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Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk wins WBO title

The fight took place on Sept. 17 in Polish city Gdansk. Usyk outpointed previously unbeaten Polish boxer Krzysztof Glowacki in a 12-round unanimous …
Maria Romanenko

Ukraine Today: Ukrainian Paralympians beat their own score and win 92 medals

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Ukraine Today

Reuters: Kyiv to host 2018 Champions League final

The 70,000-capacity stadium, which staged the final of the 2012 European Championship, was chosen at a UEFA executive committee meeting in …
Reuters

BBC: Ukraine’s Paralympic success – what’s the secret?

But there is one country that, while producing its worst ever performance at the Rio Olympics last month, becomes a world superpower once the …
BBC

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Sixty-year-old Ukrainian volleyballer returns to Paralympics (VIDEO)

At age 60, Petro Ostrynskiy is his country’s oldest Paralympian. Before heading to Rio, he and Ukraine’s men’s sitting volleyball team shared their …
Interns

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Global doping regulator says main database attacked by Russian hackers

The agency, known as WADA, said on Sept. 13 that the database, which contains a confidential listing of medical submissions made by athletes around …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Ukrainian Paralympians on course to outdo their Olympic counterparts

Bogodaiko’s winning time of 1:10.55 was 0.23 seconds ahead of current world and Paralympic record holder Jonathon Fox of Great Britain. The win …
Rahim Rahemtulla

Ukrainian team wins 9 awards, including one gold on first day of Rio Paralympics

“I congratulate Ukrainian Paralympians with their first gold in Rio! Yevhen Bogodaiko has won in 100 meter breaststroke. All in all, our boys and …
Interfax-Ukraine

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: World title rematch set between British, Ukrainian heavyweights

Fury, 28, of Britain beat the Ukrainian in a shock win on points to take the WBA, WBO, and IBF titles in Dusseldorf last November. Read more here.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

BBC: Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko rematch date confirmed

British world champion Fury, 28, claimed the WBO, WBA and IBF belts from the 40-year-old Ukrainian in November 2015, but pulled out of a July rematch …
BBC

Reuters: Iceland survive missed penalty and hold Ukraine away

The visitors, who captured the imagination of millions of spectators by reaching the Euro 2016 quarter-finals, began where they had left off in France …
Reuters

Newsweek: Putin grants citizenship to Ukrainian gymnast and draughts champion

Darya Tkatchenko, 32, who was born in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, was granted Russian citizenship by presidential decree on Sept. 1 and will …
Newsweek

Associated Press: Four athletes stripped of medals from 2008 Beijing Games

A total of six athletes were sanctioned on August 31 by the International Olympic Committee based on reanalysis of their samples with improved …
Associated Press

Ukraine Today: Ukrainians on the run

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Ukraine Today

Deutsche Welle: Transfer market – Schalke swoop for Ukraine winger Konoplyanka

Schalke did not immediately publish details of the deal but German media reported Konoplyanka, 26, would be joining on loan, at least initially. Read …
Deutsche Welle

Associated Press: Svitolina beats Larsson to move into Connecticut Open final

The match began with three consecutive service breaks before the 21-year-old Svitolina found her touch and took control. Read more here.
Associated Press

Reuters: UEFA keeps it in the family as Champions League changed

From 2018/19 season, the top four European leagues – currently Spain, Germany, England and Italy – will each be guaranteed four places in the group …
Reuters

Ukrainian athletes win three medals as Olympics near end

With one day of competition left at the games, Ukrainian athlete Pavlo Tymoshchenko won a silver medal in the men’s individual modern pentathlon, …
Denys Krasnikov
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