Ukrainian female soccer pros find new training ground in Germany

Players of the Ukrainian female soccer team of FC Kryvbas, who fled following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, attend a training session at the FC Cologne training grounds in Cologne, Germany, March 23, 2022. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

BERLIN (Reuters) - A semi-professional female soccer team that fled the war in Ukraine has found shelter and a new training ground at the German Bundesliga club 1.FC Cologne.

The team will coach other amateur or professional Ukrainian athletes stranded in Cologne, 1.FC Cologne Foundation member Thorsten Friedrich told Reuters in an interview.