Four straight losses in the Nations League proved to be the last straw. Former star player Vincenzo Montella has been sacked as coach of the Turkish national football team.
FootballThe Turkish national football team is in crisis. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, scandal-plagued former star Arda Turan is set to replace Vincenzo Montella as head coach.
FootballThe red-green parties strongly criticize the government's late announcement on quota refugees, which means that 350 people will receive protection this year. At the same time, the parties disagree among themselves about how many refugees Sweden should accept.
Swedish politicsIndia and Qatar are among the countries that will bid to host the 2036 Olympics, the IOC confirms.
SportsExplosions were heard again in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on Tuesday, residents told AFP.
ConflictsYemeni government forces have regained control of the strategically important Bab al-Mandab Strait and are pushing back the Houthi movement, the country’s military says. Pakistan and Turkey are sending forces to support the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen. Explosions were heard in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, late Monday night.
ConflictsThe trial in Turkey against Swedish journalist Joakim Medin has been postponed for the fourth time. The court in Istanbul announced this, Dagens ETC writes. The proceedings have been widely condemned by press freedom organizations - and the EU Parliament has demanded that the prosecution be dropped. "It's not fun. I want an end to it," Joakim Medin told SVT.
Swedish politicsFerhat Gündogdu, chairman of the Turkish Football Federation's referees committee, has been arrested along with six other people.
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