Marko Ivkovic

A court on Oct. 19 handed a 25-year jail term to one man over the killing of a Serbian basketball fan in Istanbul in 2014, while six other defendants were released.

Kadri Aktas, a Turkish man accused of murdering a Serbian basketball fan in Istanbul last year, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Marko Ivkovic, a fan of Red Star (Crvena Zvezda) Belgrade, was murdered ahead of a basketball game the club played against Galatasaray Istanbul.

A Turkish man is facing up to 18 years in prison for killing a Serbian fan before a basketball game on Nov. 21, 2014 in Istanbul.

ISTANBUL - Crvena Zvezda defeated Galatasaray 91-68 (21-16 31-19 15-16 24-17) in the 10th round of the top 16 stage of the basketball Euroleague in Istanbul on Thursday.

This was the third victory in Group E for the team coached by Dejan Radonjic, which means they still have a chance of getting through to the quarterfinals.

DAVOS/BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu agreed on Thursday that more Turkish companies should be present in Serbia.

Vucic talked with Davutoglu in Davos about bilateral cooperation, economic one in particular, the Serbian government's press office stated in a release.

BELGRADE - Belgrade's Crvena Zvezda lost to Galatasaray 74-65 (21-19, 12-16, 18-12, 23-18) in their Game 3 match in the Top 16 phase of the Euroleague basketball tournament late on Friday.

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.

BELGRADE - A delegation of the Turkish basketball club Galatasaray SK, headed by President Duygun Yarsuvat, and Turkey's Ambassador to Serbia Mehmet Kemal Bozay visited the grave of slain Red Star Belgrade supporter Marko Ivkovic in Belgrade on Friday.

They were accompanied by Red Star Basketball Club President Nebojsa Covic.

Turkish suspect denies stabbing Serb fan

ISTANBUL, BELGRADE -- 53-year-old Turk Kadri Aktas, accused of murdering a 25-year-old Serbian basketball fan, has changed his statement during the trial in Istanbul on Friday.

Aktas now claims that he "did not stab anybody with a knife," the N1 broadcaster is reporting.

BELGRADE - Belgrade's water polo club Partizan will welcome Turkish Galatasaray on Saturday and fans will be allowed to attend the postponed match of the first round of Group B of the Championship League.