Stefan Halayko — a Ukrainian boxing star in the United States
Ukrainian boxing in the United States truly has a glorious history. Boxers with Ukrainian roots...
Category: Oleksiy Lyakh-Porodko
Journalist at Vilni Media
The struggle of Ukrainian dissidents in the United States against the Soviet hijacking of Olympic values
The United States accepted — or, rather, saved — many Ukrainian political prisoners and dissidents from the USSR, although there were isolated cases when American authorities denied political asylum to...
Oleh Lysiak’s Olympic Dream
Ukrainian sports in the United States have thousands of unique figures. They deserve to be written about, read about, remembered, and not forgotten. Our heroes do not...
The Jubilee 55th Sports School: How “Chornomorska Sich” Shapes Generations of Ukrainians
This year, the Ukrainian Sports and Educational Society “Chornomorska Sich” is holding its 55th Sports School. These are truly unique sporting events of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States...
SUMA and the Support of the National Olympic Team of Ukraine in Atlanta 1996
In 1996, the Games of the XXVI Olympiad took place in Atlanta (USA). The entire world watched the remarkable Olympic competitions in the century marking the revival of the modern Olympic Games...
Stefaniia Vovchak: A Beacon of Sport and Community Leadership Among Ukrainians in the United States
In the history of the Ukrainian community in the United States, there are many distinguished figures who deserve recognition, respect, and remembrance...
Ukrainians in the U.S. United by the Marathon
In just the past few years, the number of Ukrainian participants in marathons around the world has grown significantly...
Tennis as a Family Tradition in the Ukrainian American Community: Stories of Success and Unity
In 2024, new tennis courts were opened in Zolochiv, Ukraine. The initiator of this wonderful gift for Ukrainians was Yaroslav Lisevych from the United States...
Sport Is an Easy Way to Explain the Metaphor of Human Life – Bishop Borys Gudziak
Borys Gudziak is a metropolitan of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, head of the Archeparchy of Philadelphia in the United States, a public figure, a leading scholar in the field of church history, and president of the Ukrainian Catholic University...
The Ukrainian Factor in Auston Matthews’ Olympic Success
The U.S. hockey team won the gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games this year. The team included at least two players of Ukrainian descent — brothers Matthew Tkachuk and Brady Tkachuk...