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The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War has prepared and handed over to the Russian side a list of names for exchange in the “1000 for 1000” format. Andrii Yusov, deputy head of the Coordination Center for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, told Ukrinform in a commentary. “I can confirm the fact that the lists of our prisoners of war have been handed over to the Russian side,” he said. As reported, today President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting to prepare for the 1000-for-1000 exchange, after which he said that details are being clarified for each…

Dynamo Kyiv has secured the 2024/25 Ukrainian Premier League title with one match to spare. In the penultimate round of the season, Matchday 29, the "White and Blues" drew 1-1 away against Chornomorets Odesa, clinching their 17th national championship title ahead of schedule, Ukrinform reports. For the first time in history, Oleksandriya claimed the silver after a 3-1 victory over Veres Rivne. It is also worth noting that Dynamo Kyiv will begin their UEFA Champions League campaign this summer in the qualifying rounds. Photo: fcdynamo.com

Ukrainian para swimmers won six medals at a prestigious World Series tournament in the French capital. According to the press service of the National Sports Committee for the Disabled of Ukraine, 214 Paralympic athletes from 46 countries took part in the competition. Ukraine was represented by 11 athletes, Ukrinform reports. Denys Ostapchenko won two gold medals for Ukraine (50m backstroke and 150m individual medley). Bronze medals were earned by Denys Ostapchenko (200m freestyle), Yevhen Bohodaiko (100m breaststroke and 50m butterfly), and Ihor Nimchenko (50m freestyle). Read also: Paris Paralympics: Ukraine finishes in Top 5 by number of medals In Paris,…

On Friday, June 7, the Ukrainian-Romanian duo Marta Kostyuk - Elena-Gabriela Ruse will play a semifinal match at the Grand Slam series tennis tournament, the French Open (Roland Garros), in Paris. To seal promotion to the doubles final, Kostyuk and Ruse will have to win over the 11th seeded Italian tandem of Sara Errani - Jasmine Paolini, reports Ukrinform. Kostyuk and Ruse will play a Grand Slam semifinal for the second time in their career. Last season, they reached this stage at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Read also: Kalinina loses to world's eighth seed at WTA 1000 tournament in…

About 100 Ukrainian athletes will take part in the 2024 Olympics. This was announced by acting Minister of Youth and Sports Matvey Bidnyi on the air of the United News telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "As of today, about 100 of our athletes will participate in this Olympics," Bidnyi said. He also noted that there is no definitive information yet on whether Russian athletes will participate in the Games. "There is no final answer yet, because the licences that have been allocated are information from international sports federations. But there will be another stage of their verification, which has been…

The Ring magazine has published an updated ranking of the world's best boxers regardless of weight category. The list is headed by Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, who defeated British Tyson Fury and became the absolute heavyweight champion, Ukrinform reports. Naoya Inoue from Japan, who recently defended the title of absolute champion in the second lightest weight in a fight with Mexican Luis Neri, took second place. Read also: Usyk beats Fury to become undisputed heavyweight champion The third position in The Ring rankings goes to American Terence Crawford, who will have his first fight in the middleweight division against Israil Madrimov…

Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk has defeated the UK's Tyson Fury in a 12-round fight to become the undisputed world heavyweight champion. According to Ukrinform, the Ukrainian unified the titles and became the first undisputed world heavyweight champion in the era of four main belts. The bout lasted 12 rounds, with Usyk winning by a split decision of 115-112, 113-114, 114-113. The Ukrainian knocked down the Briton in the ninth round. The boxers' contract contains a rematch clause. The rematch is scheduled for October 12-13 in Riyadh. Photo: Getty Images

The English Premier League (EPL) football championship matches continue. "Manchester City defeated Tottenham in London with a score of 2-0, Ukrinform reports. The goals were scored by the Norwegian forward Erling Holland, who scored in the 51st minute of the match and in the 90+1 minute - from the penalty spot. Read also: International Women's Award "Guardian of Humanity" presented in Kyiv In the final round of the Premier League, on 19 May, "Arsenal" of London, the defender of the Ukrainian national team Oleksandr Zinchenko, will host "Everton" of Liverpool, the Ukrainian Vitaliy Mykolenko, "Manchester City" will face "West Ham",…

Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina has completed her performances at the WTA 1000 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome with a prize pool of USD 5,509,771. In the third-round match, Angelina (WTA No. 31) lost to the eighth-ranked Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-7 (4-7), 0-6, Ukrinform reports. Read also: Ukraine's Yastremska reaches semi-finals of Australian Open The game on the court lasted an hour and 51 minutes. The tournament in the Italian capital will end on 18 May. Photo: btu.org.ua.

Ukrainian defeated neutral Kalinska. Ukraine's top-ranked Elina Svitolina (WTA 19) defeated neutral Anna Kalinska (WTA 26) 6-3, 6-3 in the third round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome, Ukrinform reports. Read also: Kalinina loses to world's eighth seed at WTA 1000 tournament in Rome The match lasted 1 hour and 14 minutes. Svitolina served 2 times, made 1 double fault and used 4/9 breakpoints. It was the first meeting of the tennis players. In the 1/8 finals of the competition, Svitolina will play against second seed Arina Sobolenko, who previously defeated Diana Yastremska. Photo: Jimmie48