Russia and Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine -- "Bandits and swindlers" are undermining Ukraine's Euro 2012 preparations by pushing accommodation prices up t...

ZURICH, Switzerland -- "The main aim of the team is to win the EURO 2012." This bold statement was made some ten months again by U...

England could play their Euro 2012 matches in front of half-empty stadiums due to extortionate hotel prices in Ukraine. England usually take...

KIEV, Ukraine -- The 2012 European championships co-hosts Ukraine have promised to cut hotel costs during the event, amid concerns that pric...

KIEV, Ukraine -- Carlsberg Ukraine, the largest beer and beverage producer in Ukraine, in May will start bottling Carlsberg alcohol-free bee...

Russia will play co-hosts Poland, Greece and Czech Republic in Group A at Euro 2012. The draw has been kind to Russia as all the group oppon...

KIEV, Ukraine -- On Friday the countdown will officially begin to soccer's Euro 2012 finals -- arguably the climax to the second biggest...

KIEV, Ukraine -- Already drawn into Group D as top seed, Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine will take some comfort in knowing that they will at leas...

KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine has bowed to pressure from western animal protection groups and called for an end to the killing of stray dogs befo...

KIEV, Ukraine -- "The quality of football was on par with the brilliance of the new arena," said Ukraine midfielder Anatoliy Tymos...

Hollywood, USA -- The Klitschko Brothers, Vitali and Wladimir, are the reigning heavyweight boxing champions of the world and arguably among...

The opening of the Olympiysky National Sports Complex in Kyiv, the main arena of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship, is scheduled ...

KIEV, Ukraine -- AS Vitali Klitschko strode down a street in Kiev this week, all heads swiveled to take in his enormous physique. Handsome, ...

Russia skydivers broke the national record for the largest connected free-fall formation when 186 people joined in the air. The team of a t...

Russia’s Maria Sharapova missed out on a second Wimbledon title after going down to Petra Kvitova in straight sets in Saturday’s final. Desp...

When it’s hot in the city, not everybody wants to revel in the sunshine. But help is at hand for those melting in the heat, with winter spor...

WARSAW, Poland -- Demand for tickets at Euro 2012 has hit a record of more than 12 million, UEFA said Friday, after an application deadline...

KIEV, Ukraine -- A statue of Lenin that still stands proudly in one of the host cities for the Euro 2012 football championships in Ukraine ...

KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's president denied political interference in his country's soccer federation (FFU) in an interview publish...

WARSAW, Poland -- Locked deep in winter, Poland and Ukraine are fixing their focus squarely on the summer of 2012, when Europe’s top footba...