Daniel Opare

Be?ikta? defends league lead with two goals against Trabzon

Be?ikta? maintained its lead atop the Spor Toto Super League standings on May 3 with a 2-0 victory at underperforming Black Sea giant Trabzonspor thanks to a pair of second-half goals.

Unable to penetrate each other?s defense, the two sides relied on long-range shots in the first half but failed to register anything on the score sheet.

Be?ikta?' Swedish back Milosevic not stranger to Istanbul tear gas

Serbian-origin Swedish center back Alexander Milosevic, the new arrival of Turkey?s Be?ikta? football club, has said this was not his first time in the country, as he tasted the police tear gas in the summer of 2013 during a U-21 national game at Istanbul?s Kas?mpa?a stadium near the core of the Gezi Park protests.