The fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is later this month. Not that anyone in the bludgeoned nation needs to be reminded. The death toll has climbed into the tens of thousands. Many more have been displaced.

Ukraine’s sports minister has decried a potential softening of restrictions against Russian athletes where they might ultimately be able to compete in the future under their national flag rather than as “Individual Neutral Athletes.

Over the past quarter-century, Shakhtar Donetsk has transformed from mere contenders to all-conquering champions in Ukrainian soccer. Founded in 1936, Shakhtar won its first trophy in 11 years (and its first since the Soviet Union’s downfall) after ...

LVIV, UKRAINE — The wind howls through the streets of this western Ukrainian city on a cool June afternoon, the sound of robust laughter spills from a locker room at a local sports complex. Players emerge in their soccer uniforms and begin training ...

PARIS (AP) — Soccer players from France and Ukraine joined supporters in a minute’s silence before their match on Thursday, ending a poignant day of ...

The president of world football's governing body has been described as a "moral degenerate" by Ukraine's foreign minister Andrii Sybiha.