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Hertha Berlin's Ukrainian striker Andriy Voronin fired his side to the
top of the Bundesliga on 2/14/09 with bouth goals which sealed 2 - 1 win over Bayern Munich.
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UEFA officials pleased with advancements made by Ukraine.
UEFA General Secretary David Taylor visited Ukraine in February, 2009.
He visited Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv. He examined stadiums, airports, train stations,
hotels, and fan zones and he was amazed by the progress.
Taylor was accompanied by Ukrainian Football Federation President Hryhoriy Surkis
and Vice Premier Ivan Vasiunyk, with Surkis reiterating the delight expressed by the UEFA official.

In winter conditions Zenit won game thanks to a great strike just before
half-time from Ukrainian International football player Anatoliy Tymoshchuk.
Germany's Bild newspaper announce that Bayern Munich has signed a deal that will
see Ukrainian football player Anatoliy Tymoshchuk join them in Summer 2009.
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Shakhtar (Donetsk, Ukraine) - Tottenham (London) - 2 : 0

New Ukrainian-Italian cycling team ISD
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Ukrainian biothlet Oleg Berezhnoy won gold medal in the men's 12.5 km
pursuit on February 25, 2009 at the 24th Harbin Winter Universiade.

American five-times world figure skating champion Michelle Kwan
will visit Ukraine as American Public Diplomacy Envoy on February 28, 2009. She will visit Kyiv, Yalta, Sevastopol, Bakhchisarai
and Odesa. Michelle Kwan's activities during her trip will include participating in a roundtable discussion with unuversity
students, visiting high schools, conducting skating clinics and meeting with alumni of other Department of State exchange
programs.

Metallist (Kharkiv, Ukraine) - Sampdoria (Italy) 2 : 0
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Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine won game with Valencia ( Spain) on February
26, 2009. 3 Ukrainian football clubs Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar, Metalist won the UEFA cup round of 16.

March 5, 2009
Ukrainians Iryna Kravets and Hanna Sukhobrus is going to paticipate in
Morocco's all-female Rallye Aicha des Gazelles for the first time. The 19th edition of the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles, the
world's only all-female desert rallye, will begin in Morocco on March 14, 2009. Women drivers from 33 different nationalities
will participate in this rallye.

Ukrainian Illya Marchenko won the opening game against British Josh Goodall
in Davis Cup on March 6, 2009.

Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky won the opening game against British Cris
Eaton in Davis Cup on March 6, 2009.

Ukrainian team Sergiy Bubka and Sergiy Stakhovsky won game against GB
team Fleming/Hutchins in Davis Cup on March 7, 2009.

Three goals of Ukrainian International football star Andriy Voronin for
Hertha against Berlin brought to Hertha a 3 -1 victory.
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March 8, 2009, Glasgow.
Ukraine completed a 4 - 1 win over Britain in
Devis Cup on March 8, 2009.

March 14, 2009
Ukrainian striker Andriy Voronin on target again.
He scored his eight goal in six games to keep Hertha Berlin four points clear at
the top of the Bundesliga to seal a 1 : 0 win over Bayer Leverkusen.

March 19, 2009
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) send CSKA Moscow (Russia) crashing out. Game score : Shakhtar
Donetsk - CSKA Moscow (2 : 0)

March 19, 2009
Metallist Kharkiv won second game against Dynamo Kyiv but in result of two games
Dynamo Kyiv won the UEFA cup round of eight.

March 19, 2009
Ukrainian International Anatoliy Tymoshchuk will join Bavaria Munich (Germany) in
July 2009.

March 22, 2009
Ukrainian the WBC World Champion Vitaliy Klychko retains his the WBC world
champion title in superheavyweight. Vitaliy Klychko stopped Juan Carlos Gomez in the nine round in Stuttgert, Germany
on March 21, 2009.
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Ukrainian Tetyana Filonyuk won a silver medal at the Acea Electrobel
Maratona di Roma, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on March 22, 2009,

March 26, 2009, Los Angeles, USA
Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy ( Germany) won gold medal at the 2009 World Figure
Skating Championship in Los Angeles, USA.
Ukrainian-German figure skater Aliona (Olena) Savchenko was born in Kyiv, Ukraine.
With partner Robin Szolkowy she is the 2008 World pair Champion and a three time European Champion.


March 2009
Ukraine's tennis player Sergiy Bubka won Kyoto Challenger tennis tournament
with prize $35,000. This is the first title for Sergiy Bubka at the Challenger series allowing him to climb approximately
40 positions in the ATP World Rankings.

April 1, 2009
Andriy Shevchenko's 40th goal for Ukraine.

April 1, 2009
England - Ukraine ( 2 : 1)

April 2, 2009, Italy
Ukrainian Ilya Kvasha won gold medal and became European Champion.

Football UEFA Cup, April 9, 2009
Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine beat Olympique Marseille, France (2 : 0) in UEFA
Cup. Congratulations!

April 16, 2009
Shakhtar, Donetsk, Ukraine won game against Olympique de Marseille with score 2 :
1 and will be in UEFA Cup Semifinals. Good luck Renat!


April 16, 2009
Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine beat PSG, France with score 3 : 0 and will be in UEFA Cup Semifinals.

April 26, 2009
Ukraine's woman's tennis team won over Argentina with score 5-0.
Alona Bondarenko sealed victory with 6-1 6-2 win over Joegelina Cravero.
Ukraine enters the elite -World Group I.

