»We live in a world of our own« (nd-aktuell.de)
The stars were sent forward for the minute’s silence at Tirreno Adriatico – and the only Ukrainian in the field: Mark Padun (centre). Photo: imago images / LaPresse The place is manageable, only about 2000 people live in Murlo. The Tirreno Adriatico long-distance trip has nevertheless chosen the village near Siena in Tuscany as its […]
The fans go mobile (nd-aktuell.de)
Ultras in Kharkiv Foto: imago images/Ukrainian News The Russian war of aggression was only a few hours old when Dynamo Kyiv fans on social media called for international resistance: »We are ready to fight. We kill all occupiers who come to our country,” says one post, framed by the Ukrainian national colors. »It is a […]
Putin’s godfather flees Russia
More and more Russians are fleeing their country. Among them is now Vladimir Putin’s goddess Ksenia Sobchak, who is afraid of the Ukraine war. Ksenia Sobchak flees her home country of Russia for fear of the war in Ukraine. – Instagram Ad the essentials in brief Ksenia Sobchak is Vladimir Putin’s godfather. The 40-year-old has […]
Ukraine war: Putin and oligarch Rotenberg lose judo offices
In the Ukraine war, the world judo association recently revoked Putin as honorary president. Now he and a childhood friend are losing all offices. Russian President Putin during judo training in Sochi (2016). – keystone Ad the essentials in brief Putin and his childhood friend Arkady Rotenberg were relieved of all judo offices. The world […]
Medals for Peace (nd-aktuell.de)
Oksana Schischkowa (left) and her guide Andrei Marchenko won gold in the biathlon sprint for the visually impaired. Photo: AFP/Thomas Lovelock For the team from Ukraine, the momentary joy at the golden start to the Paralympics quickly turned into sadness and concern for their homeland. “They are still very quiet and thoughtful in the village,” […]
Andriy Shevchenko: Football means nothing to me anymore… Pages all
KOMPAS.com – The living legend of Ukrainian football, Andriy Shevchenko, said the war raging in the country of his birth made the former great striker no longer think about football or any sport. Andriy Shevchenko said this in an emotional interview on the Sky Sports television station on Thursday (3/3/2022) early morning WIB. According to […]
IPC makes U-turn under pressure (nd-aktuell.de)
Ivan Zaplin (left) and Ivan Kodlozerow trained on the Paralympic trails in Zhangjiakou on Wednesday morning. Shortly thereafter, their Russian team was expelled. Photo: imago images / Gavriil Grigorov It must have been a short night for many sports officials in the Paralympic Villages. Video calls, writing protest letters, threatening boycotts. On Thursday, the International […]
After top scorer: Next footballer dies in the war – football
The death of Ukraine’s top scorer Dmytro Martynenko has shocked the sports world. Now the second kicker in the Ukraine war lost his life. War has been raging in Ukraine since last Thursday. Footballer Dmytro Martynenko fell victim to the Russian invasion of his homeland on Tuesday. The Ukrainian and his mother died in a […]
Russia no longer belongs to the sports world (nd-aktuell.de)
Russia’s volleyball players lost the Olympic finals in the summer of 2021. They wanted to win gold at the 2022 home World Cup. But it is now taking place in another country and without her. Foto: imago images/Sergei Bobylev The orienteers made the start. Even though their sport is not Olympic, their world governing body […]
Coach beat Real Madrid, now he’s going to war – football
Yuriy Vernydub trains Sheriff Tiraspol from Moldova, defeated Real Madrid in the Champions League. Now the Ukrainians are preparing for war. Five months ago, Yuriy Vernydub’s life was fine. The 56-year-old football coach led Sheriff Tiraspol to the group stage of the Champions League for the first time. There, the debutant created a sensation in […]