Oleksandr Usyk donates to the museum of the UPA general

Niko-Basket's debut in the Super League, the successful start of Balta volleyball players, and what brought Oleksandr Usyk and Roman Shukhevych together. Read more in the digest of sports events from Intent.

Basketball. The start of the Super League

"Niko Basket are newcomers to the Super League. PHOTOS: fbu.ua

• This weekend the men's basketball Super League draw started in Kyiv. " Niko-Basket from Mykolaiv won the right to play in the elite division as the second team of the previous season's Major League.
• In the first match on Saturday, Valentyn Berestnev 's team lost to the hosts. " Kyiv-Basket made a breakthrough in the third quarter that gave them a 12-point lead, most of which they held on to.

<span></span>Maxim Safonov (left). PHOTO: fbu.ua

• The next day, Niko Basket played against Rivne. In the last minute of the game, with the score 69:68 in favor of Rivne, Maksym Safonov intercepted the ball and launched a fast break attack. Rivne player Dmytro Holovchyk made a block shot, but after reviewing the episode, the referees canceled it and scored 2 points in favor of Mykolaiv. 70:69, in the last seconds the newcomers to the Super League defended and won their first victory with a minimal advantage.

Games and results

The match between Probiy and Chornomorets. PHOTO: FC Chornomorets

• "Chornomorets continues to dominate the First League. Vitaliy Yermakov and Mykola Kohut scored three points in the away match against Probiy . Odesa, along with Bukovyna, have fallen behind, with seven points separating them from third place. The representatives of Odesa region in the Second League are having a harder time - two defeats in away matches.

HFC Seasters. PHOTO: Seasters FC

"Seasters drew away to Zhytomyr. Iryna Maiborodina (two goals, one of which was from the penalty spot) and Yusiz Sonkeng scored for Odesa.

<span> </span>The match between Balta and Polissia. PHOTO: SC "Balta"

• "<b>Balta, </b>the silver medalists of the last season of the Volleyball Super League, started the new championship with two convincing home victories over <b> Polissia. </b>Two new players joined the Balta team this week : outside hitter <b>Anna Shumeiko </b>and libero<b> Oleksandra Kutnyakova.</b>

<span><span> </span> </span>The match between Odesa and Motor. PHOTOS: Ukrainian Handball

• The matches of the strongest handball teams in Ukraine were without sensations - Zaporizhzhia <b> Motor </b>once again confirmed its status by defeating <b> Odesa </b>twice on its home court.

Diana Yastremska. PHOTO: AFP

• <b>Marta Kostiuk</b> ended her performances at the tournament in Beijing in the 1/8 finals, losing to the 5th world number 5 Jessica Pegula. At the next major tournament in Wuhan, the first round was the last for Diana Yastremska , after almost three hours on the court, the Odessan felt a pain in her neck and was unable to continue the fight.

RC "Credo-1963". PHOTOS: Ukrainian Rugby

• Odesa'<b> s Credo-1963 </b>defeated Kyiv's<b> RK GUR</b> in an away match of the Ukrainian Rugby Championship 15. After 4 rounds, Odesa has three wins and one loss.

Events of the week.

Iryna Pidhaina and Artem Koval. PHOTO: International Skating Union

• Iryna Pidhaina<b> and Artem Koval </b>, a dance couple from Odesa, won the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Poland and secured the right to compete at the season finale in Japan. This is the fourth victory at this level for this duo.

The destroyed building of the Roman Shukhevych Museum in Lviv. PHOTO: Lviv Historical Museum

• World boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk has joined the reconstruction of the Roman Shukhevych Museum . According to Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi, Oleksandr personally donated 100 thousand hryvnias and donated his gloves to be raffled off at an auction.

"We pay tribute to the past so that our future can be bright. Glory to God and glory to Ukraine

Oleksandr Usyk

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Адлен Муатс