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Portuguese football club Sporting thrashed Turkish opponents Besiktas 4-1 in a Tuesday UEFA Champions League group match. In the 15th minute, visitors Sporting took the lead in Istanbul's Vodafone Park as Uruguayan defender …
Teemu Pukki scored twice to break Jari Litmanen's international goals record for Finland in their World Cup qualifying victory over Kazakhstan. Norwich forward Pukki netted in each half to take his international tally to 33, one …
Forward of the St. Petersburg football club "Zenith" Sardar Azmoun may move to Germany or France. This was announced on his Twitter page by journalist Daniele Longo. According to him, Leverkusen's Bayer and Lyon have begun …
Due to economic problems and restrictions imposed on the work of local media by the radical Taliban movement banned in Russia, the new Afghan authorities have decided to stop the work of the country's only TV channel, 3 sport, said a member …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday called on citizens to pick up sports for better life and health. The call came after Erdogan played a game of basketball with several senior ministers and government officials at the …
Afghan women, including the country’s women’s cricket team, will be banned from playing sport under the new Taliban government, according to an official in the group. In an interview with the Australian broadcaster …
The Afghanistan Paralympic team will not compete in the Tokyo games with all commercial flights grounded as the Taliban seizes control of the country. "Due to the serious ongoing situation in the country, all airports are …
Iran’s Sajad Ganjzadeh won the Olympic gold medal in men’s over 75 kg karate (Kumite) defeating in the finals Saudi Arabia’s Tareg Hamedi with a score (4:0). The bronze medals went to Japan’s Ryutaro Araga …
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev criticized the process of preparing the country for the upcoming Summer Olympics. The President was shown a presentation on the preparations for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. It is noted that special …
Iran was given a four-year ban by the International Judo Federation (IJF) for "repeated and very severe breaches" of the organisation’s statutes after it pressured one of its fighters not to face an Israeli athlete. …
Turkish Grand Prix will replace Canada in the 2021 Formula 1 race calendar for the weekend of June 11-13, Formula 1 confirmed. "Due to the ongoing international travel restrictions in place in Canada, it became impossible for …
The football federations of the member-states of the Turkic Speaking States (Turkic Council) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation, according to the Turkic Council. The Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation …
The International Blind Sport Federation (IBSA) Judo Committee has moved its Grand Prix competition in Baku to Antalya due to COVID-19 restrictions. Despite the switch to Turkey, the event will still be organised by the National …
North Korea will not take part in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo this year in order to protect its athletes from the coronavirus infection, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported. The decision was made at the March meeting of the …
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has sent to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) a request for using Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s musical peace instead of the country’s national anthem at awarding ceremonies of Russian athletes during …
The Olympic torch relay set off from Fukushima on Thursday, beginning a four-month countdown to the summer Games in Tokyo, delayed from 2020 and the first ever organised during a global pandemic. About 10,000 runners will carry the …
The Asian Football Confederation has awarded the hosting rights of the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2022 to the Uzbekistan Football Association. It will be the first time the tournament …
President of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee Yoshiro Mori apologized for comments he made suggesting women talk too much in meetings. Mori, an 83-year-old former prime minister of Japan, made the remarks …
The long-running saga between Mesut Ozil and Arsenal came to an end on Sunday as it was announced that the midfielder has joined Fenerbahce on a three-and-a-half-year deal. Ozil, who scored 44 goals in 254 appearances for the …
Azerbaijani football club Sumgayit FK has completed the signing of Iranian center-back Hojjat Haghverdi on Monday. Haghverdi joined Sumgayit after he canceled his contract with Iran's Paykan last week, Tehran Times daily …
