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Beaten by Sevilla in the UEFA Champions League play-offs, Turkey's Başakşehir will make its UEFA Europa League group stage debut this season against Bulgaria's Ludogorets as Konyaspor visits Marseille. 

Başakşehir, the runner-up in last season's domestic title race, is highly motivated after it won 3-2 against city rival Fenerbahçe away, a first in its short history. 

Europa League has seen Turkey's Başakşehir and Konyaspor pitted against Hoffenheim and Marseille respectively.

In Group C, the Istanbul club face Germany's Hoffenheim, which missed out on Champions League football when it was beaten by Liverpool.

Portuguese club Braga and Bulgaria's Ludogorets make up the rest of the group.

Bulgarian champions Ludogorets go out tonight at 20pm at the Turner stadium against Israeli champion Apoel Beer Sheva in the first match of the third Preliminary Round of the Champions League. Reported Sportal. 

Scarce rainfall and water supply problems are some of the reasons why the Italian capital Rome may be forced to introduce water regime this week, the British newspaper Guardian wrote.

Four tremors hit Central Italy within an hour on Wednesday morning, the strongest measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center.

Media reports suggest there were no victims of injured people as a result of the quakes.

Buildings in Rome and Florence were shaken by a new earthquake and its many aftershocks, bringing back memories of the disaster that hit the country a few months ago, that killed approximately 300 people.

The quake hit around 10.25am local time (9.5am BST).

According to La Repubblica the quake was also felt in Lazio, Abruzzo and Marche.

ATHENS - Football Association of Serbia (FSS) boss Slavisa Kokeza said Wednesday's election of Slovenian lawyer Aleksander Ceferin as president of European football's governing body UEFA was a great victory for the sport.

A plane on a flight from Istanbul to Rome operated by the Turkish firm Pegasus Airlines made an unscheduled stop at Sarajevo on Feb. 25 to evacuate five drunken passengers who had insulted crew members, police said.

Spor Toto Super League club Fenerbahçe will play against Braga of Portugal in last 16 of the Europa League following a draw made on Feb. 26.

The first leg will be played in Istanbul ?on March 10, while the return leg will take place one week later.

Fenerbahçe advanced to the last 16 of the Europa League following a 1-1 against Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian capital, but their eternal rivals, Galatasaray, crashed out following a two-goal reverse in Rome.