Ukraine will not host the European basketball championship in 2017 due to lack of funding and military turbulence on the East of the country, its Youth and Sports minister said on June 18.
Reuters: Ukraine refuses to host 2017 basketball European championship
Ukraine's forward Oleksiy Pecherov (right) and team manager Mike Fratello talk after a press conference before the basketball players departed Kyiv for the European basketball championship in Lithuania.
