Ukrainian womens' rights group Femen have been in the news over the last couple of year because of
their concerns about the impact that EURO 2012 will have on the Ukraine's already burgeoning sex
tourism industry when hordes of male football fans from wealthy Western European countries enter
the Ukraine to support their teams.
Brazilian sensation Leandro Damiao has revealed that he could follow Neymar's lead by opting to
remain in South America.
Earlier this week Neymar, who had looked set to move to Spain next year, signed a new long-term
contract with Santos.
Despite signing a new deal in the summer, Damiao was being strongly with a New Year move to
Tottenham - whilst Liverpool, AC Milan and Ukrainian giants Dnipro and Dinamo Kyiv were also being
linked.
This was a tough week for a lot of the clubs at the top of last week's rankings. Needless to say
(thought that won't stop me), the toughest week was had by Manchester United, whose 1-6 loss to
intercity rivals Manchester City was its worst home loss since the 1930-31 season. That wasn't the
only slip near the top, though.
Ukrainian-born and American-raised striker Eugene Starikov gave Zenit St. Petersburg, the club
that owns his rights, a good glimpse at what they might want to consider keeping after he scored a
goal to help FK Tom Tomsk beat Zenit, 2-1, on Saturday.
Starikov was called into U.S. national team camp in January, and spent some time with the U.
Manchester City's dream of finishing their season with a trophy starts to evaporate again as one
of their target has now officially gone after City got knocked out from the Europa League by
Ukrainian top side, Dynamo Kiev.
The Eastlands actually picked up a victory on the second leg match at home as Alexander
Kolarov's free kick blast pass Kiev's goal in the first period, but one goal wasn't enough for the
home team as they were beaten 2-0 in the first leg.
Italians Roma host Ukrainian outfit Shakhtar Donetsk in the last 16 of the UEFA
Champions League on Wednesday night in one of the knockout round's more open ties.
The hosts are currently in the midst of financial and club turmoil with things both on and off
the pitch being far from rosy.
Italians Roma host Ukrainian outfit Shakhtar Donetsk in the last 16 of the UEFA
Champions League on Wednesday night in one of the knockout round's more open ties.
The hosts are currently in the midst of financial and club turmoil with things both on and off
the pitch being far from rosy.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland Ukrainian referee Oleh Orekhov has lost his appeal against a life ban from
football for helping fix matches. The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday dismissed Orekhov's
appeal against his expulsion by UEFA last March. UEFA found he breached "principles of loyalty and
integrity," but did not say which matches were [.
