What to do while in Ukraine

Andriy Shevchenko, first among goal scorers in his part of the world, is leaving soccer to become a politician. He gave Ukraine a victory over Sweden with two sharp, superbly angled headers in Kiev during the Euro 2012 tournament last month. But those goals — taking him to 48 in 111 national team appearances — were the last of a career that made him one of the best, and richest, strikers of his time. The mind, as we saw in Kiev, was still sharp. But the body was telling him to go before he deteriorated further still. His back was aching, his thigh was strained. And after he suffered a kick to his knee, not even Shevchenko could lift Ukraine to another victory. So what does a revered former player, one enriched by his moves to Milan and to Chelsea and then back to his first club, Kiev, do with the rest of his life? “Probably I will shock all of you,” Shevchenko announced via the Dynamo Kiev club Web site. “My future will not be linked to football in any way. It will...

The 2012 London  Olympics  are officially underway, though for those following the football at this year's Games, action had already started prior to the opening ceremony. The Olympics represent a different style of tournament compared to what we're used to seeing in world football—namely with the fact that the competition centers around players under the age of 23, with nations only able to include three players over that age. For some, this will possibly turn them away from engaging with the tournament and following the competition as closely as they would have originally done. In fact, many will say that they preferred the recent 2012 European Championships to the 2012 London Olympics because it featured more talent and more skill, as well as boasting the biggest names of football. However, it simply isn't true. The 2012 London Olympics are not a step down from the European Championships, nor are they to be considered as a "secondary" tournament.  ...

The Britain's hopes of a golden start to the Olympics suffered a setback when cyclist Mark Cavendish failed to land a medal. The sprinter began the day as one of Team GB's best hopes for a gold and thousands of people lined the route of the men's road race through Surrey into central London. While the 250km route was packed with spectators, the Games' organisers Locog launched an investigation into empty seats at venues on the Olympic Park. In the Aquatic Centre - which saw a surprise visit by the Queen - there were hundreds of empty seats despite all public tickets having been sold. A Locog spokesman said: "We are aware that some venues have empty seats this morning. We believe the empty seats are in accredited seating areas, and we are in the process of finding out who should have been in the seats and why they weren't there." Cavendish missed out on a podium finish amid dramatic scenes, coming in almost a minute behind the leaders. However...

Within EuroFashion Project a bright Ukrainian designer Olga Alonova held her art-installation “Elegant Support” on the location of Mystetskyi Arsenal. The designer engaged to her project the wives of Ukrainian football players Tetyana Alieva, Olesya Guseva, Kateryna Gay, Iryna Kucher, Yulia Voronina, Sniegeanna Garmash, Victoria Konoplyanka, Valeria Mykhalyk, Inna Yarmolenko and Alla Seleznyova, as well as celebrities Iryna Turbaevska, Olga Navrotska, Yulia Kavtardze, Maria Sobko, Tana Vorzheva, Illya Chichkan and MC Rybik. The project “Elegant Support” is the result of the cooperation between the designer and a young artist Sasha Chichkan. The presented collection dedicated to the coming football season is based on collage, the top trend of the season. The collection is based on the prints of the portraits of each player of the National football team. According to the designer, a true woman will try to have a feminine, elegant and bright look even at the stadium. Olga Alonova...

UEFA has announced two changes to the Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship 2010–12, related to abandoned matches and friendly international fixtures scheduled in the run-up to the tournament. Paragraph 10.08 has been amended and paragraph 10.09 added to stipulate that if a match is abandoned, only the remaining part of the game must be completed the following day – unless the case is referred to the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body. If it cannot be completed the following day, the UEFA administration will take a final decision. Players substituted or sent off in the abandoned match may not be included on the match sheet when it re-starts. And those players in play at the time of the abandonment may not be included as substitutes when the match is resumed. Teams can make only the number of substitutions available to them when the game was abandoned. The other decision refers to paragraph 2.08, which prohibits t...

Ukrainian boxers in the Cossack style prepared for the London Olympics Game, for the official opening which will be held tomorrow, July 27. It is not just about the physical form, but also about the outlook - some of them cut their hair in the Cossack style. Ukraine boxer hair. Before flying to London boxers have decided to emphasize the image of the strong people.