The Ukrainian duo Olena Hrushyna/Ruslan Honcharov won bronze medals in figure skating among ice dance pairs at the Olympic Games in Turin. The Ukrainians fell just 0.22 points short of the silver medals, which were won by Americans Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto.

Leadership, unexpectedly for many, despite a mediocre performance, was seized by Italians Barbara Fusar-Poli\Maurizio Margaglio, who returned to amateur sports on the eve of the Olympics. Having received the highest scores, they themselves were sincerely surprised.

The sprint is exactly the discipline Yefremova was counting on. The Ukrainian runs well, but there were real concerns about Liliia's shooting, as she is not always accurate at the firing range. But Thursday, February 16, became Liliia Yefremova's day. The Ukrainian shot without misses in the first prone shooting.

On February 4-5, 2005, in honor of the anniversary of the liberation of the city of Lutsk from German-fascist invaders, the Volyn Regional Hand-to-Hand Combat Federation "RUBIZH" organized and held the All-Ukrainian Hand-to-Hand Combat Tournament "RUBIZH-2006".

Donetsk "Shakhtar" nearly turned its start in the European cup season into a failure already after the first game, when the return match remains only a formality. Moreover, it was French "Lille" that could well have headed to Donetsk in the capacity of a round-of-16 participant.

In the new FIFA ranking, the national football team of Ukraine dropped from 40th place to 41st. As for our opponents in the World Championship in Germany, they have also somewhat changed their positions. The semifinalist of the African Cup - the Tunisian national team rose five places and is in 23rd place.

A letter from the Secretary General of the International Association of Football Federations (FIFA), Urs Linsi, has been sent to the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), in which he draws the FFU's attention to the issue of security and maintaining public order during matches at the NSC "Olimpiyskyi," writes…