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Lead story · Football / Premier League

A different ending to a familiar derby

Shakhtar and Dynamo drew 0–0 in Lviv, a result both coaches were happy with.

Premier League · Round 12

Shakhtar0:0Dynamo

Arena Lviv · 8 November

Editor’s column

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Eduard Kyseliov on the derby in Lviv and how Ukraine’s title race has changed.

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Issue contents
  • Football / Premier League

    A different ending to a familiar derby

    Shakhtar and Dynamo drew 0–0 in Lviv, a result both coaches were happy with.

    p. 5 Read online
  • Editor’s column

    Freeze-frame

    Eduard Kyseliov on the derby in Lviv and how Ukraine’s title race has changed.

    p. 5 Read online
  • Amputee football

    Ukraine’s team heads to its first World Cup

    Ukraine’s amputee football team was given a send-off in Lviv before its World Cup debut in Mexico.

    p. 7 Read online
  • Football / Nations League

    Ukraine’s Nations League task

    Andrea Maldera’s aim for the games against Northern Ireland and Georgia is to keep Ukraine in League B.

    p. 7 Read online
  • Basketball / SuperLeague

    Fireworks in the SuperLeague

    Dnipro hold firm and Rivne pick up pace. A look at Ukraine’s SuperLeague.

    p. 9 In print
  • Futsal / Champions League

    West and east

    Italy’s L84 Torino and Kazakhstan’s Semey are the round-of-16 opponents for HIT and Athletic.

    p. 11 Read online
  • Ice hockey

    Bobkin’s team wins as the federation stays quiet

    Ukraine won its European Cup leg, with attention now on the 2027 World Championship.

    p. 9 In print
  • Formula 1

    Mercedes’ ninth title

    Mercedes clinched the Constructors’ Championship early, drawing level with Williams on titles.

    p. 12 In print
  • Football / Premier League

    Living with wolves

    Polissia beat Veres 2–0 to move within a point of Shakhtar.

    p. 3 Read online
  • Basketball / NBA

    Too quick to write off the Warriors and back Svi?

    An early-season NBA review, including Svi Mykhailiuk’s start with Utah.

    p. 10 In print
  • Ice hockey

    A comeback in 126 seconds

    Winnipeg’s comeback against Montreal.

    p. 10 In print
  • Football / Ukraine U17

    The penultimate hurdle

    Ukraine U17 are in Burton upon Trent bidding to reach the spring qualifying round.

    p. 7 In print
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News of the day ·

Ukraine U21 lose to Scotland

Dmytro Mykhailenko’s side lost 4–0 in a friendly in San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain.

Ukraine win team shooting gold in Doha

Pavlo Korostylov, Maksym Horodynets and Volodymyr Pasternak won the 25m centre-fire pistol team event. It was Ukraine’s third medal at the World Championships in Doha.

Novytskyi scores 24 against Girona

Rostyslav Novytskyi made all eight of his shots from the field, but Dinamo Bucharest lost 92–84 in the FIBA Europe Cup.

Svitolina beats Muchova at Indian Wells

Elina Svitolina came from a set down to win 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 at the WTA Finals and stay in contention for a semi-final place.

From the newspaper · p. 2

Livyi Bereh and Bukovyna to resume their match on 14 November

The round 11 match was halted at half-time because of an air raid threat, with Bukovyna leading 1–0. Play is set to resume at noon Kyiv time.

Epitsentr and Kryvbas winless in eight league rounds

They have the league’s longest winless runs after round 12. Bukovyna are without a win in seven rounds.

Three Premier League clubs have five different scorers

After round 12, Epitsentr, Livyi Bereh and Obolon each have five different goalscorers, the fewest in the league.

Bukovyna have the most draws in the Premier League

After round 12, the Chernivtsi club have drawn seven of their 11 matches.