Sportspeople

Greece will play against Georgia in their next match

VakıfBank advanced to the CEV Women's Champions League final on March 24 after beating Italy's Unet e-work Busto Arsizio. 

The Turkish volleyball club eliminated Unet e-work with straight sets of 25-13, 25-15, 25-15 at Varese's E-work Arena.

Veteran striker Burak Yılmaz scored a hat trick as Turkey stunned the Netherlands 4-2 on March 24 in the opening game of European World Cup qualifying.

Yılmaz, the 35-year-old Lille forward, struck twice before the break and again late in the second half to secure the win in the Group G opener just as the Netherlands was threatening a comeback.

Trabzonspor beat MKE Ankaragücü 4-1 in a Turkish Süper Lig match on March 20, giving the Black Sea club a victory after a two-game winless run in the league.

Home team Trabzonspor's Ghanaian winger Caleb Ekuban scored the opener in the eighth minute at Medical Park, finishing in the box.

Beşiktaş qualified for the Ziraat Turkish Cup final after defeating Medipol Başakşehir 3-2 in a semifinal clash on March 16. 

Vincent Aboubakar netted the opener for the home side in the 17th minute at Beşiktaş's Vodafone Park, while Domagoj Vida scored a header five minutes later to double the lead in the first half.

Ljubljana – Slovenian and Croatian football legends played a charity match on Saturday in the Croatian town of Petrinja to raise funds for the area that was hit by a devastating earthquake at the end of last year. The Croatian Red Cross was handed out a donation of EUR 50,000, the Slovenian Football Association (NZS) said.

Galatasaray shut out Hes Kablo Kayserispor 3-0 on March 13 in a Turkish Süper Lig game.

Galatasaray's Colombian star Radamel Falcao opened the scoring near the end of the first period.

In minute 81, Henry Onyekuru, who came off the bench, doubled the gap from very close range at Kayseri's Kadir Has stadium.

Turkey won the 2021 Virtus European Indoor Athletics Championships, the Turkish Special Athletes Sports Federation announced on March 13.

Turkish athletes bagged 13 medals - six gold, five silver, and two bronze - and were crowned champions with 32 points, the federation said in a statement.

Turkey's Esra Bayrak was named the best female athlete at the championships, it added.

Turkish basketball club Anadolu Efes got their seventh consecutive win in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague regular season over the 89-62 victory against Lithuania's Zalgiris Kaunas on March 12. 

Anadolu Efes' playmaker guard Shane Larkin scored 18 points to lead his team to the Round 29 win in Istanbul. Larkin also had four steals.

Everton goalkeeper Robin Olsen and his family were threatened with a machete during a break-in at their home, the club has confirmed.

The masked gang stole jewellery and a luxury watch from the Sweden international's house near Altrincham, Greater Manchester over the weekend.

Everton said they were "offering Robin and his family as much support as is possible".