by Dinamo Zagreb's Sammir, who played the full 90 minutes, but Croatia did … [Read more...] about Scottish shock in Zagreb, Croatia lose 1-0
