Ukraine at the Paralympics: Every medal a message of peace – Sport
Grigory Vovchinsky was the first to win a medal for Ukraine at the Paralympics in Beijing, and he was the first to broadcast the significance of that achievement in front of reporters’ microphones around the world. “My gold medal is for peace in Ukraine, for the people of Ukraine and for a world without war,” […]
when Russian football challenges its exclusion from the next World Cup
Published on : 10/03/2022 – 11:40 Can Russia be reinstated in European football and the race for the 2022 World Cup? The Russian Football Federation (FUR) has seized the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to have the banishment of its clubs and national teams from FIFA and UEFA competitions annulled. By challenging its exclusion […]
London sanctions Roman Abramovich, Chelsea sale suspended
Published on : 10/03/2022 – 14:17 The sale of Chelsea Football Club is on hold following UK government sanctions against Roman Abramovich, the club’s Russian owner. The oligarchs “have the blood of the Ukrainian people on their hands”, justified the British Foreign Secretary. The sale of Chelsea football club has been suspended due to sanctions […]
Sport and solidarity with Ukraine from Ifach Calpe
The CB Ifach Calpe has issued a statement in which “it joins the call for solidarity with the Ukrainian people and asks for help from the families and neighbors of Calp to welcome refugee Ukrainian teenagers. The Calpine basketball club “joins the humanitarian aid, product of this war against the Ukrainian people, in favor of […]
NHL | Unconventional support for Ukraine! And Ovechkin stared down at the ice
In recent weeks, in the most famous hockey competition in the world, it has often happened that the Ukrainian anthem was played before the match. But there have always been cases where teams from Canada have competed against each other. On Wednesday, however, Edmonton of Canada and Washington, USA, faced each other, and NHL regulations […]
Take the Ukrainian ribbon, said the tennis champion. Belarus will also join
Russia’s first tennis player, Daniil Medvedev, and women’s top three, Aryna Sabalenkova of Belarus, have called for peace in Ukraine, which Russia attacked with Belarusian support two weeks ago. “My message is still the same. I want peace around the world,” Medvedev said before the Indian Wells tournament began. “And I think every tennis player […]
Putin, the legend of Italian origins. “He comes from Vicenza, the surname is pronounced with the accent on the i”
The life of Vladimir Putin has always been shrouded in a blanket of mystery. The KGB, daughters, judo, yachts. But there are even those who argue that the Russian president’s family is not originally from Leningrad (today’s St. Petersburg), but from Italy. And precisely of Costabissaraa village of seven thousand souls in the province of […]
Invasion of Ukraine, the sports world in shock
The alarmed sporting world is preparing its response after the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army on February 24, threatening the holding of several events linked to the two countries, starting with the Champions League final in Saint -Petersburg at the end of May, which could be moved. UEFA, which condemned “firmly the military […]
Soccer: From Ukraine and Russia – top players want to play in the Bundesliga – Bundesliga
Fifa allows professionals in the Russian and Ukrainian leagues to leave their clubs immediately and look for new ones. Games are suspended in Ukraine, and Russian clubs are internationally banned. Are football refugees coming to the Bundesliga because of the Putin war? A club shows interest. Hertha manager Fredi Bobic (50): “Many players are offered. […]
pilot Nikita Mazepin creates a foundation to support Russian athletes
Published on : 09/03/2022 – 18:34 Russian driver Nikita Mazepin, ousted last week from the Haas Formula 1 team after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, announced on Wednesday the creation of a foundation to support athletes losing their jobs “for political reasons”. While Russia, banned from world sport because of the war it started in […]