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After losing his leg on Ukraine's frontlines, Colombian soldier finds family on its soccer fields

LVIV, UKRAINE — The wind howls through the streets of this western Ukrainian city on a cool June afternoon, the sound of robust laughter spills from a locker room at a local sports complex. Players emerge in their soccer uniforms and begin training ...

'Ignoring Ukraine:' Gianni Infantino's Russia remarks appall soccer officials in war-torn nation

The fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is later this month. Not that anyone in the bludgeoned nation needs to be reminded. The death toll has climbed into the tens of thousands. Many more have been displaced.
World Soccer Talk

Shakhtar CEO Serhiy Palkin: ‘Ukrainian football is surviving, but it’s in crisis mode because of the ongoing war’

Over the past quarter-century, Shakhtar Donetsk has transformed from mere contenders to all-conquering champions in Ukrainian soccer. Founded in 1936, Shakhtar won its first trophy in 11 years (and its first since the Soviet Union’s downfall) after ...
Yahoo! Sports

Players and fans remember victims of 2015 Paris terror attacks before France-Ukraine soccer match

PARIS (AP) — Soccer players from France and Ukraine joined supporters in a minute’s silence before their match on Thursday, ending a poignant day of ...

Ukraine condemns FIFA’s Gianni Infantino, call him ‘moral degenerate’ over Russia ban comments

The president of world football's governing body has been described as a "moral degenerate" by Ukraine's foreign minister Andrii Sybiha.