Şenes Erzik, the Vice-President of the Union of Football Associations (UEFA) had expressed intentions of taking on the position of Turkish Football Federation (TFF) president, even if just temporarily, in order to bring a close to the ongoing crisis. Last night however, Erzik called Kılıç to explain that he will not be able to be a candidate.
Over the phone Erzik told Kılıç, "I spoke with UEFA and FIFA. They told me that due to my international responsibilities, they would not able to permit me to go ahead. I want to thank you very much for the support you have shown. However, unfortunately I will not be able to accept my candidacy."
During meetings held with Super League club chairmen every day consecutively since Wednesday, Minister Suat Kılıç had finally reached a mutual consensus on Şenes Erzik's nomination and midday yesterday, Clubs Union Deputy Chairman Hasan Akıncıoğlu released an announcement stating, "Our 18 Super League clubs are in complete agreement on Şenes Erzik being named a candidate."
Intercity’s manger, Vural Ak, who is on the Beşiktaş sports club’s presidency candidate Serdal Adalı’s managerial list, announced the club’s financials. Ak, who manages Istanbul Racetrack said, “We will invest 45 million dollars and enter the 2014 Formula calendar.”
Fenerbahçe lifted up their second Turkey Cup trophy in a row last night beating out Trabzonspor by 1-0 in the Ziraat Turkey Cup final held in Ankara. 
Sports Minister Kılıç brought two star players from arch-rival teams together to discuss the recent surfacing of racial gestures by fans in the Fenerbahçe-Galatasaray derby, the foreign player quota and Turkey’s 2020 Olympic bid. 
English former captain, and footballing legend David Beckham takes his last bow on the footballing stage.
Yesterday the "Derby of Two Continents" was played in Istanbul.
Galatasaray clinched their 19th Turkish league title with a 4-2 win over Sivasspor on Sunday, crowning a successful season in which they reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League and claimed the Super League title two weeks early.
In an exciting, tight and highly energized game, hosts Benfica managed to outscore Fenerbahçe by 3-1 last night and will now be moving on to face Chelsea in the UEFA Europa League final in Amsterdam on May 15.
Tokyo's outspoken governor, Naoki Inose, who heads the city's bid for the 2020 Olympics, apologized on Tuesday for "inappropriate" comments he made about rival candidate Istanbul and Islamic countries. Admitting that he used expressions that may have been misunderstood, Inose said he would never criticize other candidate cities again. 
Egemen Korkmaz's second-half header earned Fenerbahçe a 1-0 win in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final against Benfica and eased the tears of team mate Cristian on Thursday.
