A 17-year-old footballer from Turkiye, Yunus Emre Konak, has been signed by Premier League side Brentford. According to SKY Sports, which broke the news in the UK on Thursday, the West London side have “agreed a deal in principle” with the midfielder, which will come into effect on Emre Konak’s 18th...
Legendary former Galatasaray manager Fatih Terim is the new coach of Greek Super League side Panathinaikos. The news came 24 hours after the shock departure of Ivan Jovanovic, who was sacked despite the Athenian side being a point behind league leaders PAOK.Jovanovic had led Panathinaikos to cup tri...
Faruk Koca, the president of a top-flight Turkish football club, and two others have been detained following a violent brawl that involved the match referee being punched and kicked in the head at the end of a Süper Lig match between MKE Ankaragücü and Çaykur Rizespor.The arrests were confirmed by t...
The UEFA EURO 2024 finals draw took place at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany, yesterday evening, determining in which of the six final tournament groups each of the 24 qualifying teams will play.Türkiye, which entered the draw having topped its qualifying group – a first in its history of in...
The November international break saw the final round of group qualifier games for Euro 2024. Both Turkiye and England drew their final games, but remained top of their respective groups.A lacklustre England laboured to a 2-0 win against Malta at Wembley on Friday. An own goal from Enrico Pepe put th...
A strong performance from non-league Cray Valley (PM) earned them a draw away at League One Charlton in the first round of the FA Cup last Sunday, 5 November.The two south London clubs are 117 league places apart, but that would have been difficult to tell for a neutral watching, with the end-to-end...
A non-league football club in South London owned by Turkish businessman Cemil Tumkaya is ‘living the dream’ after being drawn against their far bigger local rival Charlton Athletic in the First Round of the FA Cup.Cray Valley (PM) FC will play Charlton away at The Valley Stadium on Sunday, 5 Novembe...
When the Turkish Football Federation decided to part ways with national coach Stefan Kuntz last month following Turkiye’s laboured 1-1 home qualifier draw against lowly Armenia followed by a 4-2 defeat by Japan in a friendly, eyebrows were raised. How sensible was it to bring in a new manager mid-Eu...
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...
The next 10 days will see another round of Euro 2024 group qualifiers take place, with Turkiye, Azerbaijan and all four UK Home Nations in action and several big matches to savour.On Thursday, Scotland will be hoping to maintain their one hundred percent record in the Euros when they play Spain in a...
