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Turkey eliminated in CEV EuroVolley 2021 semifinals

Concluding their quest for the European crown, the Turkish women's volleyball team on Sept. 3 got eliminated in the semifinals of the CEV EuroVolley 2021, losing to Serbia 3-1.

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Serbia struggled against Turkey at the beginning but in the end came out on top, winning the match with 32-34, 28-26, 25-23, and 25-13 sets at Stark Arena in the capital Belgrade.

Turkish women's goalball team wins Paralympic gold in Tokyo

The Turkish women's national goalball team bagged a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games on Sept. 3.

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Turkey beat the US 9-2 in the final match held at Makuhari Messe Hall. Sevda Altunoluk, 27, scored all nine goals, including a penalty, as

Turkish actor becomes goalkeeper in Netherlands

Famous Turkish actor Erkan Kolçak Köstengil has become a professional goalkeeper in the Netherlands after leaving Turkey as the well-known TV series, Çukur (The Hole), in which he acted, ended.

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"It was my childhood dream to be a goalkeeper," Köstengil said.

Çukur, which first aired on Oct. 23, 2017, ended on June 7 after 131 episodes in four seasons.

Women’s volleyball team advance in European Championship

Turkish women's national team won against Poland on Aug. 31 to advance to the Final Four of the 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship.

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Wing spiker Ebrar Karakurt led Turkey with 20 points in a 25-18, 25-14, 25-23 victory at the Kolodruma Sports Hall in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Turkish athletes bag silver, bronze medals at 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

Turkey's Nihat Türkmenoğlu and Bahattin Hekimoğlu won a silver and bronze medal in archery at the 2020 Paralympic Games on Aug. 30.

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Türkmenoğlu secured silver after a narrow loss to the Czech Republic's David Drahoninsky in the gold medal clash of the men's individual W1 class.

Turkey breaks medal record at Tokyo Paralympic Games

Turkish athletes have bagged the 11th medal on the seventh day of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, surpassing the 10 medal-record in the 2016 Rio Games.

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Turkish Paralympic shooter Aysegül Pehlivanlar won a silver medal on Aug. 31 in the P2 women's 10m Air Pistol event. She won with a total of 234.5 points in the final.

Turkish athletes bag medals at 2020 Paralympics

Turkey's Abdullah Öztürk clinched a gold medal in table tennis at the 2020 Paralympic Games on Aug. 30.

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Öztürk, 31, beat South Korea's Kim Young-gun 3-1 in the Class 4 gold medal match in Tokyo to secure Turkey's first gold medal of the Paralympics.

Turkish women's volleyball team reach quarterfinals in CEV EuroVolley 2021

Turkey on Aug. 31 will take on Poland in the quarter-finals of the Women's European Volleyball Championship after making six wins in six games with a win over the Czech Republic.

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The Turkish women defeated the Czechs 3-1 (25 - 13, 22 - 25, 25 - 14 and 25 - 13) on Aug. 29 in front of more than 2,000 Turkish fans in Kolodruma Sports Hall in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

F1 announces revised 2021 calendar

Formula One on Aug. 28 announced a revised calendar for the rest of the 2021 season, following the cancellation of the Japanese Grand Prix due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The new schedule will have 22 races - a record number of races in one season - with some of the events shifted to new dates.

Judoka brings Turkey’s first medal at Tokyo Paralympics

Turkey's Recep Çiftçi bagged a bronze medal in men's Judo at 60kg, defeating Marcos Dennis Blanco of Colombia at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games on Aug. 27, scoring Turkey's first medal at the Games.

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The Turkish judoka dominated the contest in Tokyo, winning it 10-1.

Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe reach UEFA Europa League group phase

Turkey's Galatasaray marched to the 2021-22 UEFA Europa League group stage over a 2-1 win against Danish club Randers on Aug. 26. 

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The Lions were victorious in the playoffs second leg held in Istanbul as they completed a 3-2 win on aggregate.

First Moldovan Club Qualifies for Champions League Group Stage

Moldovan football club Sheriff Tiraspol went through to the UEFA Champions League group stage after a goalless draw on Wednesday evening in the second leg of their tie against Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia. In the previous game in Tiraspol, Sheriff won 3-0.

Turkey finishes group stage flawless at EuroVolley 2021

The Turkish women's volleyball team beat the Netherlands on Aug. 24, marking its fifth victory in five matches of the group stage in the 2021 CEV Women's European Volleyball Championship (EuroVolley).

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The crescent-star team won the game with 25-21, 25-21 and 25-20 at the BT Arena in Cluj Napoca, Romania and finished Pool D at the top spot.

Team breaks new ground in Transquadra

A Turkish two-man team on Aug. 23 finished second in the first stage of Transquadra, considered one of the most challenging sailing races in the world.

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