A Turkish endurance swimmer who hit the headlines last year after becoming the youngest Turkish swimmer to cross the English Channel has made history again, this time by swimming across the North Channel. Aysu Türkoğlu started her 21.4 mile swim from Donaghadee in Northern Ireland on Wednesday morning at 07:44 local time, reaching the Scottish […]
With torrential rain bearing down, the conditions were less than ideal for the final of the 2023 Hyundai World Archery Championships in Berlin, but Mete Gazoz kept his cool to emerge victorious. He hit bullseye after bullseye to beat his opponent Canadian Eric Peters 6-4 to win the Recurve Men’s individual title. Gazoz’s triumph at […]
A young billiards player from the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus is the new Girls 8-Ball Dynamic Billiard European Pool Champion. Alara Ghaffari came from behind to beat her Polish opponent Izabella Jonska 5-4 and win the gold medal in a thrilling final game in Slovenia on Monday. Last year, the talented Turkish Cypriot had […]
The Sultans of the Net struck gold on Sunday after beating China in the final of the 2023 FIVB Women’s World Championship on to lift the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) trophy. It was the first time a Turkish women’s team has won a major volleyball title. Playing at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, the […]
England and Turkiye scored maximum points from their two group qualifying games this month, allowing them to go into the summer break as leaders in their respective Eur0 2024 groups. England were in cruise control in both games, putting four past Malta on Friday, followed by seven against North Macedonia – a team which had […]
The four UK home nations, Turkiye and Azerbaijan are all in action this weekend and early next week for the next round of the Euro 2024 Group Qualifiers. Friday evening’s games will see England play Malta, Northern Ireland face Denmark, and Turkiye take on Latvia, all away from home. Wales, meanwhile, host Armenia in their […]
One of Turkiye’s oldest and biggest clubs Galatasaray have clinched their 23rd Süper Lig title in style, defeating Ankaragücü 4-1 away from home at the Eryaman Stadium on Tuesday night. Argentinian striker Mauro Icardi opened the scoring for Galatasaray after 7 minutes, sweeping a cross into the 6-yard box into goal lead. The home team […]
The campaign to qualify for the European 2024 Championship finals in Germany is fully underway, with all 53 teams in the ten groups in action during the international break, with games taking place between 23 and 28 March. Among those vying for a place in the finals are Turkiye, Azerbaijan, and the four home nations: […]
The international football break is well underway, with several Euro 2024 qualifiers, including England’s against Italy, and Azerbaijan’s against Austria, already taking place. Italy v England – and Harry Kane making history England were facing arguably their toughest opponents in Group C, Italy, away in Naples on Thursday night. Goals by Declan Rice (13thminute) and […]
Adem Asil’s year just keeps on getting better. The Turkish gymnast added to the silver medal he won earlier this year at the European Championships with a gold at the World Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool following a superb display on the rings that culminated on Saturday, 5 November. The athlete scored 14.933 with his performance […]
