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Besiktas Fans Throw Toys on Field for Children Affected by Earthquake

Fans throw toys onto the pitch during the Turkish Super League soccer match between Besiktas and Antalyaspor at the Vodafone stadium in Istanbul, Türkiye, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (AP)
Fans throw toys onto the pitch during the Turkish Super League soccer match between Besiktas and Antalyaspor at the Vodafone stadium in Istanbul, Türkiye, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (AP)
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Besiktas Fans Throw Toys on Field for Children Affected by Earthquake

Fans throw toys onto the pitch during the Turkish Super League soccer match between Besiktas and Antalyaspor at the Vodafone stadium in Istanbul, Türkiye, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (AP)
Fans throw toys onto the pitch during the Turkish Super League soccer match between Besiktas and Antalyaspor at the Vodafone stadium in Istanbul, Türkiye, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (AP)

Besiktas fans threw thousands of stuffed toys onto the pitch during Sunday's match against Antalyaspor to donate to children impacted by the earthquake in Türkiye and neighboring Syria.

The Turkish Super Lig game, which ended 0-0, was paused after 4 minutes and 17 seconds to allow fans to throw the gifts onto the pitch. The earthquake first struck Türkiye at 0417 local time on Feb. 6.

"Our fans threw scarves, berets and plush toys on the ground of Vodafone Park to be given as a gift to the children in the earthquake region to cheer them up," Besiktas said in a club statement.

The death toll from the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria has crossed 50,000. Ghana winger Christian Atsu was among the victims, having been found dead on Feb. 18 under the building where he lived in southern Türkiye.

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Djokovic and Kyrgios Lose in Doubles at Brisbane International

Novak Djokovic (R) of Serbia and Nick Kyrgios (L) of Australia react during their doubles match against Nikola Mektic of Croatia and Michael Venus of New Zealand at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Queensland Tennis Center in Brisbane, Australia, 01 January 2025. EPA/JONO SEARLE
Novak Djokovic (R) of Serbia and Nick Kyrgios (L) of Australia react during their doubles match against Nikola Mektic of Croatia and Michael Venus of New Zealand at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Queensland Tennis Center in Brisbane, Australia, 01 January 2025. EPA/JONO SEARLE
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Djokovic and Kyrgios Lose in Doubles at Brisbane International

Novak Djokovic (R) of Serbia and Nick Kyrgios (L) of Australia react during their doubles match against Nikola Mektic of Croatia and Michael Venus of New Zealand at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Queensland Tennis Center in Brisbane, Australia, 01 January 2025. EPA/JONO SEARLE
Novak Djokovic (R) of Serbia and Nick Kyrgios (L) of Australia react during their doubles match against Nikola Mektic of Croatia and Michael Venus of New Zealand at the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Queensland Tennis Center in Brisbane, Australia, 01 January 2025. EPA/JONO SEARLE

The new doubles team of Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios are out of the Brisbane International in the second round, The Associated Press reported.
The pair, granted a wild-card entry by tournament organizers, lost 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 Wednesday to the top-seeded team of Nikola Mektic of Croatia and New Zealander Michael Venus.
A Djokovic double-fault with the duo leading 8-6 in the match tiebreak was key to the defeat as they lost the last four points of the match.
“Incredible,” Mektic told the sold-out crowd. “I was very happy when I saw them, I could play them on the first of January. It’s an amazing feeling to start the year like this and we knew there would be points like that against players like this.”
Djokovic and Kyrgios won their opening doubles match, a crowd-pleasing, fist-pumping affair by both players at Pat Rafter Arena.
Kyrgios lost his opening singles match on Tuesday after an 18-month absence from the tour due to injuries. Djokovic won his first singles match on the same day and will next play Gael Monfils, who he has a 19-0 record against.