Association football

Istanbul underdog Medipol Başakşehir thrashed Akhisar Belediyespor 5-1 at home on Oct. 30 to remain atop the Turkish Spor Toto Super League, as its closest rival Beşiktaş dropped two points against Gençlerbirliği in Ankara.
Başakşehir has won seven of its first nine games of the season, remaining unbeaten for the past 18 matches from last season. 

Several hundred people have demonstrated against government plans to accommodate migrats near the village of Boyanovo, Southern Bulgaria.

Officials intend on using the premises of the old barracks near the village to make room for arriving migrants, as the operated by the State Agency for Refugees have run out of free beds.

Istanbul club Başakşehir is determined to remain the leader of the Spor Toto Super League as it prepares to host Akhisar Belediye on Oct. 30.

This year's surprise club Başakşehir, under former Turkish national coach Abdullah Avcı, remains unbeaten in the league with six victories in eight weeks, and is leading Beşiktaş on goal difference.

A Thessaloniki court on Tuesday convicted three supporters of PAOK soccer team to 13.5 years in prison and another to 14 years for a brutal attack last March outside a supporters club in Serres, northern Greece, which left a 34-year-old police officer in a wheelchair and seriously injured a 35-year-old.

All four were released pending their appeals.

Spor Toto Super League leader Başakşehir, and its closest rival Beşiktaş, remained unbeaten after their Week 8 matches on Oct. 23, as Galatasaray suffered its first league defeat.

Başakşehir won 2-0 at Karabükspor away, while defending champion Beşiktaş beat visiting Antalyaspor 3-0. 
Galatasaray, meanwhile, lost 1-0 at home to struggling Trabzonspor on Oct. 22.

In an incident packed derby, Olympiakos managed to come from behind and defeat PAOK 2-1 on Sunday night.

A breathtaking clash in Piraeus on Sunday night saw Olympiakos beat PAOK 2-1 for the Super League, while AEK and Panionios shared a much less exciting goalless draw on Saturday.

Police on Saturday detained five Bulgarian nationals near Sliven in the country's east over their alleged involvement in the smuggling of nearly two dozen migrants.

Three cars were stopped by officers for a routine check in the afternoon. Subsequently, twenty-four irregular migrants were found inside the secret compartment of a TIR truck that was officially carrying timber.

Olympiakos survived a huge as well as unexpected scare at Lefkada beating promoted club Doxa with literally the last shot of the game, while PAOK was the big winner of the Thessaloniki derby with Aris on Saturday.

Former Serbian footballer Ljubomir (Ljupko) Petrović has stepped down as coach of Levski football club in Bulgaria, citing humiliating attitude to him among the management and questioning the funding handed out to players.