The Bundesliga is Andriy Voronin’s playground. The league where he first made his name turned out to be just the place for the Ukraine striker to rediscover his form. The pony-tailed one has scored 8 goals in 6 games to carry Hertha Berlin to an improbable lead in the German top flight, four [...]

Ukrainian clubs and national team players put in a solid showing in UEFA Cup Round of 32 first leg action this week. Anatoliy Tymoschuk did not let his impending departure from Zenit Saint Petersburg prevent him from scoring the winner as his club downed Stuttgart 2-1. Artem Milevskiy pulled Dynamo Kyiv level with [...]

Andriy Voronin scored twice to lead Hertha Berlin past Bayern Munich 2-1. The victory means Hertha take over first place in the Bundesliga, which they haven’t won in 78 years. Though Voronin has been angling for a move back to Liverpool, whose striker ranks have been thinned with the departure of Robbie Keane, [...]

Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko continues to build a foundation of results. His squad leaves Cyprus as winners of the four nation friendly tournament. Serhiy Nazarenko’s first half wonder strike was enough to lift Ukraine to a 1-0 victory over Serbia. A day earlier Artem Milevskiy set up two goals and converted a late penalty [...]

The national team has begun gathering in Cyprus, where it will hold its first camp of 2009 and participate in a four team tournament that will kick off against Slovakia on Tuesday. Manager Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko’s staff held an open training session with the 14 players already at the team base. Tomorrow they will [...]

Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness has confirmed a report by German newspaper Bild that the club has sealed the transfer of Ukrainian captain Anatoliy Tymoschuk. “We have agreed to personal terms with the player, as well as the transfer fee itself. It is not yet clear whether he will join the team [...]

Lost in an avalanche of Andrei Arshavin rumors is the certainty that Zenit and Ukraine captain Anatoliy Tymoschuk is seeking a move to a big European club. Zenit manager Dick Advocaat has conceded he expects the midfielder to suit up for a different club before the end of the transfer window. The 29 [...]

As John Arne Riise left the pitch with an incredulous look on his face, dismissed just minutes into the second half of his country’s friendly against Ukraine, the complexion of the match changed dramatically for the hosts. While Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko might have been content to let his side sit on their lead and focus [...]

Oleksiy Mykhaylichenko announced his team for Ukraine’s upcoming friendly against Norway, and the list is missing some familiar names. Zenit’s Anatoliy Tymoschuk, Milan’s Andriy Shevchenko, and Hertha’s Andriy Voronin will not take part in the November 19th match in Dnepropetrovsk, as the manager gave preference to UPL-based players. The only foreign-based player in [...]

Lets take a look at how representatives of the Zhovto-Syni performed in the European competitions. Three Ukrainian Premier League teams were in action this week. In the Champions League, Dynamo Kyiv suffered a heartbreaking 1-2 loss to Porto. The result overshadowed a fantastic performance by striker Artem Milevskiy. Making his first [...]