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By Ruth Green 

Euro 2012 was a boost for troubled Ukraine but its benefits are unlikely to be felt in the longer term. However, prospects are emerging elsewhere

Ukraine benefited from the 2012 European football championships held jointly with Poland this summer. But now the teams have gone home, what opportunities remain for a country that remains politically unstable but full of promise?

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