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The Ukrainian national team went into its final match of the preliminary round of the World Championship against the French handball players already knowing the result of the "Romania – Macedonia" match.
The ghost of former Volyn governor Anatoliy Frantsuz until recently accompanied the entire sports community of the region. \n \nAfter all, Anatoliy Yosypovych until now headed the Volyn branch of the National Olympic Committee (NOC).
The speech of FIFA President Sepp Blatter has ended, and the "Golden Goddess" was presented - the trophy for which all participants of the upcoming world championship in Germany will compete.
The paths of the women's national teams of Ukraine and Argentina in official competitions have crossed only once: in the previous round of the world championship – in 2003 in Croatia, the "blue-and-yellows" defeated the South American team with a double advantage – 28:14. The "history" repeated itself in St.
Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov drew with Russian Evgeny Bareev in the first game of the quarterfinals of the World Cup, which is taking place in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk. \n \nThe other quarterfinal games ended as follows: \n \nRublevsky (Russia) - Bacrot (France) - 0.5:0.
On December 8, the All-Ukrainian weightlifting tournament for the prizes of the first master of sports in Volyn among rural athletes, Andriy Khvesyk, began in Lutsk. 134 participants from eight regions of Ukraine arrived for the competition, – reported the own correspondent of the Western Information Corporation.
The 3rd round of the preliminary group stage of the World Handball Championship, which is taking place these days at the venues of St. Petersburg, became a real test for the Ukrainian handball players.
The 36 strongest Volyn billiards masters competed for the title of regional champion in "Moscow Pyramid". \n \nRepresentatives from Lutsk, Kovel, Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Kivertsi, and Liuboml demonstrated their skills in the excellently prepared hall of the "Kniazhyi Dvir" club on nine tables.
Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Chess World Cup at the tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk. In the second game of the round of 16, Ponomariov defeated the Dutchman Loek van Wely and won with an overall score of 2:0.
The 2006 World Cup champions will receive 24.5 million Swiss francs ($18.75 million). In total, FIFA intends to distribute 300 million Swiss francs in prize money to the tournament participants, reports gazeta.ru with reference to Reuters.