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Sheffield Wednesday unlikely to sign Premier League player
Sheffield Wednesday looked like they could be bringing Haydon Roberts in on a loan deal this month but, as reported by The Athletic, it won’t be the Owls who land his signature this window.
“Super League” case in the European Court: Ukrainian football legends supported the position of the President of the UAF and applied to UEFA
Ukrainian football legends Oleg Blokhin, Igor Belanov, Oleksiy Mikhailichenko, Anatoly Demyanenko and Oleg Protasov expressed their absolute solidarity with the position of the President of the UAF, member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelko and the Ukrainian Football Association on the unconditional support of UEFA in the situation with the so-called Super League. The corresponding letter was sent to UEFA addressed to President Alexander Cheferin. “Dear UEFA President! As confirmation of the statement unanimously approved by the UEFA Congress on 20 April 2021 condemning the so-called European Super League (ESL), as we know, 55 UEFA member associations unanimously support the leadership of European football in the ESL case pending before the European Court of Justice. We sign this appeal in support of the resolution recently adopted by the Ukrainian Football Association in favor of UEFA. For our part, we also want to remind you that UEFA's mandate and competence within the European model pyramid has long been recognized by football players in Europe, European institutions and national governments across the continent. We support UEFA in taking this position to ensure the values that ESL opposes: single application of accepted rules of the game, proper balance of national and international sports calendars, safety of events and athletes, open competition, awards for athletic performance, financial solidarity, competitive balance and fairness of club competition. The risk to the individual national and collective European football identity is too great.
Zelensky awards title of Hero of Ukraine to five-time Paralympic champion in Tokyo Maksym Kripak
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, during a meeting with the champions and prize-winners of the 16th Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo, which took place in Kyiv on Friday, awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to five-time Games champion, silver and bronze medalist, swimmer Maksym Kripak.
Ukrainian athletes win 13 medals at Paralympics in Tokyo, incl. three gold medals
The Ukrainian national team at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo has won three gold, six silver and four bronze medals as of the seventh day of the competition, the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine reported on Facebook.
Ukrainian athlete Maryana Shevchuk wins gold in powerlifting at Paralympics in Tokyo
Ukrainian athlete Maryana Shevchuk has won the gold medal in powerlifting among women weighing up to 55 kg at the Paralympics in Tokyo.
Ukraine's Paralympic Committee massively attacked on social networks by citizens of Malaysia for filing protest at Paralympics in Tokyo
The National Sports Committee of Disabled People of Ukraine announced a massive attack on social networks by Malaysian citizens with a lot of insults towards Ukraine because of filing the protest at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
Ukrainian swimmer Stetsenko wins gold at Paralympics in Tokyo
Ukrainian athlete Anna Stetsenko has won the gold medal in the 400m freestyle swimming at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.