The adult tennis tournament "Carpathian Spring" has ended in Uzhhorod. As we already reported, in terms of its level, this competition is equated to the Ukrainian Tennis Championship.

1 (1). Davenport (USA) - 5,169 points 2 (2). Sharapova (Russia) - 4,900 3 (3). Mauresmo (France) - 4,509 4 (4). S. Williams (USA) - 4,174 5 (5). Dementieva (Russia) - 3,807 6 (6). Myskina (Russia) - 3,371 7 (7). Kuznetsova (Russia) - 3,283 8 (8). Molik (Australia) - 2,585.45 9 (12). Petrova (Russia) - 2,258 10 (10).

Donetsk "Shakhtar" continues to hold the highest position among Ukrainian teams in the ranking of the world's best clubs according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). Over the past month, the leaders of the Ukrainian championship rose by one position, occupying 43rd place.

We had long wanted to meet and talk with the chief "helmsman" of Lutsk's "Volyn." We had accumulated quite a few questions for each other. That is why the conversation with the coach, who is always open to journalists, turned out to be very interesting.

On Thursday in Istanbul, the capital's BC "Kyiv" lost the final of the FIBA EuroLeague. In the match for first place, the Kyiv club lost to St. Petersburg's "Dynamo" with a score of 87:74. The top scorer for the Ukrainian team was Nikola, who scored 17 points.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has announced the prize money amounts for the national teams that will participate in the final part of the 2006 World Cup. The teams have something to compete for.

Today at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting held in Tallinn, the cities that will host the 2006 and 2007 Champions League finals were named, reports the official UEFA website. The decisive match of the most prestigious European club tournament of the 2005/06 season will take place in Paris, and in 2007 - in Athens.

1 (1). Davenport (USA) - 5,169 points 2 (2). Sharapova (Russia) - 4,892 3 (3). Mauresmo (France) - 4,808 4 (4). S. Williams (USA) - 4,174 5 (5). Dementieva (Russia) - 3,852 6 (6). Myskina (Russia) - 3,455 7 (7). Kuznetsova (Russia) - 3,323 8 (9). Molik (Australia) - 2,585.45 9 (8). V. Williams (USA) - 2,369 10 (10).

Fans who were at the Lutsk "Avangard" stadium this evening witnessed a true football thriller. Admittedly, the ending of this very thriller became an unpleasant surprise for the supporters of "Volyn".

Austria has pushed Ukraine down to 14th place in the UEFA coefficient ranking table for 2000-2005. Even a draw for "Austria" in the match against "Parma" was enough for this. Russia, which is represented in the UEFA Cup semifinal by CSKA, also has quite realistic chances of overtaking Ukraine.