"Odesa defeated Storm in the hockey derby

Hot derby on the Odesa ice, Rakitsky's red card, a checker player's gold medal and an Odessan at Miss Olympia. Read more in the digest of sports events from Intent.

Ice hockey. Odesa derby at the Palace of Sports

"Odeschyna vs Storm. PHOTOS: HC "Storm"

• "Odeschyna started its first season of the Ukrainian Ice Hockey Championship on home ice. The opponent was a principled one - Storm, which also represents Odesa, although this season it plays its home games in Vinnytsia because the management of the Odesa Sports Palace failed to reach an agreement during the preparation for the season. Despite the fact that the nominal guests had the advantage, it was the newcomers who managed to seize the advantage in the first period and eventually bring the match to victory. Storm's poor offense was evident - out of 50 shots, only 3 resulted in a goal, while Odeschyna converted 17 shots into 4 goals.
• In its first match of the season, Storm also lost on the road, as Kyiv's Sokil managed to win back the handicap by two goals.

Games and results

The Ukrainian national team celebrates the victory over Iceland. PHOTO: UAF

• <b>The Ukrainian national football team, </b>after an unsuccessful start, has somewhat improved its standings in the World Cup qualifiers. The away victory over direct competitors from Iceland brought the Ukrainians to second place in the group, which gives them the right to play butt matches. Ruslan Malinowski (twice), Oleksiy Hutsulyak, Ivan Kalyuzhny and Oleg Ocheretko scored the goals . There are three more games ahead, the first of which is today against Azerbaijan.

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<span> </span>Yaroslav Rakitsky receives a red card. Screenshot: PFL/YouTube

• "Chornomorets lost points in their home match against Victoria Sumy. The most notable moment of the match was the sending off of Odesa defender Yaroslav Rakitskyi - two yellow cards for arguing with the referee and hitting an opponent with his head. As a result of this loss of points, Chornomorets lost the lead in the First League to Bukovyna.

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• "Seasters completed the first round of the first stage with a crushing victory at home. As a result, the Odesa team is third in the Major League.

Nico-Basket vs. Kharkiv Falcons match. PHOTO: Basketball Federation of Ukraine

• "<b>Niko Basket </b>played its first home games of the Super League season. In the game against Cherkasy Monkeys , Mykolaiv had the advantage for a long time, but a breakthrough in the last quarter allowed them to pull out a victory. In the second game, Kharkiv Falcons defeated the hosts without a chance - the decisive factor was the Kharkiv team's breakthrough in the second quarter, after which they went into the long break with an 18-point lead.

Events of the week

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Awarding of the winners of the World Checkers Championship. PHOTOS: Victoria Motrichko

• <b> Victoria Motrichko from Odesa</b> became the world champion in "classic" checkers. Three wins and six draws at the World Championships held in Trinidad and Tobago guaranteed Victoria her second gold medal, the first time she won such a tournament in 2023. Another Ukrainian, Yulia Makarenkova, took third place.

Mykola Milchev. PHOTO: NOC of Ukraine

• Mykola Milchev is a finalist of the World Shooting Championships! The 57-year-old from Odesa passed the qualification and skeet shootout, which allowed him to enter the top six. In the final, Milchev took sixth place, which was the second best result for the Sydney Olympic champion, after his fourth place in 2006.

The Ukrainian national chess team. PHOTO: Volodymyr Kovalchuk

• The European Team Chess Championship is taking place in Batumi, Georgia. After seven rounds, Ukraine's men's team is in the lead, while the women's team (which includes grandmaster Natalia Zhukova from Odesa) is in second place. The decisive games will take place this week.
  
  Liza Kazanina. PHOTO: Stephen Black
• Liza Kazanina from Odesa, who won theMiss Olympia amateur contest last year in the Wellness category, made her debut at the most prestigious bodybuilding competition among professionals. The Ukrainian took eleventh place among more than 30 participants. Another Ukrainian, Anna Borin, took twelfth in the Figure category.

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

Адлен Муатс