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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.

Lviv Karpaty are keeping an eye on Dnipro 1 striker Oleksandr Filippov. This is reported by Sport Arena.

Lviv are working on strengthening the squad suitable for the UPL and solving problems in the elite. One of the positions for strengthening is the centre forward.

Earlier, Dnipro-1 head coach Yuriy Maksimov expressed doubts about the team's immediate future. The coach said that most of the players have already agreed to move to other clubs.

Vyacheslav Fridman, the commercial director of Dnipro-1, assured that the club will continue to play in the new season and will negotiate with all the players who are going to leave.

Filippov, 31, played 26 matches for Dnipro-1 in all tournaments this season. The forward scored nine goals and gave three assists.

Midfielders Benito, Samba Diallo and forward Vladislav Supryaga may soon leave Dynamo Kyiv.

As Sport-express.ua has learned, Dynamo Kyiv may say goodbye to three attacking players this summer. Benito, Samba Diallo and Vladislav Supryaga are forced to look for new teams, as the Kyiv club does not count on these players - the players were told to look for new teams.

It will be recalled that Supryaha and Benito's contracts with Dynamo are valid until 30 June 2026, while Diallo's contract with the White and Blues runs until 31 December 2026.

Shakhtar's Director of Football Dario Srna speaks about the postponement of matches in the Ukrainian Premier League next season.

"Everyone postponed matches, not just Shakhtar, the whole round. We did not postpone a single game before the game with Chornomorets. Not a single one. "Chornomorets asked us not to travel, but to play two matches in Kyiv on a neutral pitch. We agreed. And the criticism started. And before that, no one said anything when some clubs postponed three matches from away to home.

Do you want to say it officially, publicly? I'm speaking on behalf of Shakhtar here: let's agree that no one postpones either matches or cities - we'll sign such a document. We are against this. I understand, believe me, the players are tired. It's a long journey from Europe. And all this is understandable. But we all play on a level playing field.

And to avoid any more such stories, Shakhtar proposes not to postpone matches at all, not to move cities. We play everything as it should be, as scheduled," the UPL.TV telegram channel quoted Srna as saying, citing the TaToTake YouTube channel.

"Dynamo is renovating the lawns on two of its pitches, the TaToTake telegram channel reports.

According to the source, Zorya's management asked their colleagues from the Kyiv club to play their home match of round 30 against Kolos at Dynamo Stadium due to the occupation of the Livyi Bereh Arena (Metalist 1925 will play their decisive match there).

Kyiv was forced to refuse because the Dynamo stadium was undergoing a new, more modern technological design.

The same procedure is currently underway at the training field No. 2 at the Bilozha-Zaspa training centre in Koncha Zaspa.

Dnipro-1 head coach Yurii Maksymov will terminate his contract with the team after the end of the 2023/24 Ukrainian league season. It is known why the specialist made this decision.

On Saturday, 25 May, Dnipro-1 will play the last match of the current Ukrainian championship away against Chornomorets Odesa. The game is scheduled to start at 15:30.

As Ukrainian Football has learnt, the final round could be the end of Yuriy Maksymov's tenure at Dnipro-1. The head coach is concerned about the loss of a number of leading players, so he is considering terminating his cooperation.

Maksymov took over at Dnipro-1 on 14 September last year, signing a contract until 30 June 2025.

The VAR system will still be in place for the final match of the 30th round of the Ukrainian championship between Metalist 1925 and Veres.

"It's official: the VAR system will work at the match between Metalist 1925 and Veres," the Veres press service said on the club's official telegram channel.

We will remind, earlier there was information that the head-to-head match for survival in the UPL will be held without the replay system.

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Piers Morgan, a journalist and Arsenal fan, commented on Chelsea's decision to sack Mauricio Pochettino as the team's manager.

"The circus goes on," Morgan wrote on his Twitter page, adding some funny emoticons.

Earlier, Chelsea officially announced that the club had terminated its cooperation with Pochettino by mutual consent.

England head coach Gareth Southgate answered the question of why Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford was not included in the national team for the 2024 European Championships.

"Other players in this position have had a better season than Marcus," Sky Sports quotes the specialist as saying.

Earlier, the press service of the England national team announced the preliminary composition of the national team for the European Championship - 2024. Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford was not included in the list.