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Ticket sales for the match of the 30th round of the Ukrainian championship, in which Rukh will host Dynamo Kyiv in Lviv, are ongoing.

The final match of the season will take place on Saturday, 25 May, at the Arena Lviv stadium. The number of tickets for the game against Dynamo is limited and can be purchased online for UAH 200 and UAH 300. We remind you that on the day of the match, the price of the pass will increase.

At the same time, all combatants can enter the stadium free of charge with prior registration (at the stadium, contact the organiser with a Vip Hostes badge, who will provide you with a free ticket to enter the stadium if you have a UBD and pre-register).

In addition, passes to the home games of the Yellow and Blacks are sold to the VIP sectors, where you can watch the match in a comfortable box with a buffet and drinks, as well as leave your car in the VIP parking lot if necessary (900 UAH).

The last round of the Ukrainian championship is left to be played. For 14 clubs, the football season will end on 25 May, with the 13th and 14th-placed teams having to play the transition matches. Four days after the end of the Premier League championship, we decided to analyse the performance of the head coaches of the elite division of Ukrainian football. It should be noted that only five coaches will finish the championship with the teams they started with.

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Brazilian goalkeeper and Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson may leave the English club this summer to continue his career in Saudi Arabia, local media reports.

The 30-year-old's contract runs until the summer of 2026. Clubs in the Saudi Arabian league are interested in the possibility of acquiring the defender. The goalkeeper himself is considering various options for continuing his career and is ready to accept offers from Saudi Arabia.

Ederson has been playing for Manchester City since 2017. He has won the FA Cup six times, the Champions League and the Carabao Cup four times.

Our club, together with the Surkis Brothers Foundation, continues to help the Ukrainian army, children, various foundations and organisations in this difficult time for our country.

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UAF Secretary General Ihor Hryshchenko spoke about the Tymoshchuk case, which was filed by the UAF with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

- What's new in the Tymoshchuk case so far?

- On 22 March (the meeting took place on 22 April - ed.), a hearing was held at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and we are waiting for the result. We hope that our fellow arbitrators have heard our arguments and our position and will make a balanced, fair decision in this case.

- Nevertheless, it seems that Tymoshchuk is not alone. He is the most famous person whom I essentially call a "traitor", and you, as a lawyer, will probably be more careful in your statements. But in the UAF, I don't see any stories with other traitorous footballers.

- There are more than two dozen cases, as far as I remember. They are all under consideration now. I think that after Tymoshchuk's case, when we see the CAS decision and their approach to these cases, we will continue to consider these cases and make decisions.

Oleg SHERBAKOV

Valencia forward Roman Yaremchuk, whose agreement belongs to Brugge, may continue his career in Turkey.

According to Fanatik portal, Trabzonspor are interested in signing Yaremchuk and are already in active negotiations with Brugge. The parties have already made progress on the transfer, but are still unable to agree on the final sum of the deal.

In addition, it is known that with Yaremchuk himself, the Turkish club is also successfully discussing the terms of a personal agreement.

Recall, this season Yaremchuk played in 29 matches for Valencia, scoring 4 goals.

Real Madrid's Ukrainian goalkeeper Andriy Lunin reacted to the decision of the team's midfielder Toni Kroos to end his professional career in the summer.

"A very sad day for the whole football world. Toni is a legend, a genius and an example as a person! We will miss you very much, we love you, Tony," Lunin wrote on his Instagram page.

The venues for the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League finals until 2027 have been determined.

According to the UEFA press service on its official Twitter page, the following decisions were made today at a meeting of the organisation's Executive Committee in Dublin regarding the host cities for the next European Cup finals.

Champions League:

2025 - Munich;
2026 - Budapest;
2027 - Milan* (final decision postponed until September).

Europa League:

2025 - Bilbao;
2026 - Istanbul;
2027 - Frankfurt;

Conference League:

2025 - Wroclaw;
2026 - Leipzig;
2027 - Istanbul.

