English footballers

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.

It's difficult to talk about Leicester City's remarkable season without slipping into cliché. So much is being written about our little unfashionable club that it is hard to find original words. For me it's also difficult to write objectively about the subject.

India hit a new low with a ?humiliating? loss to tiny Guam in World Cup qualifying, the country?s media said on June 17.

India, once hailed the sleeping giant of football by FIFA president Sepp Blatter, was outclassed by the Pacific island minnow on June 16 night.

Be?ikta? coach Slaven Bilic has confirmed that he will leave the club at the end of the season as media speculation grew that he may replace Sam Allardyce as West Ham United manager.

Former captain of the Bulgarian national football team Stiliyan Petrov returned to his last professional football club Aston Villa after accepting an invitation from manager Tim Sherwood.

Sherwood had invited Petrov to join his backroom team to serve as an inspiration for Aston Villa's battle to stay in the Premier League, the Telegraph reports.

British police said March 2 they had launched an investigation into reports of racist behaviour by Chelsea fans, weeks after their supporters were filmed blocking a black man from boarding a Paris Metro train.
      

Hakan Ar?kan, the Turkish goalkeeper of Trabzonspor who conceded four goals against Napoli in the last 32-stage first leg game of the Europa League on Feb. 19, has uniquely bad memories with Napoli coach Rafael Benitez.

With a 8-0 loss in 2007 still in mind, Istanbul?s Black Eagles visit Liverpool in a first leg tie of the teams? Europe League last 32 clash. Turkey?s Trabzonspor, meanwhile, will test itself against Napoli Be?ikta?

Be?ikta? will be out to erase the painful memories of a humiliating defeat in 2007 against Liverpool when it visits the Premier League giant tonight for the first leg of a Europa League Last 32 clash.

Trabzonspor will also aim for European success and host Serie A?s Napoli.

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard announced Friday he was leaving the club at the end of the season, ending a rollercoaster 25-year association with the English giants.
      
The 34-year-old midfielder, who has never played for another club in his professional career, said it had been "the toughest decision of my life".