Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk pictured after wining the WBA, WBC, WBO, IBO World Heavyweight championship contest against British boxer Tyson Fury at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Nick Potts/PA Wire/dpa
Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
Category: 8. Sports
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Mykhailo Mudryk doping test ‘a dagger to the heart of Ukrainian football’
It was only six months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when, on a balmy September evening in eastern Germany, I came across Mykhailo Mudryk shortly after midnight.
This was September 2022 and Mudryk was by then an emerging talent for the…
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World Athletics condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but says no plans to move World Indoors or Race Walking Champs just yet
World Athletics condemns Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but says no plans to move World Indoors or Race Walking Champs just yet
World Athletics has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine but said, for…
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Ukraine’s Serhii Bohachuk stars on Usyk vs. Fury 2 card with war on his mind, hope in his heart
Serhii Bohachuk represents his native Ukraine for his co-feature bout against Ishmael Davis on the Usyk-Fury 2 card. (Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images)
(Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy via Getty Images)
Serhii Bohachuk’s mind was made up in February…
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Fifa regrets Ukraine map error at 2026 World Cup qualifiers draw
Fifa says it “sincerely regrets” that a map shown during the 2026 World Cup qualifying draw appeared to exclude Crimea as part of Ukraine.
The graphic – showing countries that cannot be drawn to play each other for geopolitical reasons -…
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Chelsea and Ukraine star footballer Mykhailo Mudryk fails drugs test | Football News
The London-based club confirms the 23-year-old tests positive for a banned substance.
Chelsea player Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a doping test, the Premier League club says, as reports state the Ukraine international has been provisionally…
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Lithuanian Athlete Disqualified for Anti-Russia Shirt at Budapest Fitness Championships
The Super Worlds 2024 – Functional Fitness Championships were held in Budapest this weekend. However, it was not the sporting performances that captured international attention. A member of the Lithuanian team, Kornelija Dūdaitė, was…
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FIFA apologizes to Ukraine soccer body for Crimea map error at 2026 World Cup draw
ZURICH (AP) — FIFA apologized to the Ukrainian soccer federation for displaying a map during its World Cup qualifying draw that excluded Russia-occupied Crimea from the country’s territory.
“We fully…
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FIFA offers ‘regret’ to Ukraine over map controversy at draw
Generate Key TakeawaysFootball’s world governing body FIFA says it…
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FIFA faces backlash over ‘unacceptable’ map of Ukraine that appeared to omit Crimea
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FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, is facing backlash over a map it showed of Ukraine.
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The map appeared to show Ukraine without Crimea as part of it.
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A spokesperson for Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry demanded a public apology from FIFA.
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