April 30, 2009
First game of UEFA Cup Semifinals.
Shakhtar, Donetsk, Ukraine - Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine (1 : 1)

UEFA Cup 2009
May 7, 2009, Donetsk, Ukraine
Ukrainian football team Shakhtar, Donetsk became the first team from Ukraine to the
UEFA Cup final. Result score of the game between Shakhtar, Donetsk - Dynamo Kyiv (2 : 1).





UEFA Cup 2009, Istanbul
May 20, 2009
Ukrainian football team Shakhtar, Donetsk won the UEFA Cup victory over German Werder
Bremen with score 2 : 1.
Ukrainian club won for the first time European trophy in their country's history.

May 21, 2009
2009 ISSF World Cup in Munich
Gold medal to Ukraine's Darya Shytko.
Darya Shytko of Ukraine won the 10 m Air Rifle woman event at the 2009 ISSF
World Cup in Munich with a new record with a total score of 502,7 points.

May 21, 2009
Munich
2004 Olympic Champion Olena Kostevych of Ukraine won the 10m Air Pistol woman competition
at the 2009 ISSF World Cup in Munich with total 489,4 poits.

May 21, 2009
Victory of Ukrainian Seagull (Chaika) Chaundron in Malta's competition.
The Seagull Chaundron crew celebrate their Malta Grand Prix of the sea victory. International
team - Aaron Ciantor(Malta), Andelo Tedeschi( Italy), Viktor Shemchuk (Ukraine), Aleksey Chendyakov (Ukraine).

Ukrainian powerboat Chaika ( Seagull) with Ukrainian tecnical support
team in Malta's competition in May 2009.

The Seagull Chaudron team
"Ukrainian Spirit" celebrates their victory in 2009 Malta's competition.

May 21, 2009
Warsaw, Poland
Ukrainian tennis player Alona Bondarenko has won the semi-final in the WTA tennis
tournament in Warsaw, Poland with USD 6000,000 worth of prize money. Alena Bondarenko of Ukraine won 6 -2 6 -2 over
Russian Maria Sharapova.

May 22, 2009
Warsaw, Poland
Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine won semi-final over Anne Keothavong of Britain with scores
6 - 2 7 -5. Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko will play in the final.


Donetsk, Ukraine
New Donbass Equicenter was opened with International competition Donbass Tour 2009
in May 2009 in Donetsk, Ukraine. Final of Donbass Tour 2009 will be hold in September 2009.

May 24, 2009
International sport Festival was held in Kam'yanets-Podilsky, Ukraine from May 18
until May 23, 2009.

International Kyiv Dressage Tour was opened in Kyiv, Ukraine ( May 22
- June 1, 2009).

May 28, 2009
Milan, Italy
Ukrainian Taras Magmet won sold medal in the men's 25-meter rapid fire pistol with
784,6 points at the World Cup in Milan.

May 28, 2009
Ukrainian-Italian team ISD at Giro d'Italia 2009.
Stage 18 results
Dmytro Grabovsky (Ukraine) ISD was fifth place
Giovanni Visconti (Italy) ISD was eighth place.
Pretty good!

May 29, 2009
The construction of a new Cycle track, which is to become a future Olympic center
is underway in Ukraine. The cycle track will be build in Simferopol and will be an ultramodern and one of the best cycling
centers in Europe.

June 20, 2009
Victory of Ukrainian Volodymyr Klychko.

Ukrainian Spirit Seagull Chaudron team celebrates on the
podium at round 4 of this year PI Powerboat World Championship in Istambul, Turkey
on June 21, 2009. The team won a second place.

Regatta in Ukraine
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July 30, 2009
EURO-2009
Under-19 Championship
Ukraine-Serbia ( 3 - 1) Semi-Final
After victory in Semi-Final, Ukraine will be play against England ( August 2,
2009) in Final.

August 2, 2009
UEFA Under 19
European Championship
England - Ukraine ( 0 - 2)
Ukraine's junior football team became the champion of Europe.

Ukrainian Ivan Piddubny ( 1871 - 1949) the famous Ukrainian wrestler
was six time the world heavyweight wrestling champion. Ukrainian champion Ivan Piddubny was born in Krasenivka, Poltava rigion,
Ukraine.

August 13, 2009
Ukraine Open 2009, The International water skiing
championship will be held
in Dnipropetrivsk, Ukraine on August 14-16, 2009. This event of such level will be
held in Dnipropetrivsk for the first time. The skiers from USA, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, France, Austria, Poland,
Slovenia, Russia, Belarus - around 60 participants will take part in championship in Ukraine.

August 19, 2009
ISD Cycling Team became the champion of Tour de France (August 9-14, 2009)

October 7, 2009
Ukraine's women's sable team won the 2009 World Fencing Campionship. Ukrainian woman's
sable team is Olympic champion of 2008 and the champion of Europe of 2009.



October 10, 2009
Dnipropetrovsk. Ukraine
Ukrainian Serhiy Nazarenko scored the goal as Ukraine beat England 1: 0 in World
Cup qualifying on October 10, 2009.

October 12, 2009
Italy
Ukrainian Kyrylo Chmykh from Tsunami RT won Silver Trophy at 5Hundred
Cup (junior rally competition).

November 17, 2009
Lake Placid, N.Y.
Tatiana Volosozhar and Stanislav Morozov from Ukraine won silver at the 2009 ISU
Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series in Lake Placid N.Y.

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Dinamo Kyiv beat Shakhtar Donetsk 3:0
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