"Chornomorets defeated the opponent in the fight for survival

An important victory of Chornomorets, the handball team's qualification for the Euros, a medal for volleyball players from Odesa region, and Anzhelika Terliuga 's return to competition - in a digest of sports events from the South of Ukraine from Intent.

Football. Chornomorets save themselves in Poltava

The match between Chornomorets and Vorskla. Photo: FC Chornomorets

• In the 28th round of the Premier League, Chornomorets played away against Vorskla Poltava . For both teams, the points in the match were important in terms of survival, and a defeat de facto meant relegation for Odesa.

Moses' winning goal. Photo: FC Chornomorets

• <span>At the end of the first half, Poltava took the lead -</span><span>Denis</span><span>Ndukwe</span><span> caught </span>Artur Rudko <span> on an unsuccessful exit from the goal </span>. <span>After the break, the Sailors managed to turn the tide of the game and eventually secure the victory - in the 77th minute Oleksiy Khoblenko closed Bohdan Butko's scanopy, and five minutes later Jarju Moses scored after a free kick.</span>

Premier League table. Screenshot: flashscore.ua

• <span>Thanks to the victory, Chornomorets returned to 15th place in the UPL table. With 2 rounds to go, the Odesa team is 2 points behind the zone of the butt matches. Survival without head-to-head matches is already mathematically unrealistic. </span>

<span></span>Photo: Seasters FC.

• <span>In the women's top league , Seasters hosted Vorskla, which has already become the national champion. The match was an evenly contested affair and ended with the champions narrowly winning 0-1.</span>

Games and results

Elina Svitolina. Photo: Photo.

• Two Ukrainian women reached the 1/8 finals of the<b> WTA1000 </b>tournament<b> in Rome. Elina Svitolina from Odesa </b>, despite health problems , defeated American Haley Baptiste in a tough three-set match in the round of 16: 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. The second Ukrainian to reach this stage was Marta Kostiuk, who convincingly defeated Canadian Leila Fernandez 6:4, 6:2. The athletes will continue the competition on Monday. It will be recalled that Svitolina is a two-time champion of the tournament in Rome (2017 and 2018).

Credo-1963 vs Podolia match. Screenshot: NAHYIVO Production

• The men's Super League season has begun<b> with Rugby 7s. </b>Unlike Rugby 15, where Odesa's Credo-1963 are the leaders, they started with two defeats <b>(0:36 against RC Kyiv and 5:24 against Podillia </b>) and are currently in fifth place.

The national team of Ukraine against the Netherlands. Photo: handball.org.ua

• The Ukrainian men's national handball team has qualified for Euro 2026. Despite the defeats in the last two rounds (27:35 against the Netherlands and with the same score against the Faroes), the Ukrainians qualified as one of the best teams, taking third place in their group.

Events of the week

Anzhelika Terliuga. Photo: NOC of Ukraine in Odesa region

• The Ukrainian national karate team won five medals at the European Championships - 1 gold, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes. Olympic medalist and Odesa resident Anzhelika Terliuga competed for the first time after her maternity leave, stopping one step short of a bronze medal fight.

Eva Serdyuk and Daria Romaniuk. Photo: CEV

• Representatives of Odesa region, <b>Eva Serdyuk and Daria Romaniuk </b>, won a bronze medal at the Beach World Tour beach volleyball tournament in Valencia, Spain. This is the first professional tour award of this season for this duo.

Raymond Muratalla. Photo: Ring Magazine

• A potential future rival of Vasyl Lomachenko has been determined. American Raymond Muratalla defeated Russian ZaurAbdullayev and became the interim IBF lightweight champion and official contender for Lomachenko's belt. However, the boxer from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi has not yet announced whether he will continue his professional career.
• Instead, on May 9, Vasyl congratulated his followers on the Soviet holiday, the so-called Victory Day. Ukraine celebrated the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism on May 8, and Vasyl did not post anything on that day.

Traditionally, we wish you and your favorite athletes and teams all the best!

Адлен Муатс