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Delight as Turkey wins bronze medal in Women’s Volleyball Nations League

Turkey took the bronze medal after a commanding performance against Japan in the third place match of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL). They won three sets to nil in Rimini, Italy, on Friday evening, 25 June. The Sultans took the lead in the first set and never looked back, winning 25-19, 25-16, 25-17. Despite strong challenges […]

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Turkey ‘Sultans’ to play USA in semi-finals of Volleyball Nations League

Turkey will be taking on in-form team USA in the semi-finals of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Italy on Thursday, 24 June. The six week international tournament culminates this Friday following an intense battle between the world’s top sixteen volleyball nations in Rimini, northern Italy. Each side has played three games each week for […]

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Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı wins gold at Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku

Turkish gymnast Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı was crowned world aerobic gymnastics champion in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Friday. The 19-year-old athlete took the Individual Women’s title at the 16thInternational Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships. She was awarded 21,850 points – the same as Bulgaria’s Darina Pashova and Russian Gymnastics Federation’s Daria Tikhonova (bronze medallist), […]

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Turkey’s top tennis seeds to compete in qualifiers for Australian Open 2021

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 İlkel will be on court in […]

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Silverstone proves lucky again for Porsche Junior driver Ayhancan Güven

Silverstone is proving to be lucky turf for Ayhancan Güven. In 2019, the young Turkish driver celebrated his very first victory in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. He repeated the feat a year later, on the 70th Grand Prix Anniversary of Formula 1. Having secured pole position in the qualifiers the day before, Güven went on […]

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Turkish women’s volleyball team qualify for Tokyo Olympics after beating Germany

Turkey’s female volleyball players were flying high after securing their place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by defeating Germany in three straight sets on Sunday. Playing at the Omnisport Apeldoorn arena in the Netherlands, Turkey beat Germany 25-17, 25-19 and 25-22 in their Olympic CEV European qualification final. Outside spiker Hande Baladin was the game’s […]

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Turkey qualifies for Euro 2020

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 […]

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Turkey tops group after drawing with France in Euro qualifiers

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 […]