Ukraine reaches compromise with UEFA on soccer