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Former world champion among professionals Vitali Klitschko has been elected honorary president of the Boxing Federation of Ukraine. This decision was made by an extraordinary reporting and election conference of the FBU.
The Prince Cup 2005 youth tournament, held in Key Biscayne, Florida, USA, ended with a triumph for Ukrainian tennis.
Ukrainian chess player Ruslan Ponomariov ultimately failed to become the winner of the FIDE World Cup 2005, the competition for which was held in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk.
In the first final game of the World Chess Cup, Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov and Levon Aronian of Armenia played to a draw. In the first game of the match for third place, Frenchman Bacrot and Russian Grischuk also played to a draw. \n
After the final round of the group stage of the UEFA Cup, it became known that Donetsk "Shakhtar" advanced to the next round from first place. The current holder of the UEFA Cup, Moscow CSKA, was also eliminated, dropping to third place behind the Dutch "Heerenveen".
Ukrainian grandmaster Ruslan Ponomariov became the second finalist of the FIDE Chess World Cup, which is taking place in Khanty-Mansiysk.
The Ukrainian women's handball team lost to Brazil 32:33 in a dramatic battle in the main round match of the World Championship. The Ukrainian women won the first half of the match with a score of 17:16.
The referees of the second group match Ukraine - Denmark, which ended with a score of 28:28, have been suspended from World Championship games. In the Ukraine - Denmark game, the Hungarian refereeing crew made six mistakes in favor of the Danish team.
In the second semifinal game of the Chess World Cup, Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov and Russian Alexander Grischuk again played to a draw. Now the holder of a spot in the World Cup final will be decided on Wednesday in a tiebreak.
Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov played his first semifinal game at the Chess World Cup, which is taking place in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk. Playing with the black pieces, our compatriot drew his match against Russian Alexander Grischuk.