Sky Sports Almanya’da dün son derece çarpıcı bir haber yer aldı. Haberde, Dinamo Zagreb’in ‘Yeni Modric’ olarak lanse edilen 21 yaşındaki orta saha oyuncusu Martin Baturina’nın Real Madrid’den gelen transfer teklifini Arda Güler ve Endrick yüzünden reddettiği iddia edildi.
#Real MadridANKARA - Two boys and two girls from İzmir, accompanied by their guide teacher and school principal, go to Ankara determined to walk away the winners of the European Union Quiz National Championship, that involves more than 1,000 high schools in 16 cities of Turkey. And they do.
MARDİN - A Syriac man, whose life story is like a film, is a part of this year's Sinemardin Film Festival in the southeastern Mardin. Well-known journalist and director Nuri Kino, who was born in Midyat but raised in Sweden, says, 'I have seen many red carpets in my life, but I have never been this emotional and happy to participate in a film festival.'
ISTANBUL - Only days after a tiring Turkcell Super League campaign coming to an end, the Turkish national football team manages to concentrate on the friendly game against Azerbaijan. Fatih Terim’s boys beat their neighbors 2-0. Turkey will take on France in Lyon tomorrow.
ISTANBUL - Beşiktaş took the Turkcell Super League title from Sivasspor’s hands in the last three weeks, but the Central Anatolian team should bear in mind that it is not the first outfit that had a bid to end Istanbul’s domination in Turkish football but lost dramatically in the end
ISTANBUL - Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk puts on a solid performance to see off Germany’s Werder Bremen 2-1 in overtime in the UEFA Cup final at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium. The final in Istanbul satisfies in providing quality football, but the crowd lacks the final atmosphere that a European competition final match deserves to have
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was planning to increase the number of female candidates in local polls. After mayoral candidates of the governing Justice and Development Party, or AKP, were revealed, it seemed that the target may not be accomplished. The AKP did not nominate any females in 16 municipalities.
ISTANBUL - This is the first game of the year for Turkey, but actually the last one before the most crucial fixtures. Fatih Terim's boys take on star-studded Ivory Coast in an exhibition game in İzmir today, hoping to regain form before next month's vital games against Spain
ISTANBUL - A crowd of mostly Americans, and four Canadians, one Finnish, one Japanese and one Turk gather in Istanbul's largest Irish Pub to watch the biggest event of the American sports calendar: the Super Bowl XLII. As the NFL Championship game ends in a dramatic finish for the Pittsburgh Steelers, denying crowd favorite the Arizona Cardinals a surprising win, some hail the game as the 'Best Super Bowl ever.'
ISTANBUL - Hailed as 'Turkey's most modern football stadium,' the Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium prepares for its premiere. While the stadium is still under construction, the mayor has voiced his will to see Kayseri host an international game, especially the match against Armenia.
One of the most significant aspects of 2008 focused on efforts to renew peace talks aimed at finding solutions for many of the World’s decades-long disputes. At the same time however, we also bore witness to fresh conflicts erupting over some of these disputes. A number of significant changes in world leaderships also took place in 2008.
LONDON - Despite getting only one win in its last five games, Liverpool still tops the Premier League and plans to continue its lead with a win over Bolton on Boxing Day. The Reds head into the busy festive period hoping to prove their form can pass the test of endurance
When we left for Rio, leaving the introverted Argentinean with a serious look behind us, I looked at the map and Brazil looked like a neighbor country. But the pilot said that we were going to fly three hours I examined the map more carefully and saw that the Latin American continent is immense and distances unbelievably far.
A group of Turkish intellectuals putting together a Web site to apologize to Armenians for a "great catastrophe" is not in and of itself a big deal. The context that propelled the initiative, and the reflective and intelligent reaction, including reasoned criticism, is evidence of something profound
The day after Turkish President Abdullah Gül paid a "historic visit" to the Armenian capital Yerevan, Armenian Foreign Minister Edvard Nalbandian hosted a lunch for Turkish press members covering the visit. Myself, Hasan Cemal, Yavuz Baydar and Mustafa Karaalioğlu were among them.