Head of Ukraine Football Association to be detained before fraud trial Andriy Pavelko to be tried on money laundering charges relating to the construction of an artificial grass factory The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2023
Ukraine appoint former Tottenham and West Ham striker Serhiy Rebrov as new boss The 49-year-old has enjoyed a varied managerial career, with spells in charge of Dinamo Kyiv, Al-Ahli, Ferencvaros and most recently Al-Ain. The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023
Ukraine bars its national teams from events with Russians, Belarusians Ukraine barred its national sports teams from competing in Olympic, non-Olympic and Paralympic events which include competitors from Russia and Belarus, the sports ministry said in a decree on Friday. Reuters · Apr 14, 2023
Voters give women 1 win, 1 loss in UEFA soccer election UEFA member federations have been given a historic chance to vote for female candidates against male opposition for the first time in international soccer politics The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023
Ukraine’s 2030 World Cup bid likely dead after country’s FA chief arrested Andriy Pavelko and general secretary accused of embezzling funds related to construction of artificial grass factory The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2022
Ukraine FA head accused of money laundering over artificial grass factory Andriy Pavelko served with papers by police after investigation that football body blames on pro-Russian forces The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2022
Ukraine links World Cup host bid to beating horrors of war Ukrainian soccer federation president Andriy Pavelko says hosting World Cup matches in 2030 would be “the dream of people who survived the horrors of war” after his country launched a joint bid with Spain and Portugal The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022
Ukraine manager Oleksandr Petrakov fined by Uefa after vowing to ‘pick up a weapon’ against Russia Petrakov has been fined following comments he made to The Guardian in April after Russia made a complaint to Uefa’s ethics body The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022
Russia banned from Euro 2024 as UEFA extend suspension from qualifying matches Russian clubs and their national teams have been banned from taking part in footballing competitions by FIFA and UEFA until further notice following their country's attacks on Ukraine ordered by president Vladimir Putin. Daily Mirror · Sep 20, 2022
Football to ‘remind what we are dying for’ as Ukraine’s season kicks off The Ukrainian FA president, Andriy Pavelko, talks about how they managed to prepare for a season like no other The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2022
Ukraine set to restart soccer league as war rages on As soon as the air raid sirens had stopped, Shakhtar Donetsk's players ran out onto the pitch for their final training session on Monday before Ukraine begins an extraordinary new season of its national soccer league. Reuters · Aug 22, 2022
Ukraine plans to restart football leagues from August Ukraine plans to resume competitive football in the country in August despite being under attack by Russia after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave approval The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2022
What happened at the 72nd FIFA Congress in Qatar? Human rights, the Russia-Ukraine war and biennial World Cup plans some of the issues that surfaced in Doha. Al Jazeera · Mar 31, 2022
Russians hear FIFA Congress plea from Ukraine to end the war The appearance by video of the head of Ukrainian soccer, wearing an armored vest from the streets of Kyiv, brought the impact of Russia’s war into the FIFA Congress The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022
The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022 Russian Football Union defends attendance at FIFA Congress Russian football’s governing body is not suspended from FIFA, but its national teams and club sides are.
The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022 Qatar and FIFA criticized harshly ahead of World Cup draw A Norwegian soccer official has delivered a scathing criticism of World Cup host Qatar and FIFA to an audience of executives on the eve of the tournament’s draw
Daily Record · Feb 28, 2022 Rod Petrie in Ukraine World Cup solidarity gesture as SFA chief offers training facilities ahead of Hampden crunch The Hampden supremo has written to Andriy Pavelko to offer help for the March 24 showdown.