ModriÄ beats Djokovic to win Balkan athlete of the year award
Croatia captain Luka ModriÄ was named Balkan Athlete of the Year on Thursday, becoming only the second footballer to clinch the award after ex-Bulgaria footballer Hristo Stoichkov in 1994. The 33-year-old received 75 points in the poll, beating Serbia's world number one tennis player Novak Djokovic, who topped the annual poll five times in a row between 2011 and 2015.