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Derya Torun started in Martial Arts in 1989 and became a member of the Turkish National Team in 1997-98. She also was a member of the German Team in 1999. Since 2003 she has concentrated on boxing and eventually turned professional in the fall of 2006. She won titles in 2006 and 2007 and several others on 2001 qnd 2002. Several times she was the German champion in Light Contact IAKSA, several times German champion in Semi Contact IAKSA, several times German champion Semi Contact WAKO, and Swiss Open champion in 2 weight classes.
Orlando Magic's Turkish forward Hidayet “Hedo” Türkoglu scored 21 points and Rashard Lewis had 20 Monday night to make the Magic the first NBA team to win 13 games this season with a 85-74 win over Portland Trail Blazers .
Dwight Howard, the Magic's leading scorer, was just 4-of-10 from the field and had nine points and 14 rebounds. He spent most of the second half in foul trouble but Adonal Foyle stepped in and had eight points and 10 rebounds for the Magic, who won the first game on their five-game West Coast trip and improved to a league-best 8-1 on the road this season. Hedo played with 9-of-17 in 41 minutes to lead his team in scoring. LaMarcus Aldridge had 16 points and Martell Webster added 13 for the Blazers, who have lost five of their last six to the Magic. Orlando held Portland to 16 points in the fourth quarter and the Blazers, who snapped a five-game losing streak Friday against Sacramento, had their lowest point total of the season.
Turkey is one of the rare countries in the world which has an article related to sports in her Constitution. Article 59 of the Constitution says, "The State takes measures to develop the physical and mental health of Turkish citizens of all ages and encourages the spread of sports among the masses. The State protects successful athletes." In recent years, with investments made in the field of sports, scientific research and the increase in importance placed by the State on sports policy, sports in Turkey became a well-liked and interesting event both as a performance sport and for the utilization of free time. Activities are continuing for sports, which became an essential passion and a way of life in the developed countries of the world, to take the place it deserves in Turkey just before the twenty-first century as an important social activity. With this objective, sports engaged in by the masses are encouraged, that is one of the basic components of raising a physically and mentally healthy society, the concentration is being directed at all the areas of Olympic sports rather than on a single branch, the predominance of the state is being decreased while the contribution of the private sector is increased and measures are being taken for the rational utilization of the facilities.
The State and Sports. Sport in Turkey is being encouraged and supported by the state and sports clubs are given financial aid. The main targets of the sports policy of the state are to increase the number of athletes, to attain superior successes at international sports competitions, to prepare suitable sports environment for encouraging and providing for every individual at every age to engage in sports activities. Large sports facilities and investments in Turkey are realized by the state to a great extent. However, an important increase in the number of sports facilities of sports clubs and private organizations can be mentioned with the start of the development of the perception of sponsorship and marketing of sports in recent years. Of the total 2,574 sport facilities in Turkey, 261 belong to the private sector.
The Directorate General of Youth and Sports. The backbone, and the highest sports organization of the State in Turkey, is the Directorate General of Youth and Sports, annexed to the Prime Ministry. The Directorate General, which was established in 1938, has provincial directorates that perform its services in 81 provinces. A total of 6,499 personnel are working for the central and provincial organization of the Directorate General. Referees, provincial representatives, coaches, observers, etc. also undertake voluntary duties at the organization.
Within the structure of the Directorate General, there are, currently, 37 sports federations. These are Marksmanship and Hunting, Track and Field, Basketball, Horseback Riding, Bicycling, Boxing, Badminton, Ice Sports, Billiards, Bridge, Gymnastics, Mountaineering, Fencing, Wrestling, Golf, Weightlifting, Handball, Scouting, Judo, Karate, Skiing, Rowing, Table Tennis, Archery, Automobile Sports, Underwater and Water Skiing, Chess, Tennis, Taekwon-do, Volleyball, Body building, Swimming, Sailing, Handicapped, Universities, Traditional Sports Branches and Sports-for-All. The Turkish Soccer Federation became autonomous in 1992. Furthermore, certain sports are performed within the structure of sports clubs or by citizens in spite of there not being federations for these sports in Turkey.
Every year the Prime Ministry prepares Sports Education Plans in the direction of the requests coming from the Provincial Directorates of Youth and Sports and the Federation Chairmanships and organizes coaching and monitoring courses and various seminars for the educating and training of the needed athletes.
The most important goal of the Directorate General of Youth and Sports is to provide that citizens of all ages engage in sports for the development of their physical and mental health. Furthermore, handicapped citizens are supported and encouraged by the state to engage in sports and to participate in sports activities.
The most important organization providing services in the field of sports, other than the Directorate General of Youth and Sports, is the Turkish National Olympic Committee. Furthermore, the Confederation of Turkish Amateur Sports Clubs, and numerous associations and foundations are among voluntary sports organizations.
