At least five people were killed when an An-24 plane with 45 people on-board made a crash landing and caught fire in Ukraine, the emergencies service said on Thursday. ...
10:02 AM, Feb 14, 2013
three-year-old boy from the Ukrainian city of Kharkov fell eight storeys but survived because a huge heap of snow broke his fall, the interior ministry said. ...
02:03 PM, Jan 08, 2013
At least 83 people have died in Ukraine from a cold spell that has been gripping the country, BBC reported. Temperatures as low as minus 23 degrees Celsius and heavy snowfall this month have left the capital Kiev and most of the country under a thick frozen layer. ...
02:06 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Kiev: Ukraine want former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp to take charge of their national team after being turned down by Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko. Englishman Redknapp, 65, sacked by Spurs in June, emerged as favourite when Ukrainian Football Federation (FFU) chiefs met on Tuesday, a statement said on the federation's website here "The praesidium took the decision to begin talks with Redknapp's representatives relating to him working in the...
09:51 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Retired Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko has been asked to coach the national team seeking to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil, the Ukraine soccer federation said on Monday. "Andriy Konkov, president of the Football Federation of Ukraine, made a decision to offer Andriy Shevchenko the job of head coach of the Ukraine team", the FFU's official website said. Shevchenko, 36, who played for Italy's AC Milan and...
08:38 PM, Nov 12, 2012
Kiev: The Ukrainian city of Odessa has unveiled the world's second public monument to late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The 200-kg, two-metre-high metal monument is shaped like an open palm, with Apple's logo, an apple with a bite mark, cut through it, the Odessa administration reported on its website. The sculpture titled "Thanks, Steve!" was welded from bits of scrap metal, including screws, nuts, bearings and even an ax, and...
01:26 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Wembley: Frank Lampard's late equalizer spared Roy Hodgson from losing his first competitive home match as England coach on Tuesday, salvaging a 1-1 draw against Ukraine in 2014 World Cup qualifying. Lampard scored his 26th England goal in the 87th minute from the penalty spot after Yevhen Khacheridi handled the ball. But England's pursuit of a winner was stymied by being reduced to 10 men when captain Steven Gerrard received...
02:04 AM, Sep 12, 2012
London: Winger Theo Walcott has become the latest player to drop out of the England squad for Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine at Wembley after being sent home with a virus. Chelsea defenders Ashley Cole and John Terry had to withdraw from the squad over the weekend with ankle injuries to join Wayne Rooney, Andy Carroll, Gareth Barry, Ashley Young and Scott Parker on the sidelines. Coach Roy Hodgson...
07:56 PM, Sep 10, 2012
London: Ukrainian boxer Vasyl Lomachenko outclassed his South Korean opponent Han Soonchul in the Olympic final of the men's lightweight (60 kg) category to take the gold medal here at the ExCel Arena on Sunday. World Champion Lomachenko pummelled the South Korean in a 19-9 win as Han's longer reach failed to stop the Ukrainian scoring good points close-up. Han's greatest achievement to date came with silver in the Asian...
09:22 PM, Aug 12, 2012
London: Oleksiy Torokhtiy won Ukraine's first weightlifting gold medal in the London Olympics after his top rivals dropped out or were eliminated from the 105-kilogram competition. Torokthtiy lifted a total of 412 kilograms, just one 1 kilo more than silver medalist Navab Nasirshelal of Iran. Poland's Bartlomiej Bonk got bronze at 410 kilograms, putting all three medalists within a 2-kilogram range. Three-time world champion Marcin Dolega, also of Poland, was...
01:25 AM, Aug 07, 2012
London: Fencer Yana Shemyakina of Ukraine beat defending champion Britta Heidemann of Germany 9-8 to win the Olympic gold medal in women's individual epee on Monday. The event was overshadowed by an hour-long delay following an appeal by the South Korean team after Heidemann's 6-5 victory over Shin A-lam in the semifinals. South Korean officials argued the match was already over when Heidemann scored the winning point in the last...
02:19 AM, Jul 31, 2012
Kiev: Famed Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko has quit football to start a career in politics with an independent party just months ahead of the October parliamentary election. Shevchenko has joined "Ukraine - Forward!", formed this year by politicians who were expelled by the main opposition coalition that used to be led by former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the party said. "Perhaps, I will shock everyone: my future has nothing to...
08:19 PM, Jul 28, 2012
London: Singer Elton John has called for an end to violence against gay people following a spate of homophobic attacks in Ukraine. The 65-year-old Rocket Man hitmaker performed at an Aids charity concert in Kiev and in between songs he referenced newspaper reports of attacks on the gay community in the country, and made an emotional appeal to stop violence, reported Contactmusic. "Recently I read about violence against gay people...
03:17 PM, Jul 02, 2012
With the end of the group stage, Euro 2012 is more than two-thirds complete, with 24 matches played and just seven left, culminating with the July 1 final in Kiev. And, like a regular service on a car, this European Championship has provided a neat opportunity to lift up football's lid, inspect its innards and assess its health. So, in 12 days between co-host Poland's opening 1-1 draw on June...
11:05 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Donetsk: From the moment Poland's Robert Lewandowski scored the opening goal of the tournament with a brilliant header against Greece, Euro 2012 has served up one great moment after another during a thrilling group stage. Superb goals have followed, including Mario Balotelli's volley against Ireland, German Mario Gomez's first strike against the Netherlands and Jakub Blaszczykowski's stunning equaliser for Poland against Russia. The quality remained until the end with Zlatan...
10:12 AM, Jun 20, 2012
England beat Ukraine 1-0 to top the group while France finished second despite losing 2-0 to Sweden. ...
09:58 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Donetsk: Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko announced he will retire from international football after his country's elimination from Euro 2012 following a 1-0 defeat by England on Tuesday. Shevchenko told reporters he intends to says his farewell in a friendly game before standing down from national team duty. The 35-year-old, who is his country's youngest and oldest goal-scorer and record marksman with 48 goals in 111 appearances, was on the bench...
09:08 AM, Jun 20, 2012
Warsaw: The Donetsk jinx hanging over Ukraine will forever be forgotten if the Euro 2012 co-hosts can beat England at the Donbass Arena after four failed attempts. But they may well have to do so without national hero Andriy Shevchenko, scorer of two goals in their win over Sweden, after the 48-goal striker was rated as "50-50" by coach Oleg Blokhin due to a knee injury. Blokhin has said all...
09:56 AM, Jun 19, 2012
At the age of 35, Ukraine captain Andriy Shevchenko played the first European Championship match of his superb career. From being a legendary figure at AC Milan to a huge flop at Chelsea, the hit man rolled back the years with two of the finest finishes so far in Euro 2012. The former Ballon d'Or winner helped his team come back from a goal down to beat a strong Sweden...
01:06 PM, Jun 12, 2012
Kiev: The Olympic Stadium in Kiev will turn into a raucous sea of blue and yellow on Monday when Ukraine takes on Sweden at the European Championship. While both teams sport the same colors, there's no doubt who'll be feeling the most support from the crowd. Whether that will be a help or a hindrance, though, remains to be seen. Ukraine is feeling the immense pressure that comes with hosting...
04:22 PM, Jun 10, 2012
