Ukrainian Premier League match halted four times by air raid sirens and takes over four hours to complete
By Ben Morse and Matt Foster, CNN
Andriy Pavelko Sport News
Ukraine soccer league set for new season as country defies Russian war
Under threat of Russian attacks in a war that stopped all soccer in Ukraine in February, a new league season starts Tuesday in Kyiv with the goal of restoring some sense of normal life.
Shakhtar train amid air raid sirens as Ukraine league prepares for restart - in pictures
Shakhtar Donetsk players ran out on to the pitch between air raid sirens for their final training session on Monday before Ukraine begins a new season of their national league.
Ukraine set to restart soccer league as war rages on
Shakhtar Donetsk's players ran out onto the pitch for their final training session on Monday before Ukraine begins an extraordinary new season of its national soccer league. As Ukrainian soldiers battle Russian forces in the east and south, Shakhtar are due to play Metalist 1925 from the embattled eastern city of Kharkiv in the opening game of Ukraine's Premier League at 1000 GMT on Tuesday. The match in Kyiv kicks off a day before Ukraine marks six months since Russia invaded its smaller neighbour in a war that has killed thousands of people, displaced millions, destroyed whole cities and is still raging on.
A season of hope: Ukraine prepares for remarkable return of league football
Five months ago, footballers in Ukraine could not afford to give a second thought to their sport. The horrors being inflicted by Russia’s invading forces left nobody untouched and the act of staying alive, while ensuring the same of their loved ones, was all that mattered.
FIFA move to protect foreign players affected by Ukraine conflict
MANCHESTER, England : Soccer's world governing body FIFA has moved to help protect foreign players affected by the conflict in Ukraine by allowing them to suspend their contracts until June 2023.
Russian Football Union defends attendance at FIFA Congress
Russia insisted they had “every right” to attend FIFA Congress in Doha despite the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
FIFA calls for end to Ukraine war as Russia attends annual congress in Qatar
Russian football officials stunned delegates from other nations by attending the annual FIFA Congress in Doha, Qatar on Thursday.