Author: Ihor Stelmach

In an Extraordinary General Assembly on November 16 in Berlin, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) voted to suspend the memberships of the National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Russia and Belarus. The vote of national federations to suspend Russia was 64-39 (16 abstentions) and 54-45 (18 abstentions) to suspend Belarus. The decision by the federations “stems...

Promising super-welterweight boxing prospect Serhii “El Flaco” Bohachuk needed to renew his work visa in the first few months of 2022. He left the United States where he trains for his native Ukraine expecting to quickly get his renewal and continue training in his adopted home. This was not the case as his life took...

Sergey Bubka will adopt another cause once his role as president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOC) ends. He has made it his mission to focus all of his energies on the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Solidarity Fund, which exists to support the Ukrainian community impacted by the war with Russia. The election...

Ruslan Masalitin has impressed all those around him, especially his teammates, with his big smile. From the first summer workout with the DeWitt, Mich., high school program, that smile was noticeable. Whether he’s on the pitch in perfect conditions or on a cold and rainy, dreary day when everyone is fatigued, that demeanor has remained....

Despite missing his team’s final 13 games due to right knee tendinitis, Kyle Kuzma certainly took advantage of the opportunity he was afforded by the Washington Wizards in the 2021 to 2022 season. He set career highs in minutes played per game (33.4), and rounded out his hoops game with career bests in rebounds (8.5)...

Twenty-three-year old forward Sasha Chmelevski recently finished his third full season in the San Jose Sharks’ organization and was a restricted free agent in need of a new contract. In 2021 to 2022, he had eight points (all assists) in 19 NHL games to go with 12 goals and 37 points in 47 games with...

The Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR) has had teams racing through the Charles River in Boston since 1965. For the first time ever, the Ukrainian national rowing team competed in Boston in this year’s version of the world’s largest three-day rowing competition. The Ukrainian women outperformed their male counterparts, finishing ninth out of 29,...

Discussions are ongoing regarding whether or not Russian and Belarusian athletes should be suspended from international sporting competitions because of the role their countries are playing in the war on Ukraine and the resulting human rights violations occurring throughout the country. But a vibrant debate is now unfolding in a second arena. While Russian and...

Shakhtar Donetsk captain Taras Stepanenko admitted that it has been extremely difficult to fully recover between matches due to the fact that his club does not have a permanent home. He also acknowledges this challenge is not new to him as the 33-year-old has called six different venues his “home” since signing with the organization...

Vasyl Lomachenko compiled a 396-1 record as an amateur. He won gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics. He won a professional world title in only his third ever bout, a second title in a different weight class in his seventh bout and a third weight class title in his...

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach claimed that the organization has been faced with an “unsolvable dilemma” in its decision to take “protective measures” by recommending that international federations exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from competitions. Bach outlined the IOC stance on both nations, which have been largely frozen out of international sports since...

One of the highlights at the annual Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on October 17 was Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko’s impassioned speech in which he urged people not to forget about the ongoing Russian invasion of his country. “It has been a very difficult moment since the war started,” said the former AC Milan, Chelsea FC...