Association football

Barcelona purchased Emre Demir from Turkey's Yukatel Kayserispor for €2 million ($2.34 million) plus bonuses, the Catalan club said in a statement on Sept. 23. 

The 17-year-old will stay at the club until 2027, and his release fee has been set at €400 million ($470 million), according to the press release.

Bulgaia's National Weather Service declared a code yellow danger fof very low morning temperatures on September 24. It applies to western, south-western and part of southern Bulgaria - for the districts of Plovdiv, Sofia city, Sofia region, Kyustendil, Pernik, Blagoevgrad, Pazardzhik, Stara Zagora and h Fore-Balkan region the lows will very between 1 -3 degrees C.

A new Turkish women's football league is set to start the 2021-2022 season, Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said on Sept. 21. 

TFF said important decisions were made regarding the restructuring of women's leagues during a summit on Sept. 20.

Dimitar Berbatov officially announced that he is running for president of the Bulgarian Football Union and it became clear which are the teams that nominated him.

He announced it on his Facebook account.

Here is the message:

Germany's Under-21 coach Stefan Kuntz is set to take over the reins of the Turkish national team, the Turkish Football Federation announced on Sept. 19.     

The 58-year-old, who played in the Germany side that won the 1996 European Championship, will sign on Sept. 20 at 1200 GMT at the Riva Hasan Doğan national team training center.     

From goalkeeper to goalkeeper

Turkey and Spain booked their place at the European amputee football championship final on Sept. 18.

Defending champions Turkey defeated Russia 5-2 while Spain beat the host country Poland 2-1 in the semifinals in Krakow.

The final match will be played at Poland's Cracovia Stadium on Sept. 19.

Beşiktaş gained a 3-2 comeback win over Fraport TAV Antalyaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig on Sept. 18.

Goals from Haji Wright and Veysel Sarı in the last three minutes of the first half gave the home side a 2-0 lead at the Antalya Stadium.

Galatasaray beat Lazio 1-0 in the UEFA Europa League Group E match on Sept. 16. 

Lazio's Albanian goalie Thomas Strakosha scored an own goal in the 67th minute at Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex (Turk Telekom Stadium), Istanbul.

Galatasaray took the top spot with three points, while Marseille placed 2nd with one point in Group E.

Two Istanbul rivals start their Europa League campaigns on Sept. 16 when Galatasaray hosts Italy's Lazio in a Group E match and Fenerbahçe visits Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt in Group D.