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GS Cafe Crown caught in act
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Galatasaray Café Crown was caught red-handed after it was discovered that the İstanbul side fielded suspended player Cemal Nalga by making him wear the No. 7 jersey of injured player Tufan Ersöz during two warm-up matches in Europe.
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When the scandal broke out, the Galatasaray club management held an emergency meeting and decided to sack the administrative and technical personnel in the men’s basketball branch. The Turkish Basketball Federation sent a notice to Galatasaray demanding an urgent verbal explanation from the club and the team’s head coach as well as Cemal Nalga. The Galatasaray basketball team faces very severe penalties, including being relegated to lower division if these claims are proven. Nalga was suspended for five matches for punching an opponent during the match against Cibona Zagreb on Sept. 16. After the league match on Oct. 17 at İstanbul’s Abdi İpekçi Sports Arena, Oyak Renault complained to the federation that Nalga’s five-match suspension was still under way. In response, the federation rejected the complaint, listing the five matches in which Nalga had not played on its Web site, and the matches included those against the Skyliners on Sept. 24 and Ludwigsburg on Sept. 25. According to evidence provided on the Web site of Ludwigsburg, Nalga’s name was not on the list while the photos and videos showed that he was there wearing Ersöz’s No. 7 jersey.
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