The Union Européenne de Cyclisme is the European confederation of national cycling bodies; the national federations of the Union Cycliste Internationale form confederations by continent. It is headquartered in Lausanne.
Maxim Polischuk is a retired Ukrainian amateur track cyclist. He won the bronze medal in men's team pursuit at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Bordeaux, France, and later represented his nation Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Ihor Matviienko is a Ukrainian sailor and Olympic Champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Yevhen Braslavets. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. Also, Matviienko is the World and European Champion in 2001. He is a President of the Sailing Federation of the Dnipro, President of 470 class association of Ukraine and Founder of sailing school and club MIR yacht club in Dnipro, Ukraine.
Olga Sergeyevna Zabelinskaya is a Russian-born Uzbekistani professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Roland Cycling. While competing for Russia, she won three Olympic medals, before changing allegiances to Uzbekistan in 2018.
The 2015 Kharkiv bombing occurred on 22 February 2015, when a bomb hit a Ukrainian national unity rally in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast. The blast killed at least three people and injured another 10, including a boy age 15 and a policeman. On 25 February the death toll rose to four. It was one of many bombings in the cities of the Kharkiv oblast and Odesa oblast.
Mariya Dolgopolova is a Ukrainian short track speed skater. She won silver at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. She represented Ukraine at the 2016, 2021, and 2022 World Championships as well as in multiple European championships, the most recent being in 2023.
The 2017–18 Ukrainian First League was the 27th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017 when Zhemchuzhyna Odesa hosted MFC Mykolaiv. After the completion of Round 22 on 18 November 2017, the competition entered a winter break and resumed the spring session on 18 March 2018 and complete the competition on 19 May 2018.
The 2018–19 Ukrainian First League is the 28th since its establishment. The competition began on 21 July 2018 with the match between Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk and Balkany Zorya. The competition was in recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 18 on 18 November 2018. The competition resumed on 24 March 2019 and expected to end 25 May 2019.
The 2021–22 season is the 31st season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The 2021–22 Ukrainian First League was the 31st since its establishment. The league competition consisted of 16 teams. Earlier in 2021 it was discussed to expand the league to 20 teams with discontinuation of the UPL U-21 competitions, but that initiative was not realized.
Iryna Naumivna Borzova is a Ukrainian business woman and politician. She was the People's Deputy of Ukraine of the IX convocation. She was a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Youth and Sports, and Chairman of the Subcommittee on State Youth Policy.
"Good Evening ", also known by its incipit "Good evening, we are from Ukraine", is a song by the Ukrainian electronic duo ProBass and Hardi, which was released in October 2021, as well as an informal military greeting in Ukraine, which became popular after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The track reached number 8 on the Ukrainian Apple Music chart in March 2022. Regular use of the phrase, without additional translations, introduced it abroad.
The 2023–24 Ukrainian First League is the 33rd football league since its establishment. The league competition consisted of 20 teams. The competition is conducting during the ongoing war with the Russia since late February 2022. It was decided to conduct competitions in two groups.
Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Lisovets is a Ukrainian swimmer. He is multiple European Junior Championships medalist.
Alina Maryanivna Filipovych is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She is a European Championships silver medalist in 59 kg event.
Oleksandr Kvachov is a Ukrainian footballer who plays as a defender for FC Dynamo Toronto.
Yelyzaveta Anatoliivna Lytvynenko is a Ukrainian judoka. She is a 2022 World bronze medalist in the –78 kg division.
Sofiia Oleksiivna Hrechko is a Ukrainian finswimmer.
Serhiy Olehovich Velichko, nom de guere Chili, is a Ukrainian soldier in the Azov Brigade who fought in the war in Donbas and the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the commander of a reconnaissance battalion in the Kraken Regiment of the Ukrainian Army.
