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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.

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.

The chairman of Serbia's Red Star basketball club has voiced his hope that there will be no negative incidents surrounding an upcoming Turkish Airlines Euroleague Last 16 game in Belgrade against Galatasaray, which comes after the murder of a Serbian fan in Istanbul on Nov. 21, 2014, when the sides last met.

Sport teams and fans raise their voices against violence

Players and fans spread messages against violence in hopes of improving relations and unity in the region.

Marko Ivkovic, a Serbian club fan, was killed in Istanbul before the Euroleague basketball match between Red Star Belgrade and Galatasaray on November 21st. [Facebook]

Fenerbahçe goes into the winter break atop Spor Toto Super League standings after Be?ikta? lost top spot with a 2-0 loss against Galatasaray in an Istanbul derby on Jan. 4.

Both of Galatasaray?s goals came in the second half of the match, with Felipe Melo scoring in the 50th minute before Burak Y?lmaz made sure of the points in injury time.

When Beşiktaş hosts Galatasaray in an Istanbul derby this weekend, both sides will be aiming for a victory to enter the winter break atop the Spor Toto Super League standings.

Leader Beşiktaş has 35 points from 15 games this season ahead of the game on Jan. 4 against city rival Galatasaray, which sits in third place with 32 points.

SYDNEY - Radnicki Kragujevac have won an international water polo tournament in Sydney by beating Turkey's Galatasaray in a penalty shoot-out in the thrilling final after three sets of penalties.

Radnicki had a 13-11 lead as the match drew to a close, but Galatasaray scored in the dying second of the game to secure the penalty shoot-out.

As the rivalry on the pitch heats up in the Ziraat Turkish Cup, a match between Istanbul giants Galatasaray and third-tier Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediyespor witnessed unexpected tensions mirroring the country’s political fault lines.