"Chornomorets receives a ban on transfers from FIFA

"Chornomorets is being punished for its debts, Elina Svitolina is not changing her citizenship, and Angelina Kalinina wins the WTA tournament. Read more in the digest of sports events from Intent.

FIFA ban for Odessans

• This week it became known that FIFA imposed a transfer ban on the football club <b> Chornomorets</b>. The reason was the club's debt to former players and coaches. The ban applies to three transfer windows - this and next winter, as well as the summer offseason of 2026.

Andriy Khoma. PHOTO: sport.if.ua

• However, according to an insider from the TaToTake telegram channel , Chornomorets has paid off former player Luka Chikviladze , whose debt to the club caused the sanctions. Soon the club should be allowed to sign new players. The first priority for Odesa is Prykarpattia forward Andriy Khoma, who was the third best scorer in the first half of the season in the First League.

Yevhen Khacheridi. PHOTO: FC Chornomorets

• Also, according to Sport Arena, the Odesa club plans to terminate cooperation with four players. These are Yevhen Khacheridi, Maksym Lopyryonko, Tymofiy Sukhar and Oleksandr Osman.

Events of the week

• This week, some media outlets came out with loud headlines such as"Elina Svitolina 'changed her citizenship' to play with Monfils".

Poster for Elina Svitolina's match. PHOTO: opendebourgdepeage.com

• We have to reassure Ukrainian fans that nothing has really changed. Yes, Elina will play in the exhibition tournament as part of the French team, where she will replace the injured Lois Boisson. But there is no question of any change of sports or legal citizenship - it is just one unofficial match in the format of "French national team vs. So in early January, we will be cheering for Ukrainian Elina at the tournamentin Auckland, where she will begin preparations for the Australian Open.

Angelina Kalinina. PHOTO: openblsdelimoges

Another Ukrainian tennis player, Angelina Kalinina from Novokakhovka, had a successful tournament . She managed not only to break her losing streak, which had lasted since June, but also to reach the final of the WTA125 tournament in Limoges. It should be noted that in the semifinals, Angelina defeated the first seed, the Spaniard Cristina Buxha. In the final, Angelina managed to win a tense three-set match and take the trophy! This is the second tournament Kalinina has won in her career, the previous one was also in Limoges, three years ago.

• Kateryna Kotsar won the first medal in the history of Ukraine in the World Cup in bigeye.

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Kateryna Kotsar. PHOTO: Eurosport

• The Ukrainian freestylist won silver at the stage in the American Steamboat. For the first time this season, she made it to the finals after qualifying with the eighth result. In the finals, Kotsar was seventh after the first jump, but her rivals' mistakes allowed her to move up to second place. With a score of 152.5 points, Kateryna retained her position.

Games and results

• "Balta<b> </b>defeated Halychanka<b> </b>twice after returning from the European trip and secured second place in the Super League.

Balta players. PHOTO: SC "Balta"

Kyiv Basket vs. Interchemmatch. PHOTO: ogfb.ua

• Basketball players of<b> </b> Interchem meet Kyiv-Basket on the road .<b> </b>The Odesa team won the first meeting, with a breakthrough in the second quarter decisive. The return match will take place on Monday, and we will talk about it in the next digest.

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

Адлен Муатс