Although, only now does the irritation of the head coach of the Ukrainian national team, Oleh Blokhin, become understandable when he is asked whom he can take from the nearest reserves... Indeed, there is no one to take there for now.

To date, only "Volyn" has not made payments to repay the debt for the legionnaires first registered for the Lutsk club this summer.

The Ukrainian national team has risen seven positions in the ranking of the International Federation of Football (FIFA), reports IA "Novyny - Ukraina". \n \nIn the new ranking of national teams, which FIFA published today, Oleh Blokhin's charges are in 80th place.

On Tuesday, October 5, the draw for the group stage of the UEFA Cup took place. Dnipropetrovsk's "Dnipro" drew Belgian "Bruges," Spanish "Zaragoza," Dutch "Utrecht," and Austrian "Austria" as opponents. Recall that in the group each team will play one match against each opponent (two at home, two away).

In the new ranking list of the best teams on the planet according to the international institute of football history and statistics, two of the five Ukrainian clubs present in the TOP-350 list managed to improve their places thanks to successful play in European cups.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) intends to add five more sports to the Games program: golf, rugby, squash, karate, and roller sports. \nGolf is considered the most realistic "candidate." Changes to the program are expected by 2012.

Volodymyr Klitschko's return to the ring after the defeat by Lamon Brewster turned out not to be as desirable as we all expected.

Donetsk "Shakhtar" after the European cup fiasco in "Barcelona" managed to continue its winning streak in the Ukrainian championship. In the match of the 9th round, the miners, not without problems, beat one of the outsiders of the championship – Kyiv "Obolon" with a score of 1:0.

After the victory of Kyiv's "Dynamo" in the Champions League and "Dnipro's" win in the UEFA Cup, Ukraine rose to the 13th position in the UEFA ranking table, which determines the representation of teams in European competitions. Ukraine overtook Israel in this register, pushing it to the 14th position.

"Dnipro's" opponent – "Maccabi" from Haifa – won the title of Israeli champion last season, but this in no way prevented the Ukrainian team from outplaying this team in both matches.