A Turkish endurance swimmer who hit the headlines last year after becoming the youngest Turkish swimmer to cross the English Channel has made history again, this time by swimming across the North Channel.Aysu Türkoğlu started her 21.4 mile swim from Donaghadee in Northern Ireland on Wednesday mornin...
With torrential rain bearing down, the conditions were less than ideal for the final of the 2023 Hyundai World Archery Championships in Berlin, but Mete Gazoz kept his cool to emerge victorious. He hit bullseye after bullseye to beat his opponent Canadian Eric Peters 6-4 to win the Recurve Men’s ind...
A young billiards player from the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus is the new Girls 8-Ball Dynamic Billiard European Pool Champion. Alara Ghaffari came from behind to beat her Polish opponent Izabella Jonska 5-4 and win the gold medal in a thrilling final game in Slovenia on Monday.Last year, the ta...
West Ham United Women have announced that two existing players, Melisa Filis and Halle Houssein, have signed new contracts with the club.Of Turkish Cypriot heritage through her dad, London-born Halle Houssein is a highly regarded midfielder. The England U18s captain came through the Arsenal Academy...
Istanbul hosts the Champions League Final this weekend, with two giants of the modern game, Manchester City and Internazionale Milano, set to battle it out for Europe’s top club trophy.Man City come into the final as favourites, having won the English domestic double, the Premier League and the FA C...
Boxer Metin Turunç won the Universal Boxing Organization (UBO) International Cruiser Weight title against Elnur Mammadov from Azerbaijan in a fight staged in Istanbul on 13 May. This was Turunç’s second major belt and a significant feat for the boxer, nicknamed “Ironfist”, from the embargoed Tu...
On 19 January 2022, English football club Hull City announced the start of “a new era” with confirmation of the takeover of the club by the Acun Medya Group. The international production company is headed by Acun Ilıcalı, who said at the time: “I am happy that I have fulfilled one of my biggest drea...
As previously reported by T-VINE, Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (Look out for Turkey’s rising motorcycle racing star Toprak Razgatlıoğlu) is making waves in the world of motorsport. The 24-year-old star from Alanya currently sits second in the World Superbike Championship, riding for the Pata Yamaha with...
Mete Gazoz has won Turkey’s first-ever Olympic archery medal. The talented 22-year-old beat veteran Italian Mauro Nespoli in a thrilling five-set final to take gold on Saturday. The win also marked Turkey’s first gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The new Men's Olympic Archery Champion said:...
Three of Turkey’s highest ranking tennis players are competing in the qualifiers for a place in this year’s 2021 Australian Open in Melbourne, which starts on 8 February. Top female seeds Çağla Büyükakçay and Pemra Özgen are playing in the women’s qualifiers in Dubai, while Turkish men’s no.1 Cem İl...
