Ukrainian volleyball players win the Golden Euroleague

Victories of Ukrainian volleyball teams, a heroic act of a young boxer from Odesa region, Elina Svitolina 's award and Vladislav Shepelev 's personal record - in the digest of sports events from the South by Intent.

Volleyball. Victories of Ukrainian teams

The Ukrainian national volleyball team. Photo: cev.eu

• Ukrainian volleyball players won the Golden Euroleague for the third time in history. In the semifinals, the Ukrainians defeated the only team they had lost to in the qualifying round, the Swedish national team, in three sets. In the final , Hungary put up a more active fight, but the Ukrainians proved to be stronger - 3:1. The next major tournament for the national team will be the World Cup, which begins on August 23.

Men's Nations League table. Screenshot by flashscore.ua

• This year, the men's national team is playing in an even more prestigious competition - the Nations League. This week was successful for the Ukrainians - three victories with only one defeat allowed them to rise to the top 6.

Boxing. Consequences of the "arrival" in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi

Mark Avetikyan with his friends. Photo: Ukrainian Boxing Federation

• On the afternoon of June 23, Russians launched a missile attack on Odesa region and destroyed a local educational institution in the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. Three people were killed and more than a dozen wounded. Among the latter is 15-year-old boxer Mark Avetikyan , who, despite his injuries, managed to save his friend who was trapped in the rubble as a result of the destruction. Now Mark is in the Belgorod-Dniester City Hospital. His condition is stable and he is gradually recovering.

Screenshot: Vasyl Lomachenko/Facebook

• Another well-known resident of Akkerman, two-time Olympic boxing champion Vasyl Lomachenko , wrote on his Facebook page that his home school was "cynically shelled with missiles," but did not mention whose missiles. This caused considerable indignation in the comments, led to a verbal altercation between Vasyl and well-known volunteers Serhiy Prytula and Serhiy Sternenko, and MP and Olympian Zhan Beleniuk asked a rhetorical question - if it is not known whose missiles, then from whom Vasyl was going to defend himself at the beginning of a full-scale invasion, recalling his photo in uniform and allegedly joining the terrorist defense? As you can see, Lomachenko's controversial statements haunt him even after his career is over .

Tennis. Svitolina's award and the eve of Wimbledon

Angelina Kalinina. Photo: Arata Yamaoka

• Four Ukrainian women will start at the third Grand Slam tournament, the English Wimbledon . These are Elina Svitolina and Diana Yastremska from Odesa, Yulia Starodubtseva and Marta Kostiuk from Novokakhovka. Another athlete from the Kherson region, Angelina Kalinina, decided to withdraw from the competition. The first round will begin today.

Diana Yastremska. Photo: PHOTO.

• Diana J astremska still managed to play this week at the Eastbourne tournament. After the Nottingham final, Eastbourne was less successful, with a quarterfinal exit. At Wimbledon, Diana will have a tough start - in the first round, she will face world number two Coco Goff.

Elina Svitolina. Image: The Billie Jean Cup

• Elina Svitolina received the Heart Award this week for her outstanding commitment to the team during her performance at the Billie Jean King Cup throughout the year. Elina transferred the monetary part of the award to her foundation, which aims to support young Ukrainian tennis players.

Events of the week

Ukrainian rugby sevens teams. PHOTOS: Ukrainian Rugby

• TheUkrainian rugby sevens teams won two medals at the European Championships in the Trophy division. The men took second place, only losing to Poland in the last seconds of the final, while the women's team took third.

Vladyslav Shepelev. PHOTO: Bjorn Paree

• Vladyslav Shepelev from Odesa took third place in the triple jump at the European Team Championships with a personal best of 16.83m. Unfortunately, this result, as well as the victories of Mykhailo Kokhan and Yaroslava Maguchikh, were not enough to stay in the elite - Ukraine took fourteenth place and will compete in the second division next year.

IBC Niko-Basket. PHOTO: fbu.ua.

• Mykolaiv-based Niko Basket has officially confirmed that it will play in the Super League next season. The Mykolaiv team received this right after finishing second in the Major League last season.

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

Адлен Муатс