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| Zenit St Petersburg coach Dick
Advocaat replaced suspended striker Pavel Pogrebnyak, the
competition's joint top-scorer, with Turkish forward Fatih Tekke
for the UEFA Cup final against Rangers on Wednesday.
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| Turkey coach Fatih Terim left
out veteran striker Hakan Sukur from a 26-man squad for a
training camp before next month's Euro 2008 finals.
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| Galatasaray won the Turkish
title for the 17th time on Saturday with a 2-0 win against
Genclerbirligi Oftas, wresting the championship back from their
Istanbul rivals Fenerbahce.
The victory in the final match of the season lifted
Galatasaray to 79 points, six ahead of second-placed Fenerbahce,
who lost 2-0 at Trabzonspor.
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| Kayserispor won the Turkish Cup
final by beating Genclerbirligi 11-10 in a penalty shootout on
Wednesday to earn a place in next season's UEFA Cup after a
lacklustre final had finished goalless in normal time.
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Turkish striker Nihat Kahveci scored twice to give Villarreal a 2-0 victory at home to Getafe that meant Real Madrid will have to win away at Osasuna if they are to pocket their 31st league title on Sunday. |
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Turkish striker Nihat Kahveci scored twice to give Villarreal a 2-0 victory at home to Getafe that meant Real Madrid will have to win away at Osasuna if they are to pocket their 31st league title on Sunday. |
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| Galatasaray took a big step
towards their 17th Turkish title on Sunday, beating third-placed
Sivasspor 5-3, while Istanbul rivals Fenerbahce stayed in the
race with a 3-2 win against Genclerbirligi.
With one game remaining, the victory left Galatasaray on 76
points, ahead of Fenerbahce on 73 points, while Sivasspor
remained on 70 points.
Reigning champions Fenerbahce will need to win their final
game away at Trabzonspor and hope Galatasaray lose their game at
home to Genclerbirligi Oftas next week to have a chance of
retaining the title.
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| Turkish striker Nihat Kahveci
scored twice to give Villarreal a 2-0 victory at home to Getafe
that meant Real Madrid will have to win away at Osasuna if they
are to pocket their 31st league title on Sunday.
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| Fenerbahce coach Zico has
called for an end to restrictions on the number of foreign
players at Turkish clubs after Chelsea knocked his side out of
the Champions League.
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| (Corrects paragraph 10, removing reference to Fenerbahce
being first Turkish side in quarter-finals)
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