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Türkiye's Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran on Friday to attend funeral ceremonies for late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, saying Ankara "deeply shares the pain" of the Iranian people and pledging to support regional stability efforts.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the Islamabad MoU takes immediate effect, with Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and the US lifting its naval blockade ahead of Friday's official signing ceremony in Switzerland.Fidan told the prestigious MGIMO university — which counts Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov among its alumni — that the honor recognized the deep bond between Türkiye and Russia, calling diplomacy the only effective tool for resolving regional disputes amid shifting global power dynamics and warning against strategic miscalculation during the transition to a multipolar order.Türkiye's national team is focused on securing a crucial victory against Paraguay in its second Group D match as it seeks to recover from an opening defeat to Australia. Goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır said "the first match was not a final" and the team still has six points to play for.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he welcomes the agreement reached between Washington and Tehran as an important development for regional stability, urging all parties to refrain from rhetoric and actions that could escalate tensions until the official signing ceremony scheduled for June 19 in Switzerland.

Türkiye's Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran on Friday to attend funeral ceremonies for late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, saying Ankara "deeply shares the pain" of the Iranian people and pledging to support regional stability efforts.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the Islamabad MoU takes immediate effect, with Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz and the US lifting its naval blockade ahead of Friday's official signing ceremony in Switzerland.Fidan told the prestigious MGIMO university — which counts Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov among its alumni — that the honor recognized the deep bond between Türkiye and Russia, calling diplomacy the only effective tool for resolving regional disputes amid shifting global power dynamics and warning against strategic miscalculation during the transition to a multipolar order.Türkiye's national team is focused on securing a crucial victory against Paraguay in its second Group D match as it seeks to recover from an opening defeat to Australia. Goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır said "the first match was not a final" and the team still has six points to play for.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he welcomes the agreement reached between Washington and Tehran as an important development for regional stability, urging all parties to refrain from rhetoric and actions that could escalate tensions until the official signing ceremony scheduled for June 19 in Switzerland.

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Cypriot 1st Division Standings

2025/2026 Season
			Teams		Form Status	O	G	B	M	AG	YG	AV	P
1			Omonia			26	19	4	3	63	17	46	61

2			AEK Larnaca			26	16	5	5	49	22	27	53

3			Apollon Limassol			26	16	5	5	36	22	14	53

4			Pafos FC			26	16	3	7	53	24	29	51

5			APOEL Nicosia			26	13	6	7	45	27	18	45

Championship Group
			Teams		Form Status	O	G	B	M	AG	YG	AV	P
1			Omonia			36	27	6	3	88	24	64	87

2			AEK Larnaca			36	20	9	7	62	33	29	69

3			Apollon Limassol			36	20	7	9	52	41	11	67

4			Pafos FC			36	18	8	10	66	38	28	62

5			APOEL Nicosia			36	15	7	14	53	45	8	52

Relegation Group
			Teams		Form Status	O	G	B	M	AG	YG	AV	P
1			Anorthosis			33	11	12	10	35	40	-5	45

