For the first time in its history, a Russian club has become the winner of the UEFA Cup. Let me remind you that back in distant 1972, the Dynamo Moscow players played in the decisive match, but they could not withstand the Scottish "Glasgow Rangers".

In the resort town of Morshyn, a representative international boxing tournament among juniors, the "Carpathian Cup 2005," started on Wednesday, with the "Morshynska" trademark as its general sponsor.

In the updated ranking of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) published today, the Ukrainian national team rose by 3 positions and currently occupies 39th place. As before, the ranking list is headed by the Brazilians. In second position is the Czech team.

The international women's tennis tournament "Kyiv Ladies Open" will be held at the tennis courts of the capital's "Antey" sports complex from May 21 to 29. It is held under the auspices of the International Tennis Federation, and the organizer of the competition is the Tennis Federation of Ukraine (FTU).

In the ranking of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which was published on Tuesday, the Ukrainian national team rose to 11th place following the World Championship in Austria. Before the start of the championship, Seukand's charges were in 12th position.

The largest international tournament involving world champions of recent years Viswanathan Anand (India, rating - 2785), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2753) and Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine, 2695) continues in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

The first stage of this year's "European Grand Prix" in archery has ended in triumph for Ukrainian archers in the Turkish city of Antalya.

The head coach of Lutsk's "Volyn" Vitaliy Kvartsyany has been suspended from work until the end of the season by the disciplinary body of the Professional Football League of Ukraine, reports uefa.com.

The Ukraine national beach soccer team has advanced to the quarterfinals of the world beach soccer championship, which is taking place in Rio de Janeiro on the beaches of the famous Copacabana. In the group stage, the Ukrainians won one match and lost one.

On Tuesday, a boxing tournament took place in Spain in Palma de Mallorca, in which two Ukrainian athletes participated. Oleksiy Mazykin won his second fight after his March professional debut. On points, the Ukrainian in the heavyweight division defeated Englishman Harry Delaney in a 4-round bout.