Galatasaray Liv Hospital

The Turkish Basketball League (TBL) playoffs get underway on May 20, as third seed Darü??afaka Do?u? welcomes Trabzonspor Medical Park to Ayhan ?ahenk Arena with tip-off scheduled for 6:45 p.m. local time and second seed Anadolu Efes hosts Türk Telekom at Istanbul's Abdi ?pekçi Arena.

The playoff action will continue on May 21, when Izmir-based P?nar Kar??yaka will take on Banvit. 

Financial problems have taken another toll on Galatasaray Liv Hospital, with the team's star point guard announcing his departure due to a dispute over his payments.

Puerto Rican star Carlos Arroyo reportedly asked the club to pay $550,000 in unpaid wages, saying he would leave if they did not, but the club said it "will not bow to blackmail."

Galatasaray Liv Hospital coach Ergin Ataman is under fire for slapping a young player in the dressing room during last weekend's Turkish Basketball League (TBL) game in Eski?ehir.

Galatasaray Liv Hospital players refused to attend a team training session late Jan. 19 in protest at a delay in wage payments.

The squad was present at the first training session earlier in the day, but a second training session was canceled after the players said they would boycott it.

In front of a sell-out crowd of more than 10,000 fans at Ankara Arena Team Europe defeated Team Asia 138-130 in the Turkish Basketball League All-Star Jan. 18.

The game featured 24 players from eight different countries, with teams comprised of the stars of Turkish Basketball League's (TBL) Europe- and Asia-based clubs.

Galatasaray Liv Hospital beat Serbia's Red Star 65-74 Jan. 16 in a Turkish Airlines Euroleague Last 16 game marred by the murder of a Serbian fan in November.

The 24 best athletes of the Turkish Basketball League (TBL) from eight different nations are set to enjoy the All-Star game festivities in Ankara that kick off on Jan. 18.

Players competing for TBL clubs based in Europe will take on representatives of the league's Asian-based clubs.

Galatasaray Liv Hospital will take on Red Star Belgrade in a Turkish Airlines Euroleague Last 16 game tonight, amid security concerns following the murder of a Serbian fan in Istanbul in the last meeting between the two sides.

Five Turkish football fans have been detained, after the police established a special task force to investigate the murder of 25-year-old Marko Ivkovic, who was killed Nov. 21 before a Turkish Airlines Euroleague game between Galatasaray Liv Hospital and Red Star Belgrade in Istanbul.

Istanbul police have established a special task force to investigate the murder of 25-year-old Marko Ivkovic, who was killed Nov. 21 before a Turkish Airlines Euroleague game between Galatasaray Liv Hospital and Red Star Belgrade in Istanbul.