Tyson Fury suffered a split-decision points defeat on a dramatic night in Saudi Arabia as Oleksandr Usyk became boxing’s first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion. On a grand stage and on a legacy-defining night, Briton Fury began well but was given a standing 10 count and saved by the bell after an Usyk onslaught in the…
As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues Arsenal footballer Oleksandr Zinchenko says he would leave the UK to fight for his country, Ukraine if he was called up. The 27-year-old told BBC Newsnight he has donated about £1m to help people in his home country since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. He said Ukraine…
A new revelation by the BBC shows that a key political ally of Vladimir Putin has adopted a child seized from a Ukrainian children’s home Sergey Mironov, the 70-year-old leader of a Russian political party, is named on the adoption record of a two-year-old girl who was taken in 2022 by a woman he is…
At least 10 people have been reported killed in fresh Russian attacks on two Ukrainian cities of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk. General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, who leads Ukraine’s military operations in the south, said troops from the Tavria, or southern group of forces, were “carrying on with their offense” as part of a planned advance towards the…
