Trabzonspor

The Turkish Super Lig will assign foreign Video Assistant Referees (VARs) for crucial games until the end of the season, the Turkish Football Federation said on Friday.

Turkish Super League club Trabzonspor's six-match spectator ban has been reduced to four games after an appeal to the Turkish Football Federation.

Top-tier Trabzonspor was ordered to play six games without fans as punishment by the Turkish Federation for violent clashes on the field after a Superlig game against Fenerbahce.

Fenerbahce decided not to go through with their threat of withdrawing from the Turkish Super Lig on Tuesday.

Fans of Turkey's Trabzonspor stormed the pitch and brawled with security forces and players from visiting Fenerbahce after their team lost 3-2 on Sunday, in the latest incident in a league that has been marred by controversy this season.

Turkish side Istanbulspor walked off the pitch in protest at a refereeing decision in their Super Lig game against Trabzonspor on Tuesday.

RB Leipzig forward Alexander Sorloth was hit with a surprise this week after one of his Instagram posts was suddenly besieged by fans.

John Obi Mikel has left Trabzonspor days after saying he did not feel comfortable with games in the country being played despite the coronavirus.

While Europe's five major leagues have all been suspended amidst the ongoing coronavirus, African players were still in action in Turkey.

Daniel Sturridge has been suspended from all football-related activity until June 17 after he was found guilty of breaching betting rules.