Sports Clubs. One of the basic objectives of sports in Turkey is to develop mass sports based on sports clubs. The foundation of success in sports is to develop mass sports. The perception of mass sports and widespread sports is accepted as the most important component for the development of competitive sports in Turkey.
Those who are engaged in performance sports in Turkey participate in the sports activities within the structure of the 6,169 Sports Clubs. Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe, Besiktas, Efes Pilsen, Ülker, Eczacibasi, Vakifbank, Tofas, Enka, Netas and Arçelik are among the major Sports Clubs. A great majority of the sports clubs concentrate on soccer. Furthermore, there are individually licensed athletes who do not belong to any sports club and engage in sports and participate in competitions. The number of licensed sportsmen in Turkey is 176.906.
Popular Sports. Although soccer is the most popular sport in Turkey, basketball, volleyball, handball, track-and-field and wrestling (which is considered as the ancestral sport) are also popular. Furthermore, important international successes have been attained in weightlifting, boxing, taekwon-do, judo and archery in recent years.
A total of 1,275 medals, with 398 of them gold, were won in international competitions in the period between 1999-2000 (May). The sports branch which obtained the greatest international success was wrestling with 231 medals. Furthermore, 5 world, 14 European, 2 Balkan and 250 Turkish records were broken in five categories in 1999.
Turkey obtained her first Olympic Championship with Yasar Erkan in wrestling at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Ruhi Sarialp's Olympic third place in triple long jump at the 1948 London Olympic Games and Mehmet Terzi's first place in the marathon at the 1983 Mediterranean Games are great successes that were obtained in the track and field. Naim Süleymano¤lu and Halil Mutlu are Turkey's most successful athletes, who broke the world record in weightlifting and won the Olympic Championship.
Turkey's first championship at the European Cups was the European Radivoj Korac Cup won in the 1995-1996 season by the Efes Pilsen basketball team. Efes Pilsen has also succeeded in participating in the Final-Four, held in Greece, in 2000. In 1998, Eczacibasi women volleyball team won the cup of the European Cup Winners and Vakifbank women volleyball team placed second at the European Champions League.
There is Deniz Günay's European Championship at the European Indoor Archery Championship held in Germany in 1998 and the World Championship at the World Universities Championship held in Taiwan. In boxing, Hülya Sahin has become a first ever with her winning a gold medal at the European Boxing Cup for Women held in Sweden in 1999. The Turkish National Boxing Team, as well, winning 3 gold and 2 bronze medals, placed second at the European Boxing Championship organized in Finland in 2000. As for swimming, the national swimmer Derya Büyükuncu of Galatasaray Swimming Team, won a bronze medal at the World Short Course Swimming Championship in Athens, and became the first Turkish sportsman ever to be accorded the place of honor at a world championship.
Yet, the most outstanding achievement of Turkey in the field of sports is the UEFA Championship of Galatasaray in the 1999-2000 season. Having challenged by the most powerful soccer teams of Europe, and becoming eligible for the final without losing a single match, Galatasaray, in the final, defeated the British team Arsenal 4-1 and also became the first Turkish team to win the cup. Galatasaray, which has so far had 138 matches in the European Cups, became Turkey's envoy to the west in soccer.
Oil Wrestling in Turkey is very popular and another national sport. Yagli Gures means literally oiled wrestling. Every year since 1640 Turkey’s wrestlers, men and boys, have gathered for their national championships on a grassy field held on Edirne. The wrestlers wear tight short leather trousers called "Kispet", made of water buffalo leather weighing approximately 13 kilograms, and they cover themselves with olive oil.
Eurosport's rugby expert Neil Back reminisces over winning the World Cup with England in Sydney four years ago and being on the pitch the moment that Jonny Wilkinson successfully kicked the winning drop goal.
The overriding feeling was one of relief. Fortunately I was playing in a great club side at Leicester and a great England team at the same time.
We'd won everything that a club can in the northern hemisphere. I knew it was going to be my last World Cup and my last chance to get that missing piece of the jigsaw.
We were ranked number one in the world and they made it hard for us Down Under. We got sledged all the way through: by the fans, by the media in the southern hemisphere.
When I passed the ball to Martin Johnson prior to Jonny Wilkinson's winning drop goal I was not worried. We had got to a stage, as a team, where everything was a tonic to us. People like our coach Clive Woodward and Martin Johnson and others in different areas got us to that final.
We didn't talk through putting Wilkinson back in the pocket. We just knew and there was a call for it. We got him in position to do what he does well and it was a bit of a surprise because we managed it before we thought we would be able to.
I was actually looking for Jonny to be honest. I saw Jonno though and knew how he can carry the ball so effectively, so I had no qualms about giving it to him.
