Derby

 Panathinaikos protests against points deduction

By George Georgakopoulos

Hollywood is counting down the hours before the unveiling early Jan. 15 of nominees for this year's Oscars, the climax of Tinseltown's awards season.
      
Coming-of-age drama "Boyhood" and dark comedy "Birdman" are expected to be among the frontrunners for coveted Best Picture honors.        

Fenerbahçe beat archrival Beşiktaş 2-0 in the eighth week of the Spor Toto Super League at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on Oct. 2 to take over the lead in league standings.

Visitor Fenerbahçe was off to a flying start in the third minute as it took the lead in the derby when Nigerian striker Emmanuel Emenike scored.

About 1,400 children were sexually exploited in a northern England town, a report concluded Aug. 26 in a damning account of "collective failures" by authorities to prevent victims as young as 11 from being beaten, raped and trafficked over a 16-year period.
     

Beşiktaş, my beloved Black Eagles who are figuratively engraved in my heart and literally on my back, opened the new season with Champions League games late last month.

BELGRADE - The exhibition entitled '100 years of races at Careva Cuprija' authored by Zoran Lazic will open in the House of King Petar I on Saturday, June 28.

The organisers intend to use the exhibition to save the racetrack from oblivion and preserve the memories of the events connected to equestrian sports that took place during the track's long history.

CSKA Sofia defeated their biggest rivals Levski 1:0 in the first round of the Bulgarian league playoffs.

The match was quite an even encounter and was heading for a goalless draw, when Plamen Krachunov headed a winning goal from a corner kick in the 93rd minute.

This was the second consecutive win for CSKA over Levski in the span of a week.

Police in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia have detained 98 people ahead of Saturday’s football derby between rivals Levski Sofia and CSKA.

The first round of the Bulgarian league playoffs between the country’s bitterest rivals is on Saturday from 4:15 PM local time at the Vasil Levski National Stadium.