United Arab Emirates

Swedish international striker Marcus Berg will continue playing football in the United Arab Emirates after he signed a contract with Al Ain. Following the agreement between Panathinaikos and Al Ain on the terms of his release from the Greek club, the Arab team posted a photo on its official twitter feed of Marcus Berg after he signed the contract with his new club.

Turkey is facing a new crisis in the Middle East: The crisis between Qatar and four Arab states that want to oppress it. The four Arab states are Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but they have supporters.

BASKETBALL: The Hellenic Basketball Federation confirmed on Tuesday the hiring of experienced coach Costas Missas to guide the national team starting with the 2017 Eurobasket this fall. On July 25 he will issue his first call-up of players.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called for dialogue a "lowering of rhetoric" between Qatar and a four-nation group led by Saudi Arabia after Doha denounced their sweeping list of demands.

Turkey has so far sent more than 120 cargo planes of supply to Qatar, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci has said.

The Saudi Embassy in Ankara has denied reports that it issued any statements advising Saudi citizens against traveling to Turkey.

Iran has called the Saudi-led economic siege of Qatar unacceptable and has called for dialogue to solve the diplomatic crisis. As long as the Gulf stalemate continues, Tehran has promised to provide air, sea and land support to its "brother" country.

Turkey and Qatar signed a military cooperation agreement that allows the former to establish a base on Qatari soil in line with their sovereign rights, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said, calling on Saudi Arabia to respect the bilateral deal and to correct the mistake of requesting the closure of the base. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on June 25 dismissed calls for Turkey to close a military base in Qatar, saying a wider list of demands issued by four Arab states was an "unlawful" intervention against the Gulf emirate's sovereignty.

Four Arab states that imposed a boycott on Qatar have issued an ultimatum to Doha to close Al Jazeera television, curb ties with Iran, shut a Turkish base and pay reparations, demands so far reaching it would appear to be hard for Doha to comply.