Basketball
without Lenya. Ukraine national team went to Turkey for test matches
The Ukrainian national team completed the preparation phase in Riga and went to Istanbul, where they will play three control matches. Ainars Bagatskis took 14 football players to Turkey. These are Denis Lukashov, Ilya Sidorov, Issuf Sanon, Vitaly Zotov, Svyatoslav Mikhailyuk, Pavel Krutous, Bogdan Bliznyuk, Ilya Tkachenko, Andrey Voinalovich, Artem Kovalev, Vyacheslav Bobrov, Vladimir Gerun, Dmitry Skapintsev, Artem Pustovoi.
Note that Sacramento Kings center Alexei Len has yet to make the national team.
On Thursday, August 11, the Blue-Yellows will face the Turkish national team, on August 12, the Bagatskis team will face Poland, and on August 13, Slovenia.
Recall that on August 24, the Ukrainian team will play a World Cup qualifying match against Italy and on the 27th against Iceland.
Source: Sport UA
Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.