Grant Shapps says fans should not travel to the Champions League final in Turkey as the country has moved into the travel red list – sparking fans to call for the game to be moved to England. Chelsea and Manchester City are due to meet in the final on May 29 in Istanbul, with around … Read more
Istanbul is set to run out of WATER in 45 days: Turkey’s severe droughts and sprawling urban development are blamed for emergency Turkey is in its worst drought in 10 years with dams drying up across the country Water levels in Istanbul’s Omerli dam are at their lowest in the last 15 years Ankara mayor confirmed … Read more
The fallout from the Champions League clash between Istanbul Basaksehir and Paris Saint-Germain has taken a new twist after footage appeared to show the Turkish bench calling the fourth official a ‘gypsy’. Footage released by Romanian channel Digi24 has emerged and a voice with a reported Turkish accent in the background appears to make a derogatory remark … Read more
The Champions League clash between Paris Saint-Germain and Istanbul Basaksehir got back underway on Wednesday after the encounter was abandoned 24 hours earlier following allegations of racism aimed at fourth official Sebastian Coltescu. The Group H match was suspended midway through the first half on Tuesday after Pierre Webo, Basaksehir’s black assistant manager, was allegedly racially … Read more
John Barnes has come out in defence of the fourth official at the centre of a race storm following Paris Saint-Germain’s postponed Champions League game with Istanbul Basaksehir. Players accused Romanian official Sebastian Coltescu of racially abusing Basaksehir’s assistant coach Pierre Webo in the early stages of the match – by using the word ‘negru’, … Read more
John Barnes has come out in defence of the fourth official at the centre of an alleged race storm following Paris Saint Germain’s postponed Champions League game with Istanbul Basaksehir. Players accused Romanian fourth official Sebastian Coltescu of racially abusing Basaksehir’s assistant coach in the early stages of the match, which prompted both sides to … Read more
PSG and Istanbul Basaksehir players WALK OFF during first half of Champions League clash amid allegations of racism against Romanian fourth official – with match in Paris resuming at 9pm without him By Max Winters For Mailonline Published: 20:32 GMT, 8 December 2020 | Updated: 20:54 GMT, 8 December 2020 The Champions League clash between … Read more
Turkish President Recep Erdogan on Friday ordered another ancient Orthodox church that became a mosque and then a popular Istanbul museum to be converted back into a place of Muslim worship. The decision to transform the Kariye Museum into a mosque came just a month after a similarly controversial conversion for the UNESCO World Heritage-recognised … Read more
Turkish President Recep Erdogan on Friday ordered another ancient Orthodox church that became a mosque and then a popular Istanbul museum to be converted back into a place of Muslim worship. The decision to transform the Kariye Museum into a mosque came just a month after a similarly controversial conversion for the UNESCO World Heritage-recognised … Read more