Individual passports for Italy’s football fans
A special individual passport for Italian football fans will be introduced in the upcoming football season in Italy. The aim of this novelty is to improve the level of safety at football stadiums to prevent possible clashes between aggressive fans. Football fans will be provided with a special passport required to enter a stadium upon the purchase of a ticket to a match. If a fan gets into a skirmish during a match, information about the incident will be registered on the passport.
From footballers to figure skaters
Former forward of the Turkish national football team Ilhan Mansiz took up professional figure skating. The 35-year old athlete plans to participate in the Turkish championship and is contending for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Noteworthy is that Mansiz played for the football teams Besiktas, Hertha BSC and Ankaragucu in different years. In seven matches for the Turkish national team he scored 7 goals. He ended his football career in 2007.
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| PHÎÒÎ: UNIAN |
Triumphant comeback of lightweight Sydorenko
33-year old super flyweight boxer and former WBA bantamweight champion Volodymyr Sydorenko made a successful comeback to the ring on Sunday after a 15-month hiatus beating 35-year old Tanzanian boxer Mbwana Matumla.
The bout went the full 12 rounds after which the judges gave the victory by points to Sydorenko. This win brought the Ukrainian boxer the WBC International Silver super flyweight title in another important weight category. Sydorenko is a bronze medalist of the 2000 Olympic Games, European amateur boxing champion of 2000 and silver medalist of the world amateur boxing championships in 2001. For several years he held the WBA world champion title. On May 31, 2008, Anselmo Moreno of Panama took away his title after one bout.
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Ukrainian junior Olympians win 35 medals in Singapore
The first Youth Olympic Games in history were held in Singapore. A total of 3,522 athletes ages 14-18 representing 204 countries competed in the big event. Over the course of 12 days the junior athletes competed for 201 awards in 26 Olympic sports.
Ukraine was represented by 55 junior Olympians that competed in 18 sports and won 35 medals – 10 gold, 9 silver and 16 bronze medals. Gymnast Oleh Stepko won two gold and two silver medals, swimmer Andriy Hovorov became a two-time Olympic champion in swimming and his colleague Daryna Zevina won a whole set of awards in different categories of merit.
The following Ukrainian athletes brought home two medals each: Anastasia Spas (modern pentathlon), Oleksandr Bondar (diving), Anatoliy Melnyk (canoe and kayak) and Ksenya Darchuk (judo).
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