Dayana Yastremska: Ukraine tennis player wants to win for her country
Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska has reached the Lyon Open quarter-finals less than a week after escaping Russian bomb attacks on her home city of Odessa.
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WTA roundup: No. 3 seed Viktorija Golubic stages rally in Lyon
No. 3 seed Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland rallied for a 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 win in her first-round match against Japanese alternate Mai Hontama on Wednesday at the Open 6eme Sens Metropole in Lyon, France.
Shakhtar Donetsk Defender Viktor Kornienko Joins Ukrainian Army In Fight Against Russia
The 23-year-old full-back, who has made two appearances for Ukraine after making his international debut last year against the Czech Republic, is the latest person from the world of sport to fight on the frontline.
Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska claims emotional win in Lyon WTA event
tennis player Dayana Yastremska, who fled from her home country last week, saved two match points to win a gruelling match at the WTA event in Lyon on Tuesday. The 21-year-old, who was awarded a wildcard for the tournament before Ukraine was invaded by Russia, beat Romania's Ana Bogdan 3-6, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (9/7) after over three hours on court in the first round. Yastremska fell to the ground in tears after finally securing victory on her fourth match point, before a warm embrace with Bogdan at the net. She celebrated in front of the crowd with a Ukrainian flag draped around her shoulders. "I've never played such a match before in my life, with so much stress," said Yastremska, who has won three WTA titles but none since May 2019.
WTA roundup: Ukraine's Elina Svitolina wins Monterrey opener
Top-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, wearing her national colors of blue and yellow, won on "a special night for me," beating Russia's Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-1 on Tuesday in the first round of the Abierto GNP Seguros in Monterrey, Mexico.
Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska says her heart is at home after win in France
Dayana Yastremska draped herself in the Ukrainian flag after winning her opening match at the WTA tournament in Lyon four days after fleeing the war in her homeland.
UEFA awards €1 million to charity initiatives focused on helping Ukrainian children
The UEFA Foundation for Children will grant €1 million (US$1.11 million) to charity initiatives focusing on children in Ukraine affected by Russia's invasion, the president of European soccer's governing body, Aleksander Ceferin, said on Tuesday.
War in Ukraine: Increased NATO presence in Romania is 'legitimate', FM says
Romania, which shares a border with Ukraine, is seeing thousands of people arrive there after fleeing the fighting in Ukraine. Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu said that more than 130,000 Ukrainians have entered Romania since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and at least 40,000 of them have stayed in the country.