- Soccer-Turkish football facing biggest crisis, says federation - Reuters
Clubs considering measure to avert relegations * Fenerbahce's Yildirim calls proposal 'black stain' on Turkish football * 93 suspects accused of match-fixing By Daren Butler ISTANBUL, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Turkish soccer is facing its most serious crisis, ...
- Soccer-Turkish FA chiefs quit amid match-fixing crisis - Reuters
At last week's extraordinary general meeting of the federation, considered vital to restoring the league's reputation and unity, Aydinlar called the match-fixing affair the most serious crisis Turkish football had ever faced. UEFA, European soccer's ...
- Resignations deepen rift among Turkish Islamists and country's soccer crisis - Play the Game
The Turkish Football Federation's (TFF) three top managers have resigned in a move that appears to have deepened the rift between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkey's powerful Islamic Gulen movement as well as the massive match-fixing ...
- Turkish Soccer Crisis Dents Erdogan's Political Prospects - Analysis - Eurasia Review
Fenerbahce has already been barred by European soccer body UEFA from Europe's Champions League because of the match-fixing scandal. Under the proposed change of article 58 of the Turkish Football Federation's (TFF) disciplinary code, clubs found guilt ...
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- On Soccer: Tony Meola, Claudio Reyna should boost New Jersey presence in Hall ... - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
In the late 1980s, as the United States national team began to claw its way toward soccer respectability following a 40-year World Cup drought, there was a young, talented core of New Jersey players who were leading the way. For New Jerseyans, it came ...
- US Youth Soccer names ODP Boys 1996 Interregional All-Tournament team - National Soccer Wire (press release)
Mejia-Flores also scored the game winning goal in the 88 th minute after already being named Man of the Match versus Turkey and added an assist in a draw with France. In total, eight players from last year's US Youth Soccer ODP 1996 Interregional ...
- Report paints sombre picture of soccer in eastern Europe - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Turkey is currently engulfed in a serious match-fixing scandal while many other cases have come to light in other eastern European countries. Director Anthony Higgins said the results were worrying. "They are a massive wake-up call for football, ...
- Lefter Kucukandonyadis, one of Turkey's best soccer players, dies at 86 - Washington Post
ANKARA, Turkey — Lefter Kucukandonyadis, one of the best players in Turkish soccer history, has died at 86. His death was announced by Fenerbahce, one of his former teams. The state-run Anadolu Agency said Kucukandonyadis died of pneumonia Friday at ...
- Mourinho to Speak in Turkey After Starring in Advert - Bloomberg