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Oscar Cardozo struck twice as Benfica overturned a first-leg deficit to reach the Europa League final 3-1 - 3-2 on aggregate - at the expense of Fenerbahce.Trailing 1-0 from the first leg in Turkey, the hosts got off to the perfect start at the Estad...

Benfica coach Jorge Jesus is confident his side can progress to the Europa League final when they face Fenerbahce.The Portuguese league leaders trail 1-0 from the first leg in Turkey thanks to Egemen Korkmaz's goal and are fortunate not to be further...

Substitute Daniel Bode scored two minutes after coming on as Hungary earned a valuable World Cup qualifying Group D point in Istanbul.Burak Yilmaz had given Turkey the lead eight minutes earlier, but Bode ensured honours were shared as both sides loo...

Turkey breathed life back into their fading World Cup qualifying campaign with victory over minnows Andorra, although it was not the goal-laden result their fans might have been hoping for.Abdullah Avci's men have had a hugely disappointing start to ...

Tiredness should not be an issue for Borussia Monchengladbach when they face Mainz in the Bundesliga tomorrow, despite a trip to Turkey in midweek.Not even a delayed return to Germany yesterday due to snow should cause coach Lucien Favre any serious ...

Fenerbahce's Bekir Irtegun became the latest player to score a memorable overhead kick as he acrobatically put Marseille out of the Europa League in a 1-0 win.The Turkey international followed Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Philippe Mexes by scoring in style...

Turkey's hopes of World Cup qualification receded even further tonight as they slumped to defeat in Hungary.The visitors, surprisingly beaten at home by Romania on Friday, made it zero points from a possible six to sit well off the pace in Group D.Th...

Gheorghe Grozav ensured a third consecutive World Cup qualifying victory for Romania tonight, at the expense of a toothless Turkey.Grozav's smash-and-grab goal on the break livened up an otherwise dull encounter in Group D, with Liverpool midfielder ...

Stand-in captain Kevin Strootman has demanded Holland take another ''giant step" towards the World Cup in their qualifying double-header against Andorra and Romania.Having won their first two games against Turkey and Hungary last month and with the ...

Turkey got their World Cup qualifying campaign up and running with an emphatic victory over 10-man Estonia in Istanbul.Emre, Umut Bulut and Selcuk Inan all got on the scoresheet as the Turks dominated proceedings after the early dismissal of Enar Jaa...

Robin Van Persie's 30th international set Holland on their way to a hard-fought victory in their opening World Cup qualifier against Turkey.The Manchester United striker opened the scoring in the 16th minute and Luciano Narsingh added a second in sto...

Arda Turan is hoping Turkey can steal a march on Group D rivals Holland tomorrow night with victory in Amsterdam.The two sides appear set to battle it out for a direct place in Brazil in two years' time with Andorra, Estonia, Hungary and Romania maki...

Ukraine, food poisoning

The U.S. U-17 men's national team fell to Turkey, 2-0, in their final international match of the Nike Friendlies in Bradenton, Fla. Turkey was staked by two first-half goals from Ali Cukadar.

American forward Clint Mathis is returning for more tryouts with Hannover of the German Bundesliga.

Turkey took third place in the Confederations Cup with a 2-1 win over Colombia on Saturday in a game played with dampened spirits following the death of Cameroon's Marc-Vivien Foe earlier in the tournament.