One of the greatest, most intense and often bitter derbies in the world will be shown on US television and streaming this Sunday between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce. It's the first time the Intercontinental Derby has been shown on US television in years. Galatasaray and Fenerbahce, both based in Istanbul, will face off against each other […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Thousands of football fans came out in a show of solidarity on Wednesday for an emotionally-charged first match after twin bombings outside the Istanbul stadium of top Turkish team Besiktas. Waving Turkish flags and whistling, fans made their way to the stadium after 44 people were killed on Saturday in an attack […]

Istanbul (AFP) – The authorities in Istanbul on Thursday lifted a five-year old ban on away fans attending football derby matches in the Turkish metropolis, state media said. The ban had prevented fans of the three Istanbul giant sides — Besiktas, Fenerbahce, and Galatasaray — attending away games at their opponents' stadiums in the city. […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey issued an arrest warrant for its former star footballer Hakan Sukur over last month's failed coup as Ankara said Friday it had detected the first progress in persuading the United States to extradite the alleged mastermind of the putsch. With the shockwaves from the July 15 coup aimed at unseating President […]

Istanbul (AFP) – Turkey's football authorities have fired 94 officials including referees in the wake of the July 15 coup that tried to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the football federation said on Tuesday. "Our federation deemed it necessary to dismiss 94 people, including regional and nationally-ranked referees and assistant referees, regional refereeing committee members […]

Turkish football faced new questions over the credibility of the game Monday after an anarchic clash between Galatasaray and Trabzonspor ended with just seven footballers from the Black Sea side on the pitch and one of its players showing the referee the red card. The Sunday night Super Lig clash between Galatasaray of Istanbul and […]

When Fenerbahce lost last season’s league title to crosstown rivals Galatasaray, it was obvious the club would not let that stand. Seeing their rivals win the right to tack on a fourth star to their emblem (stars in Turkey are for every five league titles) certainly didn’t sit down well with the faithful. While many were […]

When one thinks of soccer in Turkey, the first thing that would come to mind is the passion of the fans. The fans in Turkey have the reputation for being some of the craziest in Europe. But currently this season, the Turkish Super League has seen declining attendances. Where fans have once chanted for ninety minutes […]

Who said defenders can't score goals like this? Portuguese defender Manuel Da Costa scored a thunderbolt of a shot at the weekend for Turkish side Sivasspor against Eskişehirspor. The goal helped his side Sivasspor go on to win the match 3-2 in the Turkish Super League. Was Da Costa's goal as good as the goals […]