Young Boxer Usyk with His Coach and Vladimir Klitschko

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Do you recognize the future Super Heavyweight World Champ?

Terry Sawchuck, the famous Hockey Hall of Fame goalie, was named ‘Ukey” because of...

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"Terrance Gordon Sawchuk (December 28, 1929 – May 31, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in...

Taiho, arguably the greatest Sumo wresler of all time, was of Ukrainian descent and...

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"He was born Ivan Boryshko on Karafuto, the Japanese half of the island now controlled by Russia and called Sakhalin....

Dynamo Kiev vs Barcelona among the greatest Champions League games

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20. Barcelona 0-4 Dynamo Kiev Group stage, 1997/98 In 1986, a nine-year-old child had to be evacuated from his home in Kiev’s suburbs...

Sport Illustrated’s 2018 Boxing Trainer of the Year: ‘Papachenko’

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There’s one man who works with more fighters in the current wave of Eastern European boxing champions than any other....

Oksana Baiul, the first Winter Olympic champion of independent Ukraine, 1994

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Known as the “Swan of Odessa,” Baiul was one of the most graceful and artistically accomplished skaters in the history...

13-year-old Ukrainian Oleksiy Sereda became the youngest European champion in the history of diving

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"Ukraine's 13-year-old diving sensation Oleksii Sereda has become the sport's youngest-ever European champion after winning 10m platform gold in Kiev. Sereda is...

Toughest Open-Air Gym in Europe

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It is situated right in the center of Kyiv, on the island amidst Dnieper river which divides Kyiv on two almost equal parts - "left...
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Most titled football player of the former USSR returns as Dynamo Kyiv head coach

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"Mikhailichenko began his football career in the youth system of Dynamo Kyiv and made his debut in the Soviet Top League...

Ukrainians in NHL

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Did you know that the greatest Wayne Gretzky is half-Ukrainian (on his father's side) and grew up in Ukrainian environment? His father Walter says that...

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