The Turkish Football Federation (FA) has done a U-turn on fixtures, agreeing to postpone all football matches for all four leagues until further notice in response to the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, 13 March, the Turkish Football Federation (FA) had announced that Süper Lig teams would continue to play, but without any fans present at […]
England U21 striker Rhian Brewster helped Championship side Swansea City beat Wigan Athletic 2-1 in his debut home game. The Liverpool player, on loan to Swansea until the end of the season, levelled the scores on 19 minutes with a first time shot into the bottom right-hand corner. The Welsh side, which had gone behind […]
Everton player Cenk Tosun has joined Crystal Palace on loan until the end of the season. The 28-year-old will be hoping to return to his goal-scoring ways at the South London, having failed to make a significant impact on Merseyside. The Turkish international striker had been a powerhouse for Beşiktaş, scoring 41 goals in 96 […]
Turkey guaranteed its place at next year’s European Championship finals with a draw against Iceland. Topping their group before kick-off, the Turks needed just a point to qualify, and there was jubilation on and off the pitch when the final whistle went. A goalless draw, played at Galatasaray’s Turk Telekom Stadium in Istanbul, took Turkey […]
WORLD champions France were held to a 1-1 draw by Turkey in Paris on Monday night, propelling them to the top of their Euro 2020 group. Both goals came in the second half. The French struck first on 76 minutes through a header by Olivier Giroud. The Chelsea striker had only been on the pitch […]
The Greek Cypriot-run Cyprus Football Association (CFA) will be celebrating its 85th anniversary on Monday – but for Turkish Cypriot teams the date serves only as a bitter reminder of the embargoes that have left them isolated from the international scene and the failure of FIFA to help. The CFA was established following the introduction […]
Wins over Andorra on Saturday and Moldova on Tuesday evening saw Turkey rise to the top of Group H in their Euro 2020 campaign. Turkey turned in a lacklustre performance against the group’s weakest opponents Andorra at home in Istanbul at the weekend. Although dominating for large spells, the Turks could not find a way […]
Europe kicked off the new football season with its annually held Super Cup – its equivalent of England’s Charity Shield. Played at the BJK Vodafone Park stadium – the home ground of leading Turkish club Beşiktaş – Liverpool, the winners of the Champions League, took on Chelsea, the holders of the Europa League Cup. Liverpool […]
European champions Liverpool will take on UEFA Europa League winners Chelsea on 14 August at Beşiktaş Park in Istanbul. The all-English rivalry kicks off the new season pretty much as it ended last season, when history was made with four English teams contesting the finals of the UEFA Champions and Europa Leagues. Liverpool emerged victorious […]
An MP from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) was among a delegation that called for an end to the embargoes on Turkish Cypriot footballers at world governing body FIFA’s 69th Congress in Paris. National Unity Party MP Oğuzhan Hasipoğlu was part of a four-man group that travelled to the French capital last month […]
