This is the final four-day inspection to be carried out by the Commission, chaired by Britain's Sir Craig Reedie, having earlier visited Tokyo and Madrid, but is perhaps the most crucial because if ...

Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Olympics offers an opportunity for the games to be staged for the first time on two continents and in a secular Muslim country, leaders of the Turkish candidacy said ...

Platini (pictured top) has already warned Turkey, which lost out by one vote to France for the 2016 event, that he will not support a bid for 2020 if Istanbul is awarded the Summer Games in the same ...

People cheer as Japan's national women's soccer team wearing their silver medals wave atop an open-top bus parade through Japan's Ginza shopping district in Tokyo August 20, 2012. Japan held its first ...

Wildcard Cagla Buyukakcay is the only former champion in Istanbul in the draw this year, having become the first ever Turkish WTA titlist in 2016 at the Istanbul Cup, held at the Spor Toto Tennis Park ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Istanbul's presentation of its bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games left an "excellent impression" the head of the evaluation commission said on Wednesday. Turkey's largest city, ...

Turkish President Abdullah Gul welcomed the IOC's evaluation committee to Istanbul on Sunday, reaffirming the government's commitment to staging the 2020 Olympic Games and pledging to ''deliver on ...

(AP) Olympic bidders say the Turkish people “remain united” in the effort to hold the 2020 Summer Games in Istanbul despite fierce anti-government protests in recent days. As riot police used tear gas ...

ISTANBUL, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Formula One drivers hailed the Istanbul Park circuit's grippier surface on Friday, saying the Turkish Grand Prix track was fun to drive again and very different to last ...

Since the Tour resumption, former World No.30 Aliaksandra Sasnovich has compiled a 10-3 win-loss record. This includes wins over Elise Mertens and Marketa Vondrousova, as well as three Houdini acts in ...