In the lead-up to the World Cup was the only time there was a true club-country partnership. We had excellent preparation. I was in the best condition possible, as well were. We were the fittest team at that World Cup.
I had no doubts that England were going to win the tournament. I have an analogy to describe it, not a politically correct one these days perhaps: I felt like a suicide bomber. I felt that we were going to win at all costs, that nothing would put us off. It is not that we were arrogant. It is just that we were confident going into the competition: we were ranked number one in the world, we'd gone 17 or 18 games unbeaten having played everyone in the year before.
The dressing room was relaxed afterwards, perhaps not what people would expect. People were having their photographs taken with the trophy and congratulating the backroom staff.
Ever since we were knocked out in the 1999 World Cup in South Africa, we had lost only a handful of games, but we learnt the most from winning the Cup.
I didn't have my first celebratory beer until about 2am because of the celebrations, the obligatory press conference and couldn't get away - then the traffic in Sydney was horrendous.
My best memory was when there were no taxis and everywhere was manic. We had to walk through a sea of fans and there was a guy wearing an England shirt with Back on the back - I tapped him on the shoulder, he turned around and nearly died!
The loss of Wilkinson for the opening group match against the USA is a blow. Brian Ashton would like to get his combinations going and I would hope that he has picked the team he intends to field in the crucial game against South Africa.
The way they win against the USA could be a springboard into the Test with the Springboks, so it is absolutely crucial.
It is unlikely that Jonny will play all seven games because of his injury profile - and that means someone has to step up.
Galatasaray coach Karl Heinz Feldkamp has said he deicided not to take Argentinean midfielder Marcelo Carrusca to the club's training camp to be held in Switzerland and Germany. The German coach also dismissed rumors that defender Orhan Ak and midfielder Cihan Haspolatli would be sold.
Speaking to reporters during Galatasaray's training session on Friday, Feldkamp said Carrusca did not take his job seriously. “We will leave injured players in Istanbul, and he (Carrusca) has an injury. He will keep training here with one of our staff members who can speak English and Portuguese.”
Feldkamp said Carrusca, whom he sees as a son due to his age, was not taking his job seriously. “I would love him to immideately start training with the rest of the squad, but I think it will take time. If we werev in Germany, his contract would have been annulled after three months. He is too young, he should take it serious but he does not.” The German coach added Rigobert Song and Tomas had no problems but made-up stories in papers, mentioning a resemblance with striker Ümit Karan's supposed transfer to archrival Fenerbahçe.
When asked Galatasaray Football Company General Manager Adnan Sezgin's comments that Orhan's and Cihan's contracts would be annulled, Feldkamp said it was Sezgin's personal opinion. “If anyone wants to leave, we will think about it after the training camp. I am not saying this for just these two players, it is the same for all of them.”
In a two-week training camp in Switzerland and Germany, Galatarsay will compete for the title at a friendly tournament along with Young Boys, Anderlecht and Borussia Dortmund and will play friendlies against Cologne, Fortuna, Dusseldorf and Bochum.
Michael Rasmussen retained his lead in the Tour de France as Colombia's Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez won the Alpine stage to Briancon. The Barloworld rider crossed the line 38 seconds ahead of Alejandro Valverde after a 159.5km trek from Val-d'Isère that featured three major mountains.
Rasmussen finished sixth, just four seconds behind Valverde, and now leads the Spaniard by two minutes and 35 seconds on the general classification.
Soler made his move on the second of the climbs, the Col du Télégraphe, and then passed Mikel Astarloza, Yaroslav Popovych, Vladimir Gusev and Jose Ivan Gutierrez - part of an early six-man breakaway - on the Col du Galibier.
He reached the top of the 17.5km climb over two minutes ahead of Popovych and maintained his momentum on the 38km descent to the finish for South America's first stage win in seven years.
The action amongst the race favourites was once again limited until the final third of the Galibier when Valverde launched an attack which immediately distanced injury-plagued Alexandre Vinokourov.
Alberto Contador then sprinted clear of the elite bunch, with Cadel Evans setting off in pursuit, and the young Spaniard reached the summit of the final climb with over a minute's lead on Rasmussen's group.
However the Australian was caught on the long downhill stretch to the finish as were the Discovery duo of Popovych and Contador with around 5km to go leaving a bunch of 14 to contest the bonus seconds behind Soler.
Valverde nipped away to take the 12 bonus seconds as runner-up and he is now 2:35 behind the Danish race leader with Evans taking third to move up from sixth and fourth, just behind Iban Mayo who was fifth on the stage.
Contador is now fifth on GC but it was a bad day for Astana with Andreas Kloden set to take over as team leader after Andrey Kashechkin and Vinokourov finished in a group of 13, 3:24 behind. SPORTS FANS RESOURCES The Dalyan Newspaper
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