Zorya centre-back Arseniy Batagov may move to AZ Alkmaar. The parties have yet to reach an agreement on the transfer fee.

As Sport-express.ua has learned, Zorya defender Batagov may become a player of AZ Alkmaar.

The club from the Netherlands has outbid possible offers from Ukrainian teams and is ready to pay two million for the player, while the Ukrainian side estimates him at least at 2.5 million.

Batagov played 30 matches for Zorya this season, scoring two goals and providing three assists. His agreement with Luhansk is valid until 30 June 2025.

The Lithuanian women's national team has officially cancelled the matches against the terrorist accomplices, the Belarusian national team, which were to take place as part of the Euro 2025 qualifying tournament on 31 May and 4 June.

According to the official website of the Lithuanian Football Federation, UEFA has already confirmed this fact and imposed sanctions on our friends: in both matches, the Baltic team suffered technical defeats with a score of 0:3, and its federation must pay a fine of 5,000 euros.

"Finally, this issue has been officially resolved, and now we can look forward. We have received the sanctions we could have imagined, and most importantly, our team is not closed to finishing in the European Championship qualifiers. If we win our last two matches, we will be able to fight for second place in the group and progress to the next stage.

Sanctions and fines are not the main thing here, it was important to reiterate the LFF's position on the war and the aggressors," the organisation's official website quoted LFF President Edgaras Stankevicius as saying.

For its part, the UAF sent an official letter to the LFF leaders signed by President Andriy Shevchenko and Secretary General Ihor Hryshchenko.

"On behalf of the staff of the Ukrainian Football Association, let us take this opportunity to express our sincere respect and gratitude for your constant, reliable and strong support of Ukraine," the letter reads, "In addition, we greatly appreciate the public position and comments of the LFF leadership, which reminds the world that the brutal war in Ukraine is not over yet and the football family should not forget this and silently endure it.

The National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) has refused to allow Rivne People's Club Veres PJSC to issue additional shares for UAH 81.7 million. This was reported by the regulator's press service.

The football club is under rehabilitation and is trying to avoid bankruptcy. According to the rehabilitation plan, the club was supposed to increase its share capital through an additional issue of shares to be distributed among its creditors.

The regulator explained the decision to refuse to issue shares by saying that "the agreements concluded with the persons who are participants in the placement, which resulted in monetary obligations of the PJSC, were not approved by the relevant body of the company (the club - Ed.) in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of Ukraine "On Joint Stock Companies".

"Veres was the first professional football club in Ukraine to list its shares on the stock exchange: in 2021, the club raised UAH 50 million through an IPO on the PFTS. In November 2023, the court opened bankruptcy proceedings against Veres at the request of Bazysprombud Construction Firm LLC.

"Bazysprombud is the general contractor for the construction of the Veresa training base. In 2021, the company was selected to build two full-size fields with artificial and natural turf in Rivne. "Veres owes the contractor UAH 52.27 million, plus UAH 2.44 million in penalties.

In February 2024, a committee of creditors led by Bazyspromstroy agreed on a rehabilitation plan that provides for debt forgiveness in exchange for entering the club's share capital. To this end, Veres will have to increase its share capital through an additional issue of shares into which Veres' cash liabilities will be transferred.

In addition to Bazyspromstroy, Veres owes UAH 2 million to Veres Security LLC and UAH 27.5 million to an unspecified individual.

As of February this year, the authorised capital of Veres was UAH 56 million, with the club's president Ivan Nadein holding a 32.2% stake.

We remind you that Veres is on the verge of relegation to the First League with one round to go in the Ukrainian championship.

Chelsea midfielder Michael Mudryk commented on the news about the dismissal of the head coach of the team Mauricio Pochettino.

"Thank you for everything," - wrote Mudryk on his page in the network Instagram, publishing a shared photo.

Recall, Pochettino led Chelsea in the summer of 2023, having worked with the team for only 1 season. In the championship of England the team of the season 2023/2024 Londoners took 6th place.