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Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been re-elected as Turkey's president. The 69-year-old, who has been in office since 2014, ridiculed his opponent as he gave a speech declaring victory this evening (May 28).
Counting is under way in Turkey's presidential election, with much at stake both for Turkey and the world.
That was a concise clarification from Erik ten Hag on his conflab with Jadon Sancho: "I was not in discussions. I gave him some instructions."
There will be two official fan parks for Manchester City fans travelling to watch their team in the Champions League final in Istanbul, it has been confirmed. However, there are currently no plans for the match to be screened at either, the Manchester Evening News has been told.
Italian Andrea Pirlo has been released from his job as coach of Turkish top-tier side Fatih Karagumruk SK, the club said on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, the man who came third in the first round of Turkey's presidential election, Sinan Ogan, has thrown his support behind the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Turkish president is facing a challenge from opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, whose party is calling on the country's Kurdish voters for support.
He ran 59:52 to win the Istanbul Half Marathon in Istanbul, Turkey at the end of last month and will be looking to become the fifth Kenyan winner of the Okpekpe 10km title. In the women’s race, a new course record also looks to be in the offing following the quality of the elite cast for the event. Kenya’s Edith Jepchumba will lead the cast of athletes aiming to rewrite the 32:41 course record set by Ethiopia’s Wude Ayalew in 2014. The Kenyan ran a 30:53 lifetime best over the distance last February, nearly two minutes inside the course record and she is the fastest athlete among the elite cast confirmed for the race. Ethiopia’s Bertukan Welde has also ran inside Ayalew’s course record when she clocked 32:00 to come in behind Jepchumba in Castellon, Spain last February. Abigail Jelimo will be seeking to get the gold this time after running 33.53 to place third at the eighth edition of the Okpekpe race last year. Meanwhile, former Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police and now Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Solomon Arase, yesterday, commended owner of the Okpekpe 10km race, Mike Itemuagbor, for sustaining the world-class road running event in Nigeria. He said: “Kudos to Mike (Itemuagbor), the great sports lover and administrator for putting the rural Okpekpe community on the map of the world. Okpekpe race has come to stay because of our brother, who has been able to sustain it over the years.” The ninth Okpekpe International 10km Road Race will hold on Saturday in Okpekpe, Etsako East Council of Edo State. Edo State government, Nigerian Breweries Plc, Dan Oil, Petralon Energy Limited and Development Bank, back the race.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra became the world number one for the first time in his career in the latest men's javelin throw rankings issued by the World Athletics. Chopra topped the charts with 1455 points, 22 ahead of Grenada's reigning world champion Anderson Peters (1433). Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic was third with 1416 points.