FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Football player Andriy Yarmolenko extended his contract with "Dynamo" until 2026, while announcing that the 2025/2026 season will be his last in his playing career. Yarmolenko is "Dynamo's" top scorer in the Ukrainian championships.

Moscow's Lokomotiv received a three-year transfer ban and is obliged to pay FC Mariupol 50,000 euros for the transfer of Marc René Mampassi. This decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed the previous FIFA decision, despite Russian appeals.

June 19 marks World Football Day for Children. In Ukraine, this sport faces the challenges of war but continues to develop thanks to support and new initiatives.

Kyiv's "Dynamo" in the Champions League will play with the winner of the "Žalgiris" - "Hamrun" pair. "Shakhtar" in the Europa League will face "Ilves", and in the Conference League - "AZ".

Donetsk "Shakhtar" will play against Finnish "Ilves Tampere" in the first qualifying round of the Europa League 2025/2026. The first match will take place on July 10, the return match - on July 17.

During the Media League match, 16-year-old Popruzhnyi made a remark to Seleznev about the Russian language. The club decided that it is unacceptable to gain publicity on the language issue, and the boy will leave the team.

Coach Simone Inzaghi is leaving Inter Milan and may take over Al-Hilal. The main candidates to replace him are Cesc Fabregas and Roberto de Zerbi.

Head coach of "Kryvbas" Yuriy Vernydub and his staff left the team. In 2023/2024, the club took third place in the UPL under the leadership of Vernydub.

Former "Oleksandria" coach Ruslan Rotan signed a contract with "Polissia" until 2028. The club also terminated cooperation with the previous coach Imad Ashur.

Ruslan Rotan, who has been in charge of "Oleksandria" since 2023, is leaving the club. Under his leadership, the team won silver medals of the UPL for the first time in its history.

Oleksandr Karavaev, the extreme defender of "Dynamo", has signed a new contract with the club for one year with the possibility of extension. In the current season, he scored 5 goals in 29 matches.

Former "Eyupspor" coach Arda Turan has become the head coach of Donetsk's "Shakhtar". The contract is valid until the summer of 2027, Turan called the club great with great traditions.

Donetsk "Shakhtar" hinted at the appointment of Arda Turan as head coach, recording a video with Konoplya. Pusic left the club after winning three trophies.

Serhiy Rebrov has called up 26 players for the Canadian Shield tournament in Canada. Cheberko returns for the first time in 5 years, and Dubinchak, Martynyuk and Mykhailenko also make their debut.

Kyiv "Dynamo" prematurely won the championship of Ukraine, drawing with "Chornomorets". For Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, this is the first championship title as a coach.

In the final of the Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar defeated Dynamo in a penalty shootout. This trophy became the 15th for the "miners" in history, increasing their lead over Dynamo.

Donetsk Shakhtar U-13 defeated Kyiv Dynamo in the final of the Children's Cup of Four with a score of 4:0. The tournament was organized by the Ukrainian Football Association on the eve of the Ukrainian Cup final.

UAF announced the start of ticket sales for the Ukrainian Cup final between "Shakhtar" and "Dynamo", which will take place on May 14 in Zhytomyr. Ticket prices range from 1000 to 4000 UAH.

Former French national team midfielder Claude Makélélé will travel to russia for a gala match of CSKA, despite participating in a charity match to support Ukraine in 2023. Yepes, Njitap, and Polga will also take part in the match.

The Ukrainian Cup match between "Shakhtar" and "Dynamo" will take place on May 14 at 18:30 at the "Central Stadium" in Zhytomyr. The city will host the final of the tournament for the first time.

Donetsk's Shakhtar and Kyiv's Dynamo played a match as part of the 26th round of the Ukrainian Premier League. It ended in a draw with a score of 2:2.

The decisive match of the UPL will take place in Lviv: "Shakhtar" (53 points) will meet with the leader "Dynamo" (63 points). Kyiv is striving for the 17th championship, and the referee of the match is Vitaliy Romanov.

Mircea Lucescu rejected an invitation to the legends match of "Zenit", dedicated to the centenary of the club. Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, despite the lifetime ban in Ukraine, plans to play for the St. Petersburg club.

Kyiv Dynamo defeated Bukovyna 4:1 in the semi-final of the Ukrainian Cup. Shakhtar minimally defeated Polissya in extra time. Dynamo and Shakhtar will play in the final on May 14.

UPL clubs agreed not to hold the match for the Ukrainian Super Cup. The basic date for the 1st round of the 2025/26 season is August 2, the final decision will be made by the UAF Executive Committee.

The semi-finals of the Ukrainian Cup will take place today: Bukovyna-Dynamo (16:00, DiviSport) and Polissya-Shakhtar (18:00, YouTube channel Polissya). Bookmakers give preference to Dynamo and Shakhtar.

Dynamo winger Andriy Yarmolenko scored his 113th goal in the UPL for the club in the match against Obolon. This goal allowed him to equal Serhiy Rebrov in this indicator, becoming a co-record holder for Dynamo in the UPL.

In the 25th round of the UPL, "Oleksandria" will try to break away from "Shakhtar", and "Vorskla" will try to get out of the relegation zone. In the evening, "Dynamo" and "Obolon" will meet in the capital derby.

In the postponed match of the 5th round of the UPL, Donetsk "Shakhtar" beat Kryvyi Rih "Kryvbas" with a score of 2:1. The game was replayed on April 16 after a break in September 2024 due to alarms.

The "Animal Adoption" service has started working in Kyiv in the Kyiv Digital application, thanks to which several cats have already found new owners. Among them is the cat Tigrulya, who waited for a family for a month.