Kyiv basketball club became the first of three Ukrainian teams to manage to break through to the quarterfinals of the FIBA EuroLeague.

Kyiv BC "Kyiv" secured a victory in the first match of the FIBA EuroLeague 1/8 finals. On Tuesday, the Kyiv "wolves" defeated the French "Paris Basketball" with a score of 88:84. Moreover, the first half of the game did not go too well for the Kyiv team.

Viktor Yanukovych remained in the position of head of the National Olympic office. Delegates of the regular meeting of the 17th General Assembly of the NOC decided not to initiate the early termination of his powers and recognized the work of the entire committee as satisfactory, reports "Fakty, ICTV".

WTA ranking as of today: 1. Davenport (USA) – 4965 2. Mauresmo (France) – 4854 3. Williams, Serena (USA) – 4389 4. Sharapova (Russia) – 4311 5. Myskina (Russia) – 3856 (+1) 6. Kuznetsova (Russia) – 3745 (-1) 7. Dementieva (Russia) – 3665 8. Williams, Venus (USA) – 2583 9. Molik (Australia) – 2426 10.

The biggest contribution to the overall success was made by "Dynamo". \n \nThree draws by "Shakhtar", "Dnipro" and "Dynamo" in the first matches of the 1/16 finals of the UEFA Cup brought a record 38.

The victory over Albania allowed our national team to set a record climb in the ranking.\nLast month turned out to be successful for Ukraine in terms of its position in the FIFA ranking. Thanks to the victory over the Albanians, we gained 15 points and rose eight positions at once, catching up with Switzerland.

At the famous Camp Nou stadium, almost all the stars of modern football gathered. They gathered to hold a charity match called "Football for Hope." All funds from this event were transferred to the victims of the December tsunami in Southeast Asia.

The State Committee of Ukraine for Physical Culture and Sports created an opaque, uncontrolled and ineffective system for using State Budget of Ukraine funds for organizational and financial support of the national team of Ukraine.

The seemingly unshakable chair of the president of the Football Federation of Ukraine, Hryhoriy Surkis, may soon be seriously rocked. The change of power in Ukraine is slowly reaching even the most influential and moneyed sports federations.

Ukrainian Olena Bondarenko suffered a defeat in the final of the singles tournament in Hyderabad, India, with a prize fund of 140 thousand dollars, losing in three sets to local tennis player Sania Mirza. The score of the match was 6:4, 5:7, 6:3.