Category: 8. Sports

On 12 April a new club played its first game in Russia’s football pyramid. A healthy enough crowd gathered at Novokolor Arena in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, 20 miles from the border with Ukraine’s occupied territories, encouraged by a slick buildup…

The Ukrainian women’s ice hockey team guaranteed their place in Division IIB of the World Championship for next year thanks to a victory over Belgium in the fourth round. This was reported by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, according to…

A new direction for supporting people with disabilities and war victims should appear in Ukraine – it is about “adaptive sports”. The Verkhovna Rada adopted the relevant bill as a basis. This was reported on Telegram by People’s Deputy Oleksiy…

The WTA has emphasised its position in opposing Russia’s invasion and maintaining its support of Ukrainian athletes.

“From the outset, the WTA has been steadfast and clear in its condemnation of Russia’s war on Ukraine and the actions of the…

Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko said she has initiated legal action against the WTA alleging “moral abuse” from an unnamed executive of the elite women’s tour which led to panic attacks and hampered her career.

Tsurenko, who has talked…

* Events in Ukraine cast shadow over Paralympics * Putin to attend opening of Games in Sochi By Alexei Anishchuk SOCHI, Russia, March 7 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Paralympic chief said on Friday his team would quit the Winter Paralympic Games if…

Artem Dovbyk did not take part in the latest training session with the Ukraine national team.

The Roma striker – currently away on international duty – is questionable ahead of tomorrow’s clash with…

Ukraine great Andrii Shevchenko failed to win election to the UEFA executive committee on Thursday, the day Russia formally ceded its seat on the decision-making body of European soccer.

Shevchenko, the former AC Milan star and 2004 Ballon d’Or…

PARENTS stare nervously at the sky, scanning it for Russian drones as their children practise penalties during football training.

But distant artillery fire brings an abrupt end to spot kicks for the U12 girls’ team of Krystal Kherson FC in

Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk has called out the US Open for using a Russian flag in a social media post relating to her…