PARIS : Kosovo Olympic authorities have asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to open disciplinary proceedings against Novak Djokovic, accusing the Serbian of stirring up political tension by saying 'Kosovo is the heart of Serbia' at the French Open.Djokovic wrote the message on a camera lens fo
PARIS : Kosovo Olympic authorities have asked the International Olympic Committee to open disciplinary proceedings against Novak Djokovic, accusing the Serbian of stirring up political tension by saying"Kosovo is the heart of Serbia" at the French Open.
Serbian authorities said 52 protesters were wounded in the clashes. The violence erupted after ethnic Albanian mayors took office in northern Kosovo's Serb-majority area following elections that were boycotted by the Serbs. "Novak Djokovic has yet again promoted the Serbian nationalists' propaganda and used the sport platform to do so," Ismet Krasniqi, president of Kosovo's Olympic Committee , said in a statement.
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