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Three Brazilian footballers, including Nottingham Forest midfielder Gustavo Scarpa, say they have fallen victim to a multi-million-dollar cryptocurrency scam, according to local media reports.

Fenerbahçe will have a tough task in hand to advance to the quarterfinals of the Europa League when it hosts Sevilla on March 16 in the second leg.

BELGRADE - Former Serbia football international Nemanja Vidic announced on Monday he had withdrawn his candidacy for Football Association of Serbia (FSS) president.

Olympiakos recorded its first derby win of the season, beating AEK 3-1 away to bring the Yellows down from the top and let Panathinaikos, victorious at Atromitos on Sunday, finish first at the end of the regular season.

The BBC's popular sports show Match of the Day, which airs on Saturday, will be without presenters and pundits in the studio tonight. This decision comes after presenter Gary Lineker was suspended for his comments against the government's anti-immigrant policies on Twitter, and all other pundits and commentators associated with the show refused to take part in solidarity with the presenter.

BELGRADE - Former Serbia football international Igor Duljaj has been named new head coach of Partizan Belgrade, the club announced on its official website on Monday.

The decision comes after now-former boss Gordan Petric announced his departure following Partizan's UEFA Europa Conference League defeat to Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol last week.

BELGRADE - Partizan Belgrade have crashed out of the UEFA Europa Conference League after a 3-1 home defeat to Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol in the return leg of the competition's round of 32 in Belgrade on Thursday evening.

Partizan won the first leg 1-0.

VfB Stuttgart defender Konstantinos Mavropanos left his team mates stunned as he slotted a 48-metre own goal with a no-look pass in the German Cup clash against second division side Paderborn.

On loan from Arsenal, the Greek international steered the ball from near the right touch line to beat his own goalkeeper Florian Mueller after a throw-in in the fourth minute.

The 20-year-old veterinary medicine student Martin Georgiev from Plovdiv has been found, his mother Sofia Georgieva told bTV.

He was discovered at the Central Station in Sofia by police officers.

His condition is not known but he is alive.

Martin went missing on January 25.

Volunteers are searching in Stara Zagora for 20-year-old student Martin Georgiev from Plovdiv, who has been missing since Wednesday evening.

The boy is studying "Veterinary Medicine" in Stara Zagora and that evening he left by train from Plovdiv because there was an exam the next day. Martin last spoke to his mother on January 25.