Usyk to Fight Dubois on July 19 at Wembley as Ukrainian Women

Oleksandr Usyk 's next fight date , Ukrainian women's tennis and fencing successes, Odesa handball team's silver medal and Interchem 's fight for the championship - in a digest of sports events from the South of the Intent.

Boxing. It's official - Usyk and Dubois will fight on July 19

Poster for the Usyk-Dubois match. Image: DAZN Boxing

• WBC, WBO, WBA and IBO heavyweight champion, Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk and IBF heavyweight titleholder Daniel Dubois will fight for a rematch on July 19. This has been officially confirmed by the boxers' promoters and DAZN broadcasters.
• The first fight between these boxers took place in 2022. Then Usyk won by technical knockout, and after the fight there was a lot of controversy about whether Dubois' punch in the fifth round was below the belt.
• The arena for the fight will be the most famous stadium in the UK - Wembley Stadium in London. Usyk has already defeated Dereck Chisora and Anthony Joshua in London, but it was in other arenas.

Tennis. Strong performance of Ukrainian women at the WTA1000 in Madrid

Yulia Starodubtseva. Photo: WTA

• Four Ukrainian women started at once at the prestigious tennis tournament in Madrid. In the first round, Diana Yastremska and Yulia Starodubtseva from Kakhovka defeated their opponents and joined the top two Ukrainian players, Elina Svitolina and Marta Kostiuk, who started in the second round.
• Three Ukrainian women also made it past the second round - Svitolina, Kostiuk and Starodubtseva. Only Diana failed to get past world number four Goffe, despite winning the first set to zero.
• All three of our athletes made it to the third round of the competition. This is especially gratifying because Starodubtseva and Kostyuk beat "neutral" Russians, and Svitolina beat the former Russian and now Kazakhstani Rybakina. The matches of the 1/8 finals and further rounds will take place this week.

Football. Defeat of Chornomorets and Klassicheske with an Odesa trace<span> </span>

Rukh's goal against Chornomorets. Photo: ua-football.com

• "Chornomorets lost at home to Rukh Lviv in the round of 26. Lviv dominated the first half, but scored only once. In the second half , Oleksiy Khoblenko managed to equalize, but the Seafarers failed to hold on to the draw. There are four rounds left in the season, during which Oleksandr Kucher and his team need to leave the relegation zone.

• In the same round, Lviv hosted the Classic, a match between the giants of Ukrainian football, Dynamo and Shakhtar. The Donetsk team quickly gained an advantage in the match, winning the first half 2-0. However, Dynamo scored one goal in the middle of the second half, and in stoppage time, an accurate shot by Odesa's Vladyslav Kabaev equalized the score at 2-2.

Screenshot by Roman Gribov: UPL TV

• Kabaev's goal is not the only thing that connects this match with Odesa. At the beginning of the game, Roman Hrybov , the defender of Zmiinyi Island and probably the author of the most famous phrase about a war, scored the symbolic first goal .

UPL table. Screenshot: flashscore.ua

• "Seasters lost at home to another medal contender, Metalist 1925. Three defeats in a row is still the worst streak in the history of the Sisters.

Games and results

"Interchem are the finalists of the Super League. Photo: fbu.ua

• "Interchem-SDUSSHOR made it to the final of the Basketball Super League. In the decisive match, the Odesa team defeated Kyiv-Basket with a minimal advantage. Yulia Musienko scored 19 points , Ksenia Pankina had 17 points , and Diana Bondariuk scored a double-double with 13 points and 13 rebounds. In the first match of the final series, the reigning champions Frankivsk-Prykarpattia defeated Odesa on their home court thanks to a third-quarter surge. To keep their chances of winning the championship, Interchem must win at home in the next match on April 30.

• In the men's handball super league, all medalists were determined ahead of schedule. " Motor is once again the champion, Odesa is the runner-up for the third time in a row, and Donbass took bronze. In the women's championship , Real Mykolaiv is in last place,

Image: Ukrainian Handball

Photo: IIHF

• The Ukrainian national ice hockey team has started competing at the IIHF World Championship in Division IA. The first match against Great Britain was an equal struggle and ended only in a shootout, where the British were stronger.

Events of the week

Ukrainian fencers. Photo: EFC

• Ukraine won four medals at the European Youth Fencing Championships - Anna Maksymenko won gold in epee, Olga Sopit won silver in foil, and the women's foil and sabre teams, which included athletes from Odesa region Victoria Morenets-Kubanska and Mykolaiv 's Oleksandra Bondar and Victoria Korotchenko (all sabre) and Alina Poloziuk (foil), came third.

Sviatoslav Madonich and Dmytro Karabadzhak. Photo: Yacht Club Imperia

• Odesa yachtsmen Svyatoslav Madonich and Dmytro Karabadzhak successfully competed in the Italian Cup. The Ukrainian crew won in the overall standings and in the under-19 age category in the 420 class.

Grigory Ilchishin. Photo: NOC of Ukraine in Odesa region

• Hryhorii Ilchyshyn , a native of Odesa, became a silver medalist at the World Cup in rock climbing. In the speed discipline, the 19-year-old athlete reached the finals and set a Ukrainian record, conquering the distance in 4.98 seconds.

Photo of the week

<i>Marta Kostiuk and Mander. Photo: Reuters.</i>

• After her victory over Radukanu, Marta Kostiuk went to the photo shoot not alone, but with her four-legged friend. The dog 's name is Mander and he is an integral part of Marta's team.

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

Адлен Муатс