"Chornomorets wins with a hat-trick and installs a new star on the Walk of Fame, Kateryna Sadurska takes gold at the World Cup, and a Crimean wrestler with a Russian passport is not going anywhere. All this and more in the digest of sports events from Intent.
Football. "Chornomorets in the spotlight
<span class="ratio ratio-16x9"></span>CHERNOMOREZ - Odesa's return to the UPL / Kucher, Rakitsky, Khacheridi. VIDEO: Trends
- The main football club of Odesa has acted as a newsmaker several times in recent days. For example, theTrendets YouTube channel (400 thousand subscribers) released a large video about the club and its path back to the Premier League. The main speakers were coach Oleksandr Kucher and star veterans Yaroslav Rakitsky and Yevhen Khacheridi. Rakitsky, in particular, said that he felt at home in Ukraine after returning from Zenit, and Khacheridi said that he suddenly felt that he missed football and that he had to return.
Edward Luchin. PHOTO: FC Chornomorets
- On Saturday, a First League match between Chornomorets and Zaporizhzhia's Metalurg took place. It was preceded by several celebrations. Before the game, a new star was unveiled on the Football Walk of Fame in front of the stadium. This year, Edward Lucin was honored . The hero of the celebration could not come to Odesa from the United States, but in his video message he thanked for the award and wished everyone to "believe and support our beloved Chornomorets and our native Ukraine, and then they will win!"
- Luchin Edward (Eduard) Petrovich is a former coach of the Chornomorets Sports School, his most famous students are Ilya Tsymbalar and Yuriy Nikiforov. He was an employee of the Odesa Regional Sports Committee, the Odesa Football Federation, and a sports commentator on television and radio in the United States. He is the founder of the Chornomorets Football School in New York City.
Vasyl Horobets and Oleksandr Kucher. PHOTO: FC Chornomorets
- The first symbolic kick at the beginning of the game was made by Vasyl Horobets, a representative of the fan movement who joined the 122nd Brigade of the TRO from the beginning of the full-scale invasion, later joined Azov, and was awarded the Golden Cross of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Brigade Award for Personal Courage.
Oleksiy Khoblenko. PHOTO: FC Chornomorets
- The match itself ended in a landslide victory for Odesa. All three goals were scored by forward Oleksiy Khoblenko, and Oleksiy scored his hat-trick in just 11 minutes. This victory cemented the Mariners' leadership in the First League.
Table of the First League. Screenshot: pfl.ua
Events of the week
Kateryna Sadurska (right). PHOTO: TRITON Freediving
- Kateryna Sadurska is the world champion again! The freediver from Mykolaiv triumphed in her crown discipline, the constant weight dive without fins, with a score of 76 meters. Before that, Kateryna was second in the free dive. Only another Ukrainian, Natalia Zharkova, was able to beat her. Zharkova also triumphed in the monofin dive, where Sadurska took fourth place.
Anastasia Pavlova. PHOTO: World Archery
- Anastasiia Pavlova, an archer from Kherson region, was the only European woman to make it to the quarterfinals of the World Championships, where she eventually took seventh place. This is the best result for Ukraine in the last 10 years. She also finished seventh in the mix together with Oleksiy Gunbin from Sumy.
Emin Sefershayev. PHOTO: UWW
- Greco-Roman wrestler and defector Emin Se fershayev will not compete at the World Championships. Sefershayev is a native of Simferopol who has been fighting for Russia since 2014, actively supporting the regime and performing at propaganda events. With this in mind, it is not surprising that Croatia, the host country of the next championship, denied Sefershaev a visa.
Games and results
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The Ukrainian national volleyball team. PHOTO: volleyballworld.com
- The Ukrainian volleyball team started the World Championships with a three-set defeat of Belgium. In the second match, they managed to defeat Algeria, but now, in order to get out of the group, in the last match our team needs to beat the group favorites - the Italian national team.
Volleyball. Men. World Cup 2025
Ukraine - Belgium 0:3 (16:25, 17:25, 22:25)
Ukraine - Algeria 3:0 (25:17, 25:12, 25:10)
The match Azerbaijan - Ukraine. PHOTO: UAF
- The Ukrainian national football team drew with Azerbaijan in a 2026 World Cup qualifying match. After such a loss of points, the chances of getting out of the group look completely illusory.
Football. Men. 2026 WORLD CUP. Qualification
Azerbaijan - Ukraine 1: 1
- "Chornomorets-2 and Real Pharma lost in their Second League matches.
Football. Second League. Men
Chornomorets vs Chayka 2:4
Real Pharma vs Sambir-Niva-2 1:2
The match between Real and Proskuriv. PHOTOS: Ukrainian Handball
- In the first round of the Women's Handball Super League<b>, Mykolaiv's Real</b> exchanged minimal victories with Proskuriv from Khmelnytskyi (the former team of the Children<b>'</b> s and Youth Sports School-1 of KhNU).
Football. Major League. Women
Real - Proskuriv 33:29 and 28:29
Shot of the week.
The Ukrainian national tennis team and Billie Jean King. PHOTO: Svitolina Foundation
- On September 17-21, the Ukrainian women<b>'s tennis team</b> will play in the final round of the main team competition<b> </b> - the<b> Billie Jean King Cup. </b>The day before, Ukrainian tennis players met with Mrs. King herself. The living legend of sports<b> </b>wished our team success in a difficult time for Ukraine, expressed support for peace and left her signature on the Ukrainian flag.
Traditionally, we wish success to you and your favorite athletes and teams!
Адлен Муатс