Süper Lig

The race for the title in the Spor Toto Super League might get closer this weekend when Fenerbahçe hosts archrival Galatasaray in an Istanbul derby March 8.

Galatasaray tops the league standings with 51 points in 22 games, four points ahead of third-placed Fenerbahçe.

Istanbul club Fenerbahçe was beaten by underdog Akhisar Belediye 2-1 in a Spor Toto Super League match at its home at ?ükrü Saraço?lu stadium on Feb. 23, missing the chance to go to the top standings.

Be?ikta? has lost the top spot in the Spor Toto Super League standings following a 1-0 loss at Eski?ehirspor on Feb. 22.

Eski?ehirspor won the game thanks to an early goal scored by Turkish left back Kaan Kanak.

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.

The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has changed the rules on the foreign player quota for Spor Toto Super League clubs, allowing them to field 11 foreign players beginning next season.

The 15th week of Turkey's top football division, the Spor Toto Super League, is set to kick off Dec. 26 with the highly anticipated match between Gençlerbirliği and Galatasaray in Ankara, as the race heats up both at the top and the bottom of the standings.

The match will begin at 8 p.m. local time.

The close follow-up continues in the Turkish Super League, with no change in the top three for a fourth week in a row Beşiktaş has defended its top seat in Turkey’s Spor Toto Super league for a fourth week in a row, beating Akhisar on Dec. 21 in an Istanbul game.

Galatasaray will meet Mersin İdmanyurdu in the former’s Turk Telekom Arena in Istanbul on Dec. 19, while Beşiktaş will host Akhisar Belediyespor on Dec. 20 to defend its top seat in the Spor Toto Super League.

Spor Toto Super League leader Beşiktaş will travel to Gaziantepspor on Dec. 14 hoping that the stadium’s power system will not fail the team as the one in Istanbul’s Olympic Stadium did.

Besiktaş’s Europa League game at home to Tottenham Hotspur was suspended twice on Dec. 11 after the floodlights failed in each half before the Istanbul club won 1-0.

Beşiktaş took over the top spot in the Spor Toto Super League standings with a hard-fought victory against Kardemir Karabükspor.

The Istanbul club’s Senegalese Demba Ba striker scored twice for the visiting Black Eagles as they beat Karabükspor 2-1 yesterday to move to the top of the table with 23 points.