News, stories, interviews and more from Eastern Europe.
Rukh Lviv is making a sensational campaign in the UEFA Youth League. A group of teenagers overcame the struggles, and now they are part of the best 16 youth teams in Europe.
Ukraine marked the year anniversary of the Russian invasion. Eden Roitfrab recaps the last year of Ukrainian football, which keeps playing during the ongoing war.
Hapoel Be’er Sheva ended another Europa Conference League match with a draw, this time at home against Lech Poznan. The tight race for the second place is still ongoing.
Hapoel Be’er Sheva kicked off its Europa Conference League campaign with a 2-1 win against Dinamo Minks. Will they make it through the next stage?
UEFA takes more actions against Russia. Which teams and clubs will be benefited as a result?
The ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia has been one of the hot topics in the last few days. Yossi Medina recaps its impact on football since everything began in 2014.
Gamid Agalarov is the new hot prospect of Russian football, as he leads the top scorers list. Who is the new young and unstoppable talent?
Latvian football is in a continuous decline in the past few years. Riga FC has a chance to save its future by reaching the Europa Conference League play-offs.
Nikita Krivtsov shined in the Russian third-tier and now is set to make his first steps in the Russian Premier League with Krasnodar. Juan Gafas takes a look at this Eastern European talent.
Manor Solomon and Shakhtar Donetsk came to Tel Aviv for the last 32 in the Europa League against Maccabi. It wasn’t pretty, but they took exactly what they needed.
Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Be’er Sheva played decisive matches for their Europa League campaigns. Both teams failed to win, but one team is getting closer to the knockout stage.
For Belarus, 2020 was a once-in-a-lifetime year. A season that began with worldwide suspended due to political crisis and not due to the coronavirus, and a sensational winning team at the end.
With Nagorno-Karabakh in the background, Maccabi Tel Aviv hosted Qarabağ in the Europa League first matchday. With politics surrounding the Azeri team, it was Maccabi who took things to their own control.
Hapoel Be’er Sheva suffered from three weeks under a nationwide lockdown and a coronavirus breakout in the squad. They recovered tonight with a tremendous win, 3-1 against Slavia Praha.
Slavia Praha is kicking off another Europa League group stage appearance. In their best era ever, the success is mainly thanks to their current owner, two Chinese companies, that have bigger goals than just winning the Czech title.
Israel was about to complete a bad week, but Eran Zahavi was once again the one to lead the national team. Would he keep his scoring record in the next matches?
Georges Mikautadze is one exciting talent that makes waves between France and Belgium. Juan Gafas is focusing on a player he discovered while following another.
Israel tried to recover from the devastating loss on penalties to Scotland, but the Czech Republic had different plans in Haifa.
The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh is escalating again. While Azerbaijan and Armenia are trying to fight over the region, they both using football as part of the battle.
Hapoel Be’er Sheva qualified to the Europa League group stage after defeating Viktoria Plzen, but they had another reason to win. Hapoel Be’er Sheva was looking to escape from a nationwide lockdown.
At the age of 36, Vágner Love decided to find a new European adventure. The Brazilian striker is now aiming to win another title, this time in Kazakhstan.
During the 1994 World Cup, Czechoslovakia has been dissolved. How is it possible to keep and play in a national team of a country that is no longer exist?
Belarus protests. Last week, the chants entered the stadium for the first time. Now the Vysshaya Liga is delayed, but the supportive gestures to the Belarusian people’ struggle come from Russia, CSKA Moscow and Ilya Shkurin.
Andriy Pyatov is the only player still playing for Shakhtar Donetsk who took part in the 2009 UEFA Cup final. Could he lead The Miners to the final once again?
Sepsi is getting ready for its first-ever Romanian Cup final, but behind the club, there is a political issue from another country. How did the Romanian club become a part of ideology led by the Hungarian government?
The coronavirus took Karpaty Lviv into a rollercoaster ride. After 25 players have been tested positive and lack of funds to keep playing, the Ukrainian club is facing an uncertain future.
One free-kick by Shokhboz Umarov gave Energetik-BGU the win against BATE Borisov. The journey to the championship in Belarus is not going to be easy.
Russian side Rostov found themselves with a whole squad in quarantine after cases of covid-19 were detected in the team. After scandalously playing with the youth team in an official league match, changes are made within the Russian bureaucracy.
It seemed as if the energy has been sucked off from the Belarusian League teams in their chase against BATE Borisov. But today Vitebsk gave everyone a lifeline, and it is Shakhtyor Soligorsk who can fantasize on claiming top spot.
Kosovo national team made a long journey until the world recognized their right to play at the international level. Euro 2024 qualifiers can be an important step, as the team aims to play in the tournament for the first.