Europe’s footballing body UEFA has announced that Turkiye and Italy’s joint bid to host the 2032 European Championship has been successful, while the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland will host the 2028 edition. The news was announced by UEFA chief Aleksander Čeferin at the soccer governing body’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, today following UEFA’s […]
A Turkish Cypriot football agent has hit out at FIFA’s “double standards” after it announced a football ban on Russia in response to the country invading Ukraine, which also contravenes its motto to ‘keep politics out of sport’. Monday’s decision by the world football body to bar the Russian national team from international competitions indefinitely […]
The Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea has been moved from Istanbul to Portugal, UEFA has announced. The decision was made after the British government put Turkey on its Covid-19 travel destinations red list. As a result, anyone traveling from or through Turkey must enter hotel quarantine for 10 days on their return […]
The UEFA Champions League match between Paris-Saint German (PSG) and İstanbul Başakşehir was suspended after players from both teams walked off in the 14thminute following an incident involving one of the match officials. Sporting body UEFA is investigating after the Turkish club accused the fourth official of using a racially demeaning remark during the sending […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s not every day when you get an invitation from UEFA to help promote a new tournament, but that’s exactly what happened to South London-born Turkish Cypriot belly dancer Tevec Ibrahim. This week, Europe’s football body is launching a new UEFA Nations tournament to give a competitive edge to normally meaningless international friendlies. All 55 […]
The 2024 European Championship finals will be held in either Germany or Turkey, UEFA has confirmed. The two countries were the only ones to submit a declaration of interest to European football’s governing body before the 3 March deadline. The federations of both countries now have until April 2018 to prepare a dossier detailing their […]
