Association football

Turkish giant Galatasaray has claimed its 23rd Turkish Süper Lig title on night of May 30 with a 4-1 win over Ankaragücü in its penultimate match of the season, with a double from Mauro Icardi and further goals from Barış Alper Yılmaz and Sergio Oliveira.

It was the first time the Istanbul club has claimed the league title since the 2018-19 season.

BELGRADE - New Red Star Belgrade head coach Barak Bakhar said on Monday the Red-and-Whites were a football club with an impressive history, rich tradition and plenty of silverware in their trophy cabinet, and noted that he was convinced he would achieve success during his tenure in Belgrade.

Bulgarian players have been a rarity in the history of the English top flight. However, some stars have still had huge impacts on the English game. Bulgaria has produced prolific goalscorers as well as well-rounded midfielders that have been exported to England. But who are the greatest players from the Eastern European nation to have graced the Premier League stage?

BELGRADE - Red Star Belgrade have won the Serbian football cup by defeating Cukaricki 2-1 in the final on Thursday evening.

On a rainy night, in front of 10,000 spectators at the Rajko Mitic Stadium, the two teams produced a spectacular display with many opportunities to score.

STARA PAZOVA - Kolubara Lazarevac are practically out of the Serbian football Superliga after being handed a nine-point deduction by the Football Association of Serbia (FSS) over match-fixing and damage to the integrity of matches, the FSS announced on Tuesday.

According to the leader of the Political Party "Vazrazhdane" Kostadin Kostadinov, the government between GERB-SDS and WCC-DB will cause damage to Bulgaria that will be difficult to recover.

According to Kostadinov, the removal of Bulgartransgaz from the prohibition list for privatization and its sale to an American company is being prepared.

Hertha Berlin's 10-season stay in the German Bundesliga ended on May 20 and as it slipped through the relegation trapdoor, it was left to cast envious glances at upwardly-mobile city rival Union.

Hertha only escaped relegation last season by winning a two-legged playoff against Hamburg. It had finished 10th or lower in the four previous seasons.

BELGRADE - Israeli coach Barak Bakhar signed a three-year contract with Serbian football powerhouse Red Star Belgrade on Friday.

In a statement published on its website, the club said it was delighted to announce that Bakhar was its new head coach and added that it hoped to achieve "great results" under his stewardship.

BELGRADE - Serbian football giants Red Star Belgrade have announced that head coach Milos Milojevic's contract was expiring at the end of the season.

In a statement on Thursday, the club thanked Milojevic for his excellent cooperation and the club's success during his tenure.

BACKA TOPOLA - Red Star Belgrade are through to the final of the Serbian football cup after defeating TSC Backa Topola away 3-0 in the semi-finals on Wednesday evening.

Guelor Kanga (36' p), Mirko Ivanic (56') and Kings Kangwa (73' p) scored for Red Star.