This story is from 26 September 2026.
National boxer Havvanur Kethuda won the gold medal by beating Russian opponent Kseniia Olifirenko in the women's +80 kg at the 2026 European Boxing Championships in Sofia. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated Kethuda by phone.
Kethuda claimed her first major success in the senior category with the European title. Trabzonspor also congratulated the national boxer. Hatice Akbaş also took gold in the women's 51 kg at the tournament.
Fenerbahçe beat ÇBK Mersin 79-71 in the FIBA Women's SuperCup final to win the cup for the third time. Fenerbahçe's Emma Meesseman was named the game's most valuable player.
+4: A Spor, Sabah (spor), Hürriyet (spor) and Fotomaç +5: Star, A Spor, Sabah (spor), Hürriyet (spor) and Fotomaç 
+2: Ekonomim and Ajansspor 
+4: Nefes, Muhalif, Halk TV and Evrensel +5: Yeniçağ, Nefes, Muhalif, Halk TV and Evrensel In the Women's AXA Sigorta Champions Cup final, VakıfBank beat Eczacıbaşı Peron Istanbul 3-2 to win the trophy.
+5: Haber7, Hürriyet (spor), Türkiye Gazetesi, Sabah (spor) and Star +6: A Spor, Haber7, Hürriyet (spor), Türkiye Gazetesi, Sabah (spor) and Star 
+3: Dünya, Ajansspor and Diken +4: NTV Spor, Dünya, Ajansspor and Diken 
+2: Nefes and Evrensel +3: Oda TV, Nefes and Evrensel Turkish Football Federation (TFF) board member Mevlüt Aktan resigned from his post, saying, "Irregularities must be prevented."
+3: Haber7, Star and A Spor +4: Takvim, Haber7, Star and A Spor 
+5: NTV Spor, Sporx, Ekonomim, Duhuliye and Gazete Oksijen +6: Ajansspor, NTV Spor, Sporx, Ekonomim, Duhuliye and Gazete Oksijen 
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) board will meet on Friday with an extraordinary election agenda. Board member Mevlüt Aktan had previously resigned.
+4: Duhuliye, Ajansspor, Sporx and NTV Spor +5: Ekonomim, Duhuliye, Ajansspor, Sporx and NTV Spor 
+4: Yeniçağ, BirGün, Cumhuriyet and Halk TV +5: Oda TV, Yeniçağ, BirGün, Cumhuriyet and Halk TV Türkiye's visually impaired women's national football team beat Poland's visually impaired women's national football team 2-0 in the final of the IBSA B1 European Championship, entered for the first time, to become champions. It finished the tournament unbeaten with four wins and one draw, without conceding a goal.
+2: Fotomaç and Hürriyet (spor) +3: A Spor, Fotomaç and Hürriyet (spor) 
+2: Halk TV and BirGün +3: Nefes, Halk TV and BirGün The Turkish Active Football Referees and Observers Association announced that Ferdi Karadoruk, Alican Sağlar and Emre Kosif, arrested in the "Referees File" investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, had been expelled from membership.
+2: Star and Takvim +3: Türkiye Gazetesi, Star and Takvim 
+2: NTV Spor and Diken 
+3: Nefes, Halk TV and Oda TV +4: Cumhuriyet, Nefes, Halk TV and Oda TV Turkish national football team player Yunus Akgün said after the 3-1 loss to Italy, "We upset our country deeply, we are aware of it."
Italy3 – 1Türkiye
FIFA published its October world ranking; the Turkish national football team stood 31st with 1,563 points, falling four places.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a speech at the MÜSİAD EXPO fair that "we are determined to unmask the occupier Zionist mentality". He said they had confronted them with the massacres in Gaza and Lebanon at the UN General Assembly.
At the meeting chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a plan for fast payment to fund investors owed less than 1 million lira was discussed. Removing 66 funds that said they can pay from the liquidation list is also being considered.
Demirören Medya TV Group Chair Murat Yancı said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was the leader who gave the clearest messages on Israel at the UN General Assembly.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke at the closing of the MÜSİAD EXPO International Trade Fair and the 29th International Business Forum at the Istanbul Fair Center. Erdoğan said the global system had reached an impasse in terms of legitimacy, representation and justice.
