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Category: 8. Sports
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Oleksandr Usyk starts boxing heavyweight title week with focus on war in Ukraine
LONDON – World heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk kicked off the big fight build-up in London on July 14 with a focus on war in his native Ukraine rather than anything he might face in the ring.
The unbeaten 38-year-old Ukrainian boxer…
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Gymnast Illia Kovtun switches from Ukraine to Croatia after winning Olympic silver
Illia Kovtun has switched nationality to Croatia after winning Ukraine’s lone gymnastics medal at the Paris Olympics.
He will be eligible to return to international competition in July 2026, according to the Croatian gymnastics federation. During…
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Gymnast Kovtun changed his sports citizenship — at the 2024 Olympics he won silver for Ukraine
Gymnast Ilya Kovtun, who won a silver medal for Ukraine at the 2024 Olympics, officially changed his sports citizenship from Ukrainian to Croatian on July 11.
This was reported by the International Gymnastics Federation…
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Shakhtar Ilves – Match score and goal video
On Thursday, July 10, Shakhtar faced Ilves in the first qualifying round of the Europa League. The match was considered a home game for the Ukrainian side but took place at the “Stožice” stadium in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
This match…
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Dynamo has long left Ukraine — what is known
Dynamo will spend almost a month and a half in Poland
It’s Time for the Kyivans to pack their bags, as ‘Dynamo’ is heading to Poland for an extended training camp. Aleksandr Shovkovskyi’s team will prepare and play…
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Ukraine protests inclusion of Russian athletes with military ranks as neutrals
KYIV – Ukraine’s Fencing Federation (NFFU) is considering unspecified legal action after the sport’s global governing body confirmed that three athletes would compete as ‘neutrals’ at this month’s World Championships.
The NFFU has insisted…
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Fencing-Ukraine protests inclusion of Russian athletes with military ranks as neutrals
Ukraine’s Fencing Federation (NFFU) is considering unspecified legal action after the sport’s global governing body confirmed that three athletes would compete as ‘neutrals’ at this month’s World Championships that the NFFU say have Russian…
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Ukraine called for the suspension of “neutral” Russian judokas from participating in the XXXII Summer World University Games
The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, and the Judo Federation of Ukraine called on IOC President Kirsty Coventry, the heads of the International University Sports Federation and the International…
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