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Tennis as a Family Tradition in the Ukrainian American Community: Stories of Success and Unity

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

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 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...

Volleyball Diplomacy of Ukrainians in the United States

Volleyball Diplomacy of Ukrainians in the United States

Sports diplomacy is not a new phenomenon for the world’s geopolitical community. After all, sport as “soft power” has long and often been used by countries, governments, and nations.

Orlykiada 2019 in the USA: “Ukrainian Sport: Ready, Set, Hop!”​

Orlykiada 2019 in the USA: “Ukrainian Sport: Ready, Set, Hop!”​

The idea of holding the unique Orlykiadas arose in the early 1960s. The inspirer and driving force behind this initiative was the well-known Plast leader in the USA, Andronik Kopystiansky...

Liubomyr Kormeliuk – a legend of American volleyball

Liubomyr Kormeliuk – a legend of American volleyball

He celebrates his birthday on the same day as Ukraine – 24 August. So who is this legendary American with Ukrainian roots, heart, and soul?..

The 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and the Actions of the Ukrainian Diaspora

The 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and the Actions of the Ukrainian Diaspora

The upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics are drawing increasing attention to the historical legacy of these global international competitions. Ukrainians have been part of the Winter Olympic ...

The Unique Experience of Yaro Dakhnivskyi, or How to Combine Football, Handball, and Olympic Traditions

The Unique Experience of Yaro Dakhnivskyi, or How to Combine Football, Handball, and Olympic Traditions

In the history of the sports and Olympic movement in the United States, there are many athletes of Ukrainian descent...

A Mark on the Global Football Map: How the Ukrainian Diaspora Created a National Team in the United States

A Mark on the Global Football Map: How the Ukrainian Diaspora Created a National Team in the United States

In 2026, the FIFA World Cup will be held in three countries: the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The United States will host the majority of matches in 11 cities: New York, Dallas, Kansas City, Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Miami, and Boston...

Американська пам’ять про українського боксера Осипа Хому

American Memory of the Ukrainian Boxer Osyp Khoma

The Ukrainian legacy of Osyp Khoma in the United States was extraordinarily significant. Although brief in time, it left a vivid and lasting imprint...

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