Rebuilding the Ukrainian Premier Liha—once ranked among Europe’s top dozen leagues—will take time, investment, and most of all, peace. For now, football mirrors the...
Tag - Ukrainian Football
Beyond the world of sports, the visibility of Ukraine’s footballers is crucial in raising awareness of the country’s struggles. Ukrainian footballers have...
Ukraine’s under-21s reached the semi-finals of the European Championships, qualifying, in the process, for next year’s Olympic Games. As the Russian invasion...
The birthplace of Ukrainian football, Lviv may soon have a team back in the country’s top division. In football, certain narratives seize the collective...
Footballers may currently be Ukraine’s top export to the UK, but a ruling last month by the Court of Arbitration for Sport means the country’s clubs will...
Ukraine’s football clubs are doing all they can to be more Ukrainian. Except one. Russia’s expanded invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022 brought an...
Ukraine’s football championship restarts next week, while on Saturday the country’s world heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk defends his titles...
Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine’s most successful football club since independence, continues to live in exile, with little hope of returning home anytime soon. Just over a...
Was revenue from smuggling used to finance the swift rise of a Ukrainian football team from obscurity to the country’s highest tier? A fresh corruption scandal has...
A football team from the Ukrainian town of Rivne is set for an IPO: the first in the country for 15 years. Besides providing a boost for the country’s stock...
Ukrainian football has a glorious past and considerable pedigree, but its domestic league is in trouble. When Andriy Shevchenko won the Champions League with Milan in...