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The Turkish national basketball team has been handed a heavy defeat by host France at Eurobasket 2015, bidding farewell to its dreams of a podium finish, or at least an Olympic berth.

Roared on by a record-breaking indoor crowd in Liile on Sept. 12, France thrived on home support as it thumped Turkey 76-53 to reach the quarterfinals.

Two women claimed the first medals for Bulgaria at the World Wrestling Championship, which is taking place in Las Vegas.

Evelina Georgieva in the 55 kg weight class and Taybe Yusein in the 63 kg weight class won two bronze medals in the women's freestyle.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker speaking at Strasbourg Wednesday called on EU member states to receive a portion of the refugees currently in Greece, Italy and Hungary, by presenting a proposal with the number he believed should be relocated to each country. According to the Commission’s estimates there are currently 54,000 in Hungary, 50,400 in Greece and 15,600 in Italy.

Delivering on the European Agenda on Migrations from May, the European Commission is putting forward a comprehensive package of proposals which will help address the refugee crisis that EU Member States and neighbouring countries are facing, including by tackling the root causes making people seek refuge in Europe.

According to the latest estimates of Eurostat, which were released on Tuesday, the GDP of Bulgaria increased by 0.5 % in the second quarter compared to the first quarter of 2015.

This is slightly above the average GDP of the EU, which increased by 0.4 % compared to the previous quarter.

The top ranking male tennis player of Bulgaria - Grigor Dimitrov will not compete for the country's team in the vital play-off against Hungary for the Davis Cup.

Bulgaria will host the matches from the third round of Group II Europe/Africa at the National tennis centre in Sofia between September 18 and 20.

Turkey keeps its hopes alive of progress to Euro 2016 after defeating the Netherlands 3-0 in a Group A qualifier in Konya

Turkey has breathed new life into its quest to qualify for Euro 2016 after it defeated an uncharacteristically moribund Dutch side 3-0 in Konya on Sept. 6.

16 days if Eurobasket kicked off on Saturday with six days of group play at several European locations before the action is transferred to Lille, France.
Group play will be split between Berlin (Germany), Zagreb (Croatia), Riga (Latvia) and Montpellier (France).

Group A

NATO's decision to open command-and-control centres in six of its eastern European members will "fuel the artificially created climate of confrontation" in relations with Russia, according to Moscow's ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko.

Turkey and the Netherlands will meet for a crucial rendezvous in the Central Anatolian province of Konya on Sept. 6 after both teams lost points late on Sept. 3 in their bid to qualify for the Euro 2016 finals in France.