2			AEL Limassol			33	13	5	15	41	46	-5	44

3			T T D W W Omonia Aradippou		T T D W W	33	12	6	15	31	42	-11	42

4			W T T D T Krasava Ypsonas		W T T D T	33	11	7	15	36	44	-8	40

5			D D W W W Olympiakos Nicosia		D D W W W	33	10	10	13	32	44	-12	40

Cypriot 1st Division Standings

APOEL Nicosia Squad

	Player	Nationality	Position	Jersey No	Age	Goals	Assist	Y.Card	R.Card
1	Dimitris Ioannou		Attacker	86	19	0	0	0	0
2	Konstantinos Poursaitidis		Attacker	21	20	1	0	2	0
3	Yaw Appiah		Attacker	36	20	0	0	0	0
4	Stefan Drazic		Attacker	9	34	11	0	2	0
5	Peter Olayinka		Attacker	99	31	2	0	3	0
6	Dimitrios Diamantakos		Attacker	18	33	1	0	1	0
7	Gabriel Maioli		Attacker	11	23	2	0	3	1
8	Nikolas Koutsakos		Attacker	89	23	6	0	3	0
9	Pieros Sotiriou		Attacker	79	33	7	0	1	0
10	Marquinhos		Midfielder	10	29	2	0	5	0
11	Geovane Meurer		Midfielder	38	24	2	0	1	0
12	Christos Karanatsios		Midfielder	25	22	0	0	0	0
13	Diego Rosa		Midfielder	29	24	2	0	7	0
14	Daniel Mancini		Midfielder	77	30	2	0	4	0
15	Max Meyer		Midfielder	7	31	0	0	3	0
16	Dalcio Gomes		Midfielder	20	30	1	0	3	0
17	Nikolas Achilleas Lysandrou		Midfielder	33	19	0	0	0	0
18	Georgios Tziortzis		Midfielder	92	19	0	0	0	0
19	Konstantinos Giannakou		Midfielder	45	21	0	0	0	0
20	Stratos Voniatis		Midfielder	91	17	0	0	0	0
21	Marios Filippidis		Midfielder	84	17	0	0	0	0
22	Stavros Georgiou		Midfielder	70	22	0	0	0	0
23	Panagiotis Kattirtzis		Midfielder	23	20	0	0	0	0
24	Nanu		Defender	14	32	0	0	5	0
25	Milos Degenek		Defender	5	32	1	0	2	0
26	Franz Brorsson		Defender	31	30	0	0	5	0
27	Konstantinos Stafylidis		Defender	3	33	0	0	3	0
28	Vitor Meer		Defender	6	22	0	0	5	0
29	Konstantinos Laifis		Defender	34	33	4	0	5	1
30	Irodotos Orfanidis		Defender	83	18	0	0	0	0
31	Andreas Angelides		Defender	41	19	0	0	0	0
32	Evagoras Antoniou		Defender	2	24	0	0	1	0
33	Andreas Christodoulou		Goalkeeper	22	29	0	0	0	0
34	Savvas Michos		Goalkeeper	78	19	0	0	0	0
35	Vid Belec		Goalkeeper	27	36	0	0	1	1
36	Yigal Becker		Goalkeeper	99	27	0	0	0	0
37	Gabriel Pereira		Goalkeeper	1	24	0	0	2	0
38	Mathias Tomas		Midfielder	15	25	4	0	7	0

Cypriot 1st Division Goal King

	Player		Position	Match	Goals
1	S.Drazic		Attacker	31	11
2	P.Sotiriou		Attacker	11	7
3	N.Koutsakos		Attacker	30	6
4	K.Laifis		Defender	30	4
5	M.Tomas		Midfielder	34	4
6	P.Olayinka		Attacker	15	2
7	G.Maioli		Attacker	14	2

Cypriot 1st Division Detailed Top Scorers

Cypriot 1st Division Assist Kingdom

	Player		Position	Match	Assist
1	Dimitris Ioannou		Attacker	0	0
2	Konstantinos Poursaitidis		Attacker	16	0
3	Yaw Appiah		Attacker	3	0
4	Stefan Drazic		Attacker	31	0
5	Peter Olayinka		Attacker	15	0
6	Dimitrios Diamantakos		Attacker	18	0
7	Gabriel Maioli		Attacker	14	0

Cypriot 1st Division Detailed Assist Kingdom

Cypriot 1st Division Red Card Statistics

	Player		Position	Match		Yellow Kart
1	Diego Rosa		Midfielder	30		7
2	Mathias Tomas		Midfielder	34		7
3	Marquinhos		Midfielder	20		5
4	Nanu		Defender	35		5
5	Franz Brorsson		Defender	28		5
6	Vitor Meer		Defender	22		5
7	Konstantinos Laifis		Defender	30		5

Cypriot 1st Division Detailed Yellow Card Statistics

Cypriot 1st Division Red Card Statistics

	Player		Position	Match		Red Card
1	Gabriel Maioli		Attacker	14		1
2	Konstantinos Laifis		Defender	30		1
3	Vid Belec		Goalkeeper	21		1
4	Dimitris Ioannou		Attacker	0		0
5	Konstantinos Poursaitidis		Attacker	16		0
6	Yaw Appiah		Attacker	3		0
7	Stefan Drazic		Attacker	31		0

Cypriot 1st Division Detailed Red Card Statistics