"Shahed destroyed the Palace of Sports in Odesa, Storm will play in another city

The Odesa hockey team announces its relocation, and a few days later, Shahed hits the ice arena. Read about this, Usyk's postponement, Chornomorets' leadership, and parafencing medals in Intent's sports digest.

Hockey. "Storm will not play in Odesa

Hockey club "Storm". PHOTO: HC Storm-Odesa

• This week, the Odesa hockey club "Storm" made a statement that shocked local fans. According to Storm's management, on September 1, the management of the Odesa Sports Palace imposed conditions on the ice arena that were unacceptable to the team, and the ice arena was in a thawed state. In this regard, it was announced that Storm would play the next Ukrainian championship in another city, which was to be announced later.

The Ice Arena in Odesa, 2024. PHOTO: comments.ua

• On September 5, the director of the Palace of Sports, Yevhen Filonov, released a video message in response. According to him, the conditions of use of the venue have not changed, and the Ice Arena was to be flooded, as it is every year, by September 20. It was also emphasized that the Ukrainian Cup would take place in Odesa as previously planned. The arena, according to the management, remained on the list of venues announced for the Ukrainian championship, and time would tell who would play there.

The Palace of Sports in Odesa after the attack by Russian drones. PHOTO: Intent

• Unfortunately, in addition to time, Ukrainian sports must always take into account such a factor as the terrorist actions of the Russian Federation. On the night of September 7, a massive attack by kamikaze drones was carried out on Ukraine. As a result of one of them hitting the Palace of Sports in Odesa, it was heavily damaged.
• According to Yevhen Filonov, at 4 am, the Palace of Sports was pouring ice for the arena. There were three employees in the building who were miraculously unharmed. One "shahed" hit the Palace of Sports directly, the second hit a neighboring residential complex, and the third hit one of the ice machines.

Kyiv's ATEK after the Russian attack. PHOTO: HC Sokil

• That night, another ice arena, the ATEK in Kyiv, which was claimed to be the home arena of the capital's Sokol, was also damaged . In both cases, there were no casualties.

Boxing. Usyk received a postponement

Oleksandr Usyk with the WBO world champion's belt. PHOTO: Reuters

• Despite doubts about the severity of the injury caused by the dance video, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) granted Oleksandr Usyk a 90-day extension, but obliged him to fight the winner of the Joseph Parker-Fabio Wardley fight. The fight between them will take place on October 25. The winner will become the interim champion and the next mandatory challenger.

Ukrainian parachutists are world champions. PHOTO: FIE

• Mykolaiv parafencers Oleh Naumenko and Oleksii Zakusylov, along with their teammates Artem Manko and Eduard Kudenko , became world champions in team epee. Another Mykolaiv resident, Dmytro Serezhenko, won silver in team sabre and bronze in individual competition (also in sabre).

Games and results

Ukraine vs. France match. PHOTO: AFP

• Ukraine's national football team began the World Cup qualifiers with a defeat in a home match against France. The French quickly took the lead after a goal by Michael Oliseh. Toward the end of the game, Kylian Mbappe set the final score.

Oleksandr Sklyar scores. PHOTO: FC Chornomorets

• "Chornomorets defeated Phoenix Mariupol at home and secured first place in the First League table.

Screenshot: pfl.ua

FC Seasters. PHOTO: Oleksandr Androsov

• "Seasters lost to the Ukrainian champions Vorskla in a home match . With a score of 0:2, the Odesa team quickly managed to score one goal, had a chance to equalize, but failed. The "sisters" finished the match in the minority - Josephine Ngandi received a red card for the second warning .

Screenshot: womensfootball.com.ua

Marta Kostiuk. PHOTO: usopen.org

• In the 1/8 finals, Marta Kostiuk lost a tough three-set match to Czech Karolina Muchova. Thus, at the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, the quarterfinals were held without Ukrainian women.

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

Адлен Муатс