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PARIS (AFP) - UEFA announced that next week's Champions League Group D tie between Turkish side Galatasaray and Italy's Juventus has been postponed until December 2 because of security fears.
European football's governing body said that the decision was taken following Thursday's suicide bomb attacks against British interests in Istanbul which killed 26 people and injured 450.
The UEFA Cup second round second-leg tie between Israel's Maccabi Haifa and Spanish side Valencia, due to take place next Thursday at the Alsancak Stadium in Izmir, has also been postponed.
The new date and venue for the match, which was moved to Turkey because of security concerns in Israel, has yet to be fixed.
"UEFA has decided to postpone the most imminent matches coming up in UEFA competitions in Turkey next week, given the seriousness of the incidents that took place in Istanbul this morning and the current confusion on the ground," said UEFA's director of competition operations, Jacob Erel.
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