Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine coach Mykhaylo Fomenko on Tuesday named his final 23-man squad for Euro 2016, which is led by Dynamo Kiev forward Andriy Yarmolenko and Sevilla's Europa League winner Yevgen Konoplyanka. The 67-year-old coach cut his squad from a provisional list of 29 players after Ukraine beat Romania 4-3 in a friendly on […]

Kiev (AFP) – Striker Yevgen Seleznyov and defender Bogdan Butko have been added to Ukraine's provisional squad for Euro 2016, the Football Federation of Ukraine announced Wednesday. Seleznyov, who terminated his contract with Russia's Kuban Krasnodar earlier this month to join Shakhtar Donetsk, had been left out of an initial squad named by coach Mykhaylo […]

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine coach Mykhaylo Fomenko on Thursday announced a provisional 28-man squad for Euro 2016, led by Dynamo Kiev forward Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevgen Konoplyanka who starred in Sevilla's Europa League triumph. The 67-year-old coach will have to trim his squad to 23 players by the end of the month. In a confusing […]

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine's great hope Yevhen Konoplyanka chose La Liga, dismissing England's more physical Premier League, and has since become a bench warmer at Sevilla. Ukraine's fans still hope that he can fire the country to success at Euro 2016. The 26-year-old winger attracted interest from big clubs from across the continent with dashing […]

Imagine stepping on to a soccer pitch knowing that it could possibly be the last game of your life. Imagine kicking off knowing that you and your teammates are the only beacons of hope in a Nazi-occupied city. Imagine scoring a goal knowing that victory could have potentially tragic consequences. Imagine playing the match without […]

Here’s today’s TV schedule for viewers/readers in the United States: Dnipro vs Napoli, 2:45pm, FOX Sports 1 and FOX Soccer 2GO MORE: — Watch Europa League Final on FOX Soccer 2GO. — Sevilla prepared to punch their ticket to the Europa League final. Mute the TV and listen to Rabble for a different experience For today's […]

While the conflict in Ukraine is obviously much bigger than the game of soccer, the nation’s unrest is now affecting the country’s top soccer league.  The Ukrainian Premier League was ranked by UEFA as the 7th best soccer league in Europe in May of 2013, and the league’s top club at the moment, Shakhtar Donetsk, is […]

Despite initial confirmed reports that a senior Ukraine soccer executive had announced that the Ukraine-United States soccer friendly was canceled, the game between the two countries is now back on according to US Soccer. US Soccer tweeted late Monday night that the game will go ahead as scheduled: “The Football Federation of Ukraine confirmed that […]

UPDATE: Since the publication of this article, the US Soccer Federation has reported that the game is back on. See the updated article. In a blow to the United States Men's National Team preparations for World Cup 2014, Wednesday's friendly game between Ukraine and the United States has been cancelled by Ukraine. The USMNT will […]