All News on Sports in Turkey

Galatasaray in tough Ankara test

The 15th week of Turkey's top football division, the Spor Toto Super League, is set to kick off Dec. 26 with the highly anticipated match between Gençlerbirliği and Galatasaray in Ankara, as the race heats up both at the top and the bottom of the standings.

The match will begin at 8 p.m. local time.

Egypt and Turkey see gov’t and fans battle in court and on pitch

Egyptian and Turkish football pitches are set to re-emerge as battlegrounds between ultras and authoritarian leaders in a life-and-death struggle that involves legal proceedings to brand the supporters as terrorists and efforts to undermine their widespread popular base.

Turkish center Furkan Aldemir makes NBA debut

Turkish center Furkan Aldemir, who joined the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers on Dec. 15, made his debut for his new team hours after signing a contract.

Aldemir logged 10 minutes in the Sixers' 105-87 home loss to the Boston Celtics, scoring two points, dishing out an assist and grabbing two offensive rebounds.

Turkish teams draw continental heavyweights in Europa League draw

Turkey's last remaining participants in European competition, Beşiktaş and Trabzonspor, will face difficult respective tests against Liverpool and Napoli in the Europa League Round of 32 following a draw on Dec. 15 in Nyon, Switzerland.

Crvena Zvezda loses to Olympiacos in Athens

ATHENS - Crvena Zvezda lost to home team Olympiakos 64-59 (13-16, 14-12, 15-20, 22-11) in a Group D Round 9 match of the Regular Season phase of the 2014-15 Euroleague basketball tournament in Athens late on Friday.

The Serbian team suffered their fourth defeat in the group last night, while Olympiakos stands on top with eighth victories.

Red Star, Galatasaray Punished for Fan’s Murder

Euroleague's disciplinary judge has sanctioned both Serbia's Red Star and Turkey's Galatasaray for "the incidents generated by their fans and the failure to adopt measures to avoid disturbances" ahead of the match in Istanbul on November 21.

Serbia drawn to tough EuroBasket group

PARIS -- The Serbian men's national basketball team has been drawn to play in EuroBasket 2015 Group B along with Spain, Turkey, Italy, Iceland and hosts Germany.

The draw took place at Disneyland Paris on Monday.

Serbia to play Spain, Germany, Turkey at FIBA EuroBasket

PARIS - The Serbian men's national basketball team has been drawn to play in EuroBasket 2015 Group B in Berlin, and will take on Spain, Turkey, Italy, Iceland and hosts Germany.

The draw ceremony took place at Disneyland Paris on Monday.

Galatasaray seeks win for prestige on European stage

Galatasaray has already lost any chances of continuing its European campaign this season, but the Istanbul club will try to bow out with a victory when it hosts Arsenal tonight for a Champions League Group D game.

Depleted Greens go down in Istanbul

By George Georgakopoulos

Former Panathinaikos coach Zeljko Obradovics Fenerbahce avenged its 18-point loss in Athens a few weeks ago by beating Panathinaikos 84-62 in Turkey on Thursday and harming the Greens' chances for a top-two finish in their pool.

Basketball coach Aleksandar Petrovic dies

BELGRADE - Famous basketball coach Aleksandar Petrovic died on Monday at the age of 56 after a long disease.

Petrovic was born in Pozega on October 14, 1959 and during his career, he coached Belgrade-based Radnicki, Hemofarm, FMP, Lokomotiv - Rostov, UNICS, Zalgiris and Azovmash.

Galatasaray appoints former player as new coach

Galatasaray appointed its former midfielder and current Turkey assistant coach Hamza Hamzaoğlu as its new coach Dec. 1 after parting ways with Italian Cesare Prandelli last week. The Istanbul club has accumulated just one point from five games in the Champions League after losing 2-0 to Anderlecht, guaranteeing it will finish last in the group and miss out on a Europa League place.