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Istanbul club Başakşehir was pitted against Spain's Sevilla in the Champions League playoff stage in a draw on Aug. 4.

Başakşehir, the runner-up in the Spor Toto Super League last season, will play the first game on Aug. 15 or 16 in Istanbul, while the return leg in Sevilla is scheduled for the following week.

Fenerbahçe eliminated Sturm Graz 3-2 on aggregate in the two sides' UEFA Europa League third qualifying round match in Istanbul on Aug. 3.    
   
The Istanbul club managed to draw 1-1 at Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium, moving on to the playoff round in the second-tier European competition.      
  

Our national football squad played its first game on Oct. 26, 1923, exactly three days before the republic was declared. That team's coach was Ali Sami Yen, who was the founder of the Galatasaray football team. The captain of the team was a legendary player from Fenerbahçe, Hasan Kamil. 

Beşiktaş will receive its Spor Toto Super League trophy at home on June 3 after a game against Osmanlıspor, while the final matches of the league season will also decide the final team to drop down to the lower division.

Bursaspor, which travels to Trabzonspor on June 3, needs a rare away victory against the Black Sea side to make sure to be in the top flight the next season.

Two Turkish professional footballers, Başakşehir club's Emre Belözoğlu and Fenerbahçe's Volkan Şen as well as former manager Tayfun Havutçu gave testimonies on May 25 in Istanbul as part of an ongoing probe into the illegal import of luxury cars, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

A "healthy" team at the start of the Euroleague playoffs was vital to Fenerbahçe's Euroleague title, coach Zeljko Obradovic has said.

"Before the start of the playoffs, we finally had healthy players. We started working the way we like to do," Obradovic said in an interview with state-run Anadolu Agency.

Fenerbahçe fans and players were over the moon on May 22, cheering and dancing on the streets to celebrate the club's maiden Turkish Airlines Euroleague title.

European basketball's top club trophy remained in Istanbul after Fenerbahçe beat Greek side Olympiacos 80-64 on May 21 in the championship game in Istanbul's Sinan Erdem Dome.

Fenerbahçe became the first Turkish club to claim European basketball's top club trophy with a magnificent 80-64 victory over Olympiacos on May 21.

The victory marked another milestone for Fenerbahçe's legendary coach Zeljko Obradovic, who lifted the trophy for the ninth time with five different teams. 

Fenerbahçe coach Zeljko Obradovic has called on the club fans to show hospitality to Olympiacos fans in Istanbul ahead of May 21's clash between the two teams for the Turkish Airlines Euroleague trophy.

Fenerbahçe dominated Real Madrid throughout the game in a Euroleague Final Four semifinal clash on May 19 on its way to a 84-75 victory , setting up a final against Olympiacos on May 21.

Buoyed by the support of its thousands of fans, Fenerbahçe started fast, leading by eight points at the end of the first quarter, and never looked back.