UEFA Europa League

BELGRADE - Partizan Belgrade were held to a goalless draw by Polish side Zaglebie Lubin at home in Thursday's first leg of the second round of UEFA Europa League qualifiers.

Thanks to a great performance by goalkeeper Martin Polacek, Zaglebie came away undefeated despite being down to ten men from the 55th minute, when Michal Papadopulos was sent off.

The draws for the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round were made in Nyon on July 15, with Turkey's Fenerbahçe drawing Monaco. 

The first game will be played in Istanbul on July 26 or 27 and the return match will be in Monaco on Aug. 2 or 3. 

Fenerbahçe reclaimed top spot in Turkey's Spor Toto Super Lig on Feb. 29 after a 2-0 home victory over city rivals Be?ikta? at the ?ükrü Saraço?lu Stadium, moving two points ahead of the Black and Whites.

Winger Volkan ?en scored the first goal of the game just three minutes in. 

The home side dominated the first half but both sides failed to score another goal.

Norwegian international footballer Martin Linnes arrived in Istanbul on Jan. 12 to sign a contract with Galatasaray.

"I know Galatasaray is a big club," right-back Linnes told the Istanbul side's official broadcaster on arrival at the airport. 

A Russian tourist has been stabbed and hospitalized in Istanbul's touristic Beyo?lu district after fighting a group of people for an unknown reason. 

The 27-year-old tourist, who could not immediately be identified, arrived in Istanbul ahead of a UEFA Europa League football match to support his team, Lokomotiv Moscow, against Be?ikta?. 

Turkish football heavyweight and last year?s league title runner-up Fenerbahçe will host Greek rival Atromitos Aug. 27 in the UEFA Europa League play-offs second leg game in Istanbul, with the advantage of a 1-0 win away in the first game. 

Bulgaria's Beroe and Denmark's Brondby ended 0:0 in their second qualifying round decider in the UEFA Europa League championship on Thursday.

Brondby proceeds to the third qualifying round with an aggregate 1:0 win from the two matches against Beroe played in the second round qualifier.

Bulgaria's Cherno More lost 0:4 to Belarus' Dinamo Minsk in the second leg of the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League championship on Thursday.

With an aggregate victory of 5:1 from two matches Dinamo Minsk proceeds to the third qualifying round. 

The two Bulgarian teams participating in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League recorded a draw and a defeat in the first leg, which was played on Thursday.

The holders of the Bulgarian Cup, Cherno More achieved a 1:1 draw against the visitors from Dinamo Minsk.

The football teams of Beroe and Cherno More will represent Bulgaria in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

This became clear after the second leg of the first qualifying round, which took place on Thursday.