Category: 8. Sports

Early on the morning of Jan. 31, 2018, snowboarder Alena Zavarzina was with a group of Russian athletes at the Sports Ministry in Moscow. It was a few days before their departure for the Winter Olympics in South Korea. They were driven out of the…

PARIS (AP) — The head of Ukraine’s Olympic delegation touted the limited numbers of Russian athletes at the Paris Olympics — who must compete as neutrals — as war between the two countries grinds…

Fencer Olga Kharlan claimed a first medal for Ukraine at the Paris…

Fencer Olga Kharlan has won Ukraine’s first medal at the Paris Olympics, taking bronze in the women’s individual saber event on July 29.

The 33-year-old beat South Korea’s Choi Se-bin 15-14 in a fiercely contested match.

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Kharlan made…

Ukraine lobbied to exclude Russia

At least 487 Ukrainian athletes and coaches have been killed over the course of the war, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Youth and Sports, while many have been seriously wounded. Runner Yana Stepanenko…

Ukraine’s football team won its second game at the Olympic Games in Paris on July 27, beating Morocco 2:1. This is the country’s first ever victory in football at the Olympics.

Ukraine lost its first match to Iraq earlier this week. After two…

142 Ukrainian athletes will compete representing Ukraine at Paris 2024 Olympics from July 26 to August 11. Among them are both rising stars and Olympic champions excelling in 26 out of 32 sports, including break dancing, which has its debut at…

Inside Ukraine’s ministry of youth and sports stands a solemn memorial, displayed along a section of wall, displaying the names of athletes and coaches at various levels who have died during Russia’s full-scale invasion. It was unveiled in…

Audiences from across the world tuning into the Olympics kicking off with this Friday’s opening ceremony in Paris should, as they enjoy the show, be conscious of why Ukraine will not be fully represented this summer – and at…