"Chornomorets lost at home to the leader of the First League

"Chornomorets loses a crucial match, Credo-1963 rugby team stops one step short of the championship, and Oleksandr Abramenko exposes the lies of Russian athletes. Read more about this and other things in the digest of sports events from Intent.

Football. First league

• The central match of the first round in the First League took place in Odesa. The second team of the tournament, Odesa-based Chornomorets, hosted the leaders, Bukovyna from Chernivtsi. In the first half, the visitors quickly created a comfortable lead - Bohdan Boychuk scored in the 9th minute, and Yevhen Pidlepenets scored the second goal in the 27th minute.

Vladyslav Kulach. PHOTO: Anatoliy Spitsa, ua-football.com

• After the break, the Sailors actively attacked and reduced the gap in the score - in the 69th minute after a penalty kick Vladyslav Kulach scored. The last minutes were spent in a tense struggle, and finally, with a scuffle between the players and substitutes of both teams (thus, the substitute Yaroslav Rakitsky and the second goalkeeper Jan Vichny received yellow cards for interfering in the conflict on the field). But the score did not change.

• "Thanks to the victory, Bukovyna now has a 7-point lead over Odesa, who still hold second place, 2 points ahead of Ingulets.

Table of the First League. Screenshot: pfl.org.ua

Games and results

Sisters vs EMC-Podillya match. Photo: seasters.football

• "Seasters defeated EMC-Podillya in the first match of the second round. This match was also remarkable for the Odesa team because it was their first home game with a spectator.

The final of the Rugby Super League 15. Photo: Ukrainian Rugby

• Odesa' s Credo-1963 is the silver medalist of the Ukrainian Rugby League 15 championship. In the final match, the intrigue lasted until the last seconds, and the lead changed several times. However, the final whistle recorded the minimal advantage and the championship of the Kharkiv region team. The decisive goal was a free kick by Kharkiv less than 2 minutes before the end of the game.

The match between Storm and Kremenchuk. Photo: HC Kremenchuk

• "Odeschyna and Storm lost in tense matches to the leaders of Ukrainian hockey - HC Kremenchuk. Storm's second match was also supposed to take place this week, but instead the Odesa-Vinnytsia team won a technical victory, as Kyiv's Kryzhynka-Capitales did not show up for the game and decided to withdraw from the current championship draw.

Standings of the Ukrainian championship. Screenshot: Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine

Nico-Basket vs. Staryi Lutskmatch. Photo: fbu.ua

• "Nico-Basket won its second victory of the season at home. "The "victim" of the Mykolaiv team was Staryi Lutsk, the only team that was below Niko in the standings in the first round and has not yet won a single victory.

Events of the week

Elina Svitolina. Photo: Billie Jean King Cup

• Ukraine's top-ranked player Elina Svitolina from Odesa won the Heart Award for her performance in the final of the Billie Jean King Cup 2025. This is the second such award for Elina this season. Like last time, Elina donated the cash prize to her foundation, which aims to support young Ukrainian tennis players.

Oleksandr Abramenko. Photo: NOC of Ukraine

• Oleksandr Abramenko, an Olympic freestyle champion, told Glavkom how another freestyle skater, Russian Ilya Burov , tried to deny his statements in support of Putin and the war. In March 2022, Burov's statement in support of Putin and the war against Ukraine appeared on the official resources of the Russian Freestyle Federation. Later, in a conversation with Abramenko, Burov said that he did not make such a statement, although it was posted on his page on one of the social networks.

This statement was also posted on the official resources of the Russian Freestyle Federation. He reposted this statement on his Vkontakte page. What can I say... Maybe you should read what you repost better...

Alexander Abramenko

Images of the week

• On November 1, the traditional Chess Halloween was held in Odesa .

Chess Halloween in Odesa. Photo: Natalia Dovbysh/Intent

• 67 young players, with and without costumes, competed under the watchful eye of international grandmaster Natalia Zhukova.

Natalia Zhukova watches the tournament participants play. Photo: Natalia Dovbysh/Intent

As usual, we wish you and your favorite athletes and teams good luck!

Адлен Муатс