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Denmark national team captain Christian Eriksen lost consciousness during the match. The game was suspended, the player regained consciousness and was hospitalized.
Unknown individuals deliberately scattered metal shavings during the cycling stage of the Ironman European Championship in Hamburg in the Kirchwerder area. Up to 150 athletes suffered punctured tires, with some sustaining cuts — however, the competition continued.
Pope Francis will support the USA at the 2026 World Cup — but only because Peru failed to qualify. He formulated his allegiance to Real Madrid through a split between two identities: as Pope and simply as Robert Prevost.
The United States issued visas to players of Iran's national team but denied visas to 14 staff members, including federation president Mehdi Taj, who was previously banned from entering the country in December. Secretary of State Rubio directly named the reason: links to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Wisla President Jaroslaw Krulewski announced that the club will not take on the organization of Shakhtar's European cup matches. The stadium remains the same — Reyman, but the logistics and responsibility now rest entirely with the Donetsk club.
Ukraine suffers another defeat in third round: takes 14th place and prepares for match against France.
Messi's left hamstring tendon, injured on May 24 in the match against Philadelphia Union, is no longer keeping him completely sidelined from the national team. However, the distance between "partial training" and "starting on June 16" is still something Argentina's medical staff has yet to overcome.
Defender Alexander Romanchuk left a signed pennant by the bed of serviceman Sergiy Volkov, who missed the national team's visit while sleeping. The footballer himself helped identify the signature by responding on social media.
After losing to the USA in their opening match, Ukrainian women's volleyball team defeated Germany in five sets — and this is only their second match in their debut participation in the world's most prestigious annual volleyball tournament.
Ukraine's national team reached the European mini-football championship final for the first time in history — and lost to two-time champion Azerbaijan with a score of 0:2. The defeat stings, but the path to it is unprecedented.
Maia Kvalinska defeated Diana Schnyder 7:6, 6:4 to become the first female qualifier in the singles draw of Roland Garros to reach the final in the entire Open Era. On Sunday, she will play against Mirra Andreeeva.
Marta Kostyuk lost to Mirra Andreeva 1:6, 3:6 and exited the French Open in the semifinals. The match took place — but the question of what "neutral" means for a tennis player from an aggressor country does not erase the court.
Julia Levchenko won the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku with a result of 1.97m while battling illness for a week. Days before the competition, she publicly acknowledged struggling with food poisoning. This is her second gold medal of the season and a sign of her genuine return to elite level competition.
Ukraine winger Oleksandr Zubkov has signed a four-year contract with AEK Athens — a club that just won the Greek championship and secured a spot in the qualifying rounds of the 2026/27 Champions League. The transfer cost 4 million euros plus bonuses, making it one of the five most expensive purchases in the history of the Athenian club.
By crushing Hungary, the silver medalist of the world championship, 5:1, Ukraine advanced to its first Euro final in futsal. The final will take place on June 4 at 21:30 in Bratislava.
Alexander Usyk has published a video of his gameplay in Counter-Strike 2 under the nickname UNDISPUTED. This is not the first time: even before his rematch with Dubois in July 2025, he played CS2 with esports professionals between training sessions.
# Hollywood Actor and WBC President Give Opposite Assessments of One Referee and One Stoppage Between them — an appeal by Verhoeven and judge's scorecards, where the Dutchman was leading on points.
On June 14, the first professional sporting event in the White House's 226-year history will take place on the South Lawn — and the convergence of three dates in it is no coincidence.
Vladimir Brazhko has been called up to the national team to replace injured Yegor Yarmolyuk. Under the circumstances, this is more than a mere administrative formality: the Dynamo player is getting a chance at his debut call-up under the new coach.
World Aquatics, the International Wrestling Federation and several other organizations have lifted restrictions on athletes from Russia and Belarus — they will now compete under their own flags. Ukraine's Ministry of Youth and Sports qualifies this as a betrayal of the Olympic Charter; the Ukrainian water polo team has already received a technical loss for refusing to play against Russians.
The Executive Committee of the European Gymnastics Federation on May 21 lifted all restrictions on athletes from Russia and Belarus, following World Gymnastics. As early as August, the Russian national anthem will sound at the European Championship in Zagreb.
Kyle Busch died of sepsis at age 41 — at a time when NASCAR was still waiting for him at the start line of the Coca-Cola 600. His last victory and his last silence tell us about the sport no less than the obituaries do.
Messi walked into the tunnel holding his left thigh after the 73rd minute of the match against Philadelphia. He still has not confirmed his participation in the 2026 World Cup — and this injury could turn a conditional "yes" into "no."
The first boxing match in history near the pyramids ended in a technical knockout in the 11th round. Verhoeven — the strongest kickboxer of his generation — went the distance for most of the bout and fell literally seconds before the bell.
During Easter, the Retroville shopping center turned into a true arena of character. The open city championship of Kyiv in tug-of-war brought together teams from Kyiv, Kyiv region, Lviv and Odesa — and showed that this sport is much more than just a test of strength.
On May 9 in Newark, Yaroslav Amosov will face Spanish fighter Joel Alvarez as part of UFC 328. For the fighter who left his career in 2022 to defend his native city, this bout is the next step toward a championship belt that he never lost in Bellator.
The women's team of Irpin Lyceum No. 3 won at the IV regional stage of "Shoulder to Shoulder" and secured a ticket to the all-Ukrainian final. The city that halted the advance on Kyiv in 2022 now sends its athletes to compete against teams from across the country.
Athletes of the "Vulkan" club returned from the Kiev Open Cup with 15 medals. Two years after the de-occupation, the team has become one of the most consistent youth taekwondo squads in the Kyiv region.
33 athletes — and first place among all clubs in the country. "Reforma" has turned what looked like a regional ambition into a national achievement.
The Kotsiubynske Youth Sports School team (girls born in 2011–2012) won silver medals in the second league of the Ukrainian futsal championship — a result that reflects the systematic work of the coach and the community and is significant for the development of regional sport.