A historic match was held in Uzhgorod – for the first time in its history, the Ukraine’s national rugby team played with the national team of another country on the territory of Ukraine.
As part of the European Rugby Championship (U18), the national team of Ukraine (blue form) played with the national team of Serbia in Uzhgorod. The first match ended with the score 34:32 in favor of the Ukrainian team.
On the last Sunday of July, the competitions in two sports took place in the Slovak town of Strazske: traditional 10-kilometer athletic race on the highway and a 25-kilometer mountain bike race.
Both races were marked by confident victory of Transcarpathians. The bike race was won by master of sports in cross-country, a multiple champion of Ukraine in bicycle oreentering Oleksiy Zhdanovich from Uzhgorod (54.38), second and third places were taken by Slovaks Matos Hainik and Daniel Well.
In the athletic race among women, Natalia Malaya from Uzhgorod – an ex-champion of Ukraine in mountain running – finished first (41.11). Nina Raschupkina from Mukachevo had the fourth result in this category.
The most fierce struggle was in the competition among men. At the very start, two athletes from the Ukrainian national team – Tibor Sachaida from Kosice and Serhiy Raschupkin from Mukachevo – took the lead. And they finished in this order: Tibor won, finishing the 10-kilometer distance in 32 minutes and 9 seconds, Serhiy – 21 seconds later – finished second. Anatoliy Maly from Uzhgorod showed the third result (34:21). Denys Sobol from Mukachevo finished 29th.
In Uzhgorod, during one day, the police eliminated two illegal gambling establishments that were operating on Zaliznychna and Belinsky streets. The dealers were doing illegal gambling business under the guise of internet clubs, the information posted on the website of the regional Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs states.
The investigative department of Uzhgorod city police initiated criminal proceedings on the grounds of Art.203-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (Illegal gambling business).
During the searches authorized by the court, the police seized 16 PCs for conducting prohibited gambling games, 2 payment terminals and cash. The preliminary inquiry is ongoing.
On the weekend, in Transcarpathian region, there will be variable cloudiness. On Saturday and Sunday, in Uzhgorod, Mukachevo, Beregovo, Rakhiv, Khust, Mizhhirya, Svalyava, Vynogradiv rain is not expected. The temperature at night will be +7 … +17 degrees, during the day – from +21 to +30. South, southeast, northeast and southwest wind of 1-4 m / s. The next week will begin with variable cloudiness, no rain.