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For the first time in the history of independent Ukraine, a team in a game sport became a medalist at the Olympic Games. In the bronze medal match at the Olympics in Athens, the Ukrainian women's national team defeated the reigning world champions – the French team – with a score of 21:18.
JSC "Football Club "Dynamo Kyiv" will increase its charter capital 173 times - from UAH 1 million to UAH 173 million by issuing an additional share emission with the aim of improving the club's material and financial base.
Less than 20 days before the start of the qualifying tournament for the 2006 World Cup, we must state. We do not have a competitive national team that can worthily fight in matches against such teams as Denmark, Greece and Turkey.
Four-time Olympic champion, Ukrainian swimmer Yana Klochkova has been deemed worthy of the country's highest award – the title of Hero of Ukraine. The decree was signed by Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, the head of state's press secretary Olena Hromnytska told the "Interfax-Ukraine" agency.\n\nThis recognizes Y.
Olena Kostevych's gold in the 10-meter air pistol shooting became the only award for Ukrainians on the second day of the Olympics. Besides the joy of victory, on Sunday, August 15, Ukrainians also lost two entirely realistic awards.
Pairs of participants in the third qualifying round.
The leadership of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine approved the composition of the Ukrainian national team that will go to the Olympic Games in Athens. This list includes 242 athletes from 27 sports. True, some changes in this register are possible before the start of the competitions.
Today in the Swiss city of Nyon, the draw for the third qualifying round of the Champions League and the second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup will take place. Three more teams from Ukraine will enter this stage of the competition.
On Thursday, the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) announced that it had reached an agreement with Marco van Basten, who became the new coach of the Netherlands national team.
As surprising as it may seem, "Volyn" came to Kyiv with six points in its account and sharing first place with five other teams. However, the dreams of the Lutsk footballers of getting at least one point in the game against Kyiv's "Dynamo" were not destined to come true.