Ukraine retained its 57th place in the new ranking of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA).

Ukrainian Yuliana Fedak, thanks to a successful performance at the tournament in Canberra, has risen in the ranking of the world's strongest tennis players. She improved her position in it by 7 places and is now 76th. \n \nHer compatriot Tetyana Perebiynis in the WTA ranking changed 87th place to 92nd.

The traditional annual Christmas tennis tournament is underway in Lviv, bringing together the 24 strongest female tennis players from the Western region of Ukraine under the age of 18.

Lutsk's "Volyn", holding a training camp in Crimea, decided to play against Luhansk's "Zorya"... and lost. However, this is only a friendly match, so conclusions and comments are inappropriate here. \n \n"VOLYN" - "Zorya" (Luhansk) - 1 : 2 \nGoals: Rozhok (78) - Yakymenko (27, 52 pen.

Lutsk "Volyn" is currently at a training camp in Yevpatoria. Today at 3 p.m. the Lutsk players will play their first friendly match against Simferopol's "Tavriya". Planned are matches against Donetsk's "Metalurh" and the first-league team "Dynamo-Ihroservis" Simferopol.

On January 10 in Sevastopol, Lutsk's "Volyn" began its first preparatory training camp for the second round of the national championship. \n \nVitaliy Kvartsyany plans to pay special attention to the physical preparation of his charges and to evaluating potential newcomers to the team.

The International Federation of Football History and Statistics IFFHS has published the final ranking of the best clubs in the world for 2004 \n \nThe highest place among Ukrainian teams belongs to Dnipropetrovsk's "Dnipro," which moved from 52nd place to 60th.

Surely everyone remembers the story connected with the "revelations" of the head coach of Lutsk "Volyn" Vitaliy Kvartsyany. However, according to the specialist, the person to blame in the situation was a media representative, since the specialist had in no way given any hints about a "fixed" match with "Dnipro.

The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) has published the world ranking of national championships for 2004. The Ukrainian Higher League is in 18th place and has improved its rating by 5 positions compared to last year.

"Volyn" will hold its first training camp from January 10 to 28 in Yevpatoria, and at the beginning of February plans to go to Turkey. At the first stage, 35 football players will work in the Lutsk team's squad, and about ten more players will arrive for a tryout directly in Crimea.