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A fake story is circulating in the English-speaking segment of X about the alleged purchase of France’s largest private investment bank Milleis Banques by a company affiliated with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. That’s according to the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, Ukrinform reports. “A fake report is spreading online that one of France’s largest private investment banks, Milleis Banques, was acquired by a company affiliated with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Center ran an investigation, debunking the hoax. ‘French media’ are indicated as the original source of the report but no reputable media outlet…

The women's high jump competition has concluded at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh secured the gold medal with a winning height of 1.99 meters, according to Ukrinform. The silver medal went to Angelina Topic of Serbia (1.95m), while Sweden's Engla Nilsson claimed bronze (1.92m). Mahuchikh is a world champion, European champion, Olympic medalist, and the current world record holder with a jump of 2.10 meters. Photo: worldathletics.org

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