Nigeria's national team enjoyed a memorable night in Saint-Étienne as they registered a 1-0 victory over France in an international friendly meeting on Tuesday. Joseph Akpala scored the only goal of the game in the 32nd minute after Ikechukwu Uche's shot had come off the bar and hit French goalkeeper Steve Mandanda. Now Nigeria look ahead to their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Kenya and Tunisia.

Dynamo defender Ayila Yussuf came on to the pitch as a second-half substitute and played confidently the rest of the match.

At the start of each summer Dynamo camp opens its doors for Valeriy Lobanovskyy Youth Academy pupils. This year is no exception. The camp, which is traditionally located in Koncha-Zaspa, already welcomes first-session campers, aged 14-16, who will stay there for two weeks. As usual, the camp program provides a mix of sports and leisure activities. Besides, children will have the Koncha-Zaspa training centre pitches at their disposal, so they will be able to train twice a day.

“Our primary mission is simple,” - explained Anatoliy Shepel, Youth Academy Director. - “We just want to keep children away from computers as they loose communication skills and spend most of their time with machines. Whatever people say, our young generation lacks attention. That is why our camp serves as a uniting place. Not all of them will become football stars, but I’m sure that their friendship will last all their lives”.

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With the qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIFA World Cup resuming again in June, a number of Dynamo players will be involved with their countries.

The Dynamo quartet, comprising goalkeeper Stanislav Bogush, defender Vitaliy Mandzyuk, midfielder Oleksandr Aliyev and forward Artem Milevskyy, have been called up for Ukraine's World Cup qualification matches. The players have been named in Oleksiy Mykhailychenko's 25-man squad for the trip to Croatia on Saturday 6 June and the home clash against Kazakhstan on Wednesday 10 June.

Meanwhile, Dynamo’s Ognjen Vukojević is expected to be lined-up against his club-mates, when Croatia take on Ukraine.

Romanian midfield player Tiberiu Ghioane is back in his national squad after last being involved for the match with the Netherlands in March 2005. Tibi has made thirteen international appearances and scored one goal. Romania's new coach Razvan Lucescu can rely on Ghioane in a vital 2010 FIFA W ... Read more »

FC Dynamo Kyiv will commence the 2009/2010 season with the Ukrainian Super Cup match against FC Vorskla Poltava after the Poltava club celebrated their first ever Ukrainian Cup triumph on Sunday. A second-half strike by Vasyl Sachko proved enough to earn Vorskla a narrow 1-0 victory over UEFA Cup winners FC Shakhtar Donetsk.

The Super Cup has been contested since 2004 with Dynamo Kyiv winning three times (2004, 2006 and 2007) and Shakhtar twice (2005 and 2008).

The Ukrainian title holders and Cup winners will now meet in the country's Super Cup match on Saturday 11 July, with the venue yet to be announced.

The 2008/2009 season is over. So, now it is time to take a closer look at individual player statistics and results.

Having played 53 matches since July 2008, Dynamo Kyiv have registered thirty-six victories, nine draws and eight defeats. The aggregate score from those matches is 110: 40 in the capital club's favour.

Croatian midfield player Ognjen VUKOJEVIC made the most appearances for the White-Blues this season (46 match), and Guinean forward Ismaël BANGOURA boasts the highest number of goals scored (19).