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Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul will play for its first continental trophy after surviving overtime to knock out last season's runner-up, Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas, on April 6 in the Canary Islands. 

Gran Canaria won the game 94-81 but lost the series by a single point on aggregate, as Galatasaray had won 75-89 a week earlier in the series opener. 

The beautiful model has reportedly been “secretly dating” Lakers player Jordan Clarkson.

The new romance is already heating up, with the 20-year-old and the basketballer player “super into each other,” an insider told the magazine.

“He is super sweet and a total gentleman and Kendall loves that,” the source dished.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an appointed March 15 Hidayet Türko?lu, a former basketball star, as one of his senior advisers, a presidential office source has said.

Türko?lu, the first Turkish-born player to play in the NBA, has been recruited to give advice on sports.

Turkish club Fenerbahçe defeated the NBA?s Brooklyn Nets 101-96 on the night of Oct. 5, starting its two-game U.S. tour on a high note.

Jan Vesely scored 18 points and six rebounds while Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 17 points and three assists to lift the Turkish powerhouse to its second victory over an NBA team after toppling the Boston Celtics in 2012.

Basketball player Vassilis Spanoulis, member of the Greek national team, announced his retirement from the national team after the end of the match between Greece-Latvia for the Eurobasket 2015.

The Serbian men's national basketball team is through to the EuroBasket 2015 semi-finals after beating the Czech Republic 89-75 (21-21, 24-21, 22-21, 22-12)

The quarter-final game was played late on Wednesday in Lille, France.

Turkey lost in the final of the U18 European Championship 64-61 to hosts Greece in a hard-fought game on Aug. 2 that came down to the wire. 

Four Turkish teams will represent Turkey in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague next season, after Beko Basketball League champion P?nar Kar??yaka was granted a spot in the competition on June 29.

P?nar Kar??yaka will join Anadolu Efes, Fenerbahçe Ülker - which both have A licenses- and Do?u? Darü??afaka, which was given a wildcard for the 2015-2016 season.

Belgrade's Partizan basketball club will not take part in the next Eurocup Basketball competition due to the difficult financial situation.

The news was confirmed by Partizan Director Predrag Danilovic after a session of the Management Board.

Snapping a 40-year title drought, the Golden State Warriors have downed Cleveland 105-97 to capture the NBA Finals and become one of the league's most unconventional championship teams.