Ukraine

Viktor Gyökeres hits hat-trick as Sweden and Graham Potter see off Ukraine

· The Guardian

Graham Potter may be in it for the long haul but the immediate outlook looks pretty bright too. This was his third game in charge of Sweden and the biggest compliment to pay is that they looked like themselves. A…

‘We have to do something for our people’: Ukraine nurture World Cup dream

· The Guardian

The team have led a nomadic existence since Russia invaded and face a playoff against Sweden in Valencia on Thursday Around the pitch of the latest stadium Ukraine will call home, a set of banners reels off the venues…

World Cup 2026 qualifying roundup: Ronaldo sent off in Portugal defeat by Republic of Ireland

· The Guardian

Troy Parrott double enough for famous win France beat Ukraine 4-0 to book spot for 2026 Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off as Troy Parrott fired the Republic of Ireland to a sensational 2-0 victory against Portugal to set…

World Cup qualifying: Mbappé sees off Ukraine as Gattuso’s Italy find form

· The Guardian

Olise also scores for France | Italy 5-0 Estonia Sesko sets up late leveller for Slovenia against Sweden France struck early through Michael Olise and sealed the points with a late Kylian Mbappé breakaway to open their…

Nations League: Gyökeres scores four for Sweden in rout of Azerbaijan

· The Guardian

Sporting forward’s nine goals make him top scorer Ukraine in promotion playoffs after win in Albania The Sweden forward Viktor Gyökeres netted four goals on Tuesday to overtake Erling Haaland as the top scorer in the…

Oleksandr Zinchenko: ‘We need to stick together to bring peace in Ukraine, we cannot give up’

· The Guardian

Full-back opens up on the difficulty of following the war back home from overseas and positive lessons at Arsenal and Manchester City “To become a professional football player from the place where I was born and raised…

Ukraine’s Georgiy Sudakov: ‘I have friends who are fighting. It is hard to focus on football’

· The Guardian

Shakhtar Donetsk playmaker on ‘fear and grief’ of Russia’s invasion, Euro 2024 dismay and Mykhailo Mudryk The compact surroundings of Arena Livyi Bereh in Kyiv’s Osokorky district is not Camp Nou or any of Europe’s…

War and set pieces: watching Euro 2024 in Ukraine – a photo essay

· The Guardian

In Odesa, a city attacked by Russian rockets, with daily power outages and air-raid sirens, the street and social documentary photographer Richard Morgan explores to what extent the football is still important, if the…

‘We weren’t a punching bag’: verdicts from Euro 2024 countries who are out

· The Guardian

Anger, confusion and disappointment were among the emotions in the nations eliminated in group stage Poland were the last team to qualify (their penalty shootout playoff win in Cardiff finished later than Ukraine’s and…

Belgium coach angry at team’s traffic delay and fans shining laser pens

· The Guardian

Tedesco claims he had two minutes for pre-match talk Coach is ‘so proud’ despite team being booed by own fans The Belgium head coach, Domenico Tedesco, condemned the local organisation after a 0-0 draw against Ukraine…

Ukraine 0-0 Belgium: Euro 2024 – as it happened

· The Guardian

Ukraine outplayed a poor Belgium side for long periods but were unable to score the goal that would have kept them in the tournament Read Jonathan Wilson’s match report from the Stuttgart Arena Romelu Lukaku: Belgium’s…

Belgium booed despite edging through as Ukraine receive heroes’ farewell

· The Guardian

At one end of the ground, one team stood, exhausted, in the penalty area in front of their fans and were warmly applauded. At the other, their opponents could barely approach the box before being driven back by the fury…

‘The war affects us every day’: Ukraine feel burden of lifting spirits at home

· The Guardian

Veteran midfielder Taras Stepanenko knows his team carry a responsibility beyond the pitch as they face Belgium Taras Stepanenko used to be the great hope of Ukrainian football. Perhaps he lacked a little pace, but he…

Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine: Euro 2024 – as it happened

· The Guardian

Ukraine come from a goal behind against Slovakia to kickstart their Euros campaign 2 mins: Slovakia got direct early on to see if they can shake up the Ukrainians in the early stages. Peep! Peep! Peep! Here we go!