Sport in Turkey

Turkish Airlines Euroleague draws were made July 10, with three Turkish teams learning their opponents in European basketball’s greatest club competition.

Anadolu Efes is pitted in Group A, Fenerbahçe Ülker is named in Group C with Galatasaray Liv Hospital in Group D.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed Sivasspor and Eskişehirspor’s appeals against the bans handed to them last month, meaning that the two Turkish teams will be barred from European competition in the coming season.

Galatasaray Liv Hospital will not be on court against Fenerbahçe Ülker on June 19 following a unanimous decision of the club board to boycott the game.

The decision came hours after the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) announced Fenerbahçe Ülker was fined 40,000 Turkish Liras for incidents in the fifth game of the Beko Basketball League (BBL) finals series at the Ülker Arena.

Galatasaray Liv Hospital will not be on court against Fenerbahçe Ülker on June 19 following a unanimous decision of the club board to boycott the game.

The decision came hours after the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) announced Fenerbahçe Ülker was fined 40,000 Turkish Liras for incidents in the fifth game of the Beko Basketball League (BBL) finals series at the Ülker Arena.

Legendary Serbian coach Dusan Ivkovic has put pen to paper on a two-year contract with Anadolu Efes, vowing to raise a new generation of stars at the premier Istanbul basketball club.

The 70-year-old coach highlighted the importance of young players several times during the press conference on June 3, his first as the coach of the team.

Mevlüt Erdinç and Caner Erkin scored in the second half as Turkey beat World Cup-bound Honduras 2-0 in an international friendly on Wednesday night.

Erdinç opened the scoring in the 70th minute with a shot from in front and was involved again in the 83rd when he passed to Erkin, who drove a shot into the back of the net.

Bursaspor has announced that it has agreed terms with Şenol Güneş to take over as its new head coach.

The Spor Toto Super League team, which is one of only five teams to have won the league title in the history of the competition, did not specify the details of the deal.