Ukrainian city Mariupol may have been captured by Russia but the football team lives on in the new name of Brazilian side AA Batel, "to show that our spirit cannot be broken", FC Mariupol vice-president Andriy Sanin told AFP.... more »
Shakhtar Donetsk's objectives used to be confined to silverware but now the storied Ukrainian football club have loftier aims, financing hospital care abroad for wounded soldiers and finding new homes for orphans.... more »
Ukraine on Tuesday launched its new football season despite Russia's ongoing invasion, in an apparent attempt to give a morale boost to the war-ravaged nation.... more »
FIFA has extended until June 2023 the possibility for foreign players and coaches based in Ukraine and Russia to unilaterally suspend their contracts and move to another club.... more »
Wearing shirts bearing the names of Ukraine cities to have resisted Russian troops and slogans demanding "Stop War", Shakhtar Donetsk and Olympiakos met Saturday in friendly match, the first stop on the Football for Peace Tour.... more »
A group of Brazilian footballers and their families arrived in Sao Paulo on Tuesday after a two-day odyssey to escape war-torn Ukraine, where they play their club football.... more »
Roberto De Zerbi, the former manger of Serie A side Sassuolo, was unveiled as the new head coach of Shakhtar Donetsk, the Ukrainian club announced on Tuesday.... more »
Mircea Lucescu celebrated guiding Dynamo Kiev to the Ukrainian league title on Saturday in his first season as coach at the bitter rivals of Shakhtar Donetsk, the side he managed for 12 years.... more »
There was just a hint of a smile playing around the corners of Mircea Lucescu's mouth when the final whistle blew last Saturday, signalling a victory for his current team Dynamo Kiev over their great rivals Shakhtar Donetsk, the side he ruled for over a decade.... more »
Mircea Lucescu on Thursday reversed his decision to quit Dynamo Kiev just days after news of the controversial appointment of the former Shakhtar Donetsk coach sparked an outcry from fans.... more »
Dynamo Kiev on Monday denied their new head coach Mircea Lucescu was leaving after he said he was quitting less than a week after signing a deal with the Ukrainian club.... more »
Romanian football coach Mircea Lucescu said Monday said he was giving up on plans to coach Dynamo Kiev less than a week after signing with the Ukrainian team, following a backlash from fans.... more »
Dynamo Kiev on Thursday appointed Mircea Lucescu as their new coach, sparking uproar from fans angry over the Romanian's 12-year spell in charge of bitter rivals Shakhtar Donetsk.... more »
Ukrainian football club Karpaty Lviv has been placed in quarantine after 25 people among the players and staff tested positive for the coronavirus, the country's Premier League said Tuesday.... more »
Dynamo Kiev's Ukraine forward Artem Besedin was banned on Tuesday for a year after failing a drugs test at a Europa League match, UEFA announced.... more »
Former Juventus and Italy international striker stepped down as Arsenal Kiev manager just three months after his appointment, the Ukrainian top-flight club announced Sunday.... more »
Shakhtar Donetsk's Croatian midfielder Darijo Srna suspended his career on Friday after his Ukrainian club announced he had failed an out-of-competition drugs test.... more »
Last season's Europa League runners-up Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk of Ukraine were handed a one-year European ban by UEFA on Thursday for breaching financial regulations.... more »
