LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenian basketball champion Goran Dragic, who led the national team to its first Eurobasket title on Sunday, said he no longer plans to play for the national team. He is due to return to the United States on Thursday, where he plays for the NBA's Miami Heat. The win is the country's first major basketball triumph, and goes some way to make up for the overtime loss to Serbia in the semi-finals of the 2009 Eurobasket. Both Slovenia and Serbia emerged from the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, with Slovenia being the first to declare independence in 1991. On Monday, Slovenia's President Borut Pahor awarded the team one of the highest state honours, a Golden Order for Merits for their achievement.

Source: The Star September 19, 2017 14:26 UTC