Last season's Europa League runners-up Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk of Ukraine were handed a one-year European ban by UEFA on Thursday for breaching financial regulations.... more »
Foreign stars are leaving, clubs are collapsing, crowds are shrinking and Dynamo Kiev suffered the latest blow for long-suffering Ukrainian football fans.... more »
Shakhtar Donetsk's Brazilian marksman Luiz Adriano said Wednesday he may seek Ukrainian citizenship if his contract with the Donetsk club is extended in December.... more »
Dynamo Kiev have been ordered to close part of their stadium for next month's Europa League quarter-final after the racist behaviour of their fans towards Everton players.... more »
Crimean football clubs were Thursday banned by UEFA from taking part in Russian championships starting from January 1, the governing body's secretary general Gianni Infantino announced.... more »
Exiled Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk intend to return to their conflict-scarred home city as soon as it becomes safe to do so, a club official told AFP on Thursday.... more »
European football's top officials said Thursday they wanted to resolve whether or not Crimean clubs can play in Russia or Ukraine within a month, even as Kiev called for sanctions against Moscow.... more »
Ukrainian Football Federation boss Anatoly Konkov has called upon the world and European football ruling bodies to punish the Russian Football Union for admitting clubs from Crimea, which Russia annexed.... more »
Argentine striker Facundo Ferreyra on Sunday completed a move to Newcastle United after joining foreign stars who refused to play with Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk because of the country's conflict.... more »
Shakhtar Donetsk's Brazil-born forward Luiz Adriano has said he is considering becoming a Ukrainian citizen to make himself eligible for the national team, local press reported Monday.... more »
Three foreign footballers have left Ukrainian top flight club Volyn Lutsk as the deadly rebellion in the southeast continues, local media reported Friday.... more »
Three Argentinian players of top flight side Metalist Kharkiv have refused to return to their Ukrainian club because of the ongoing conflict in the country, local media reported Tuesday.... more »
Shakhtar Donetsk president Rinat Akhmetov says he is confident Brazil striker Fred and five teammates who have refused to return to Ukraine after the Malaysia Airlines crash will be back soon.... more »
At least seven foreign players for two top Ukrainian football teams have refused to return to the country as tensions mount after the Malaysia Airlines crash, media reported Sunday.... more »
Brazil-born Croatian international striker Eduardo da Silva is leaving Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk and returning home to join Flamengo, the Rio de Janeiro club announced on Thursday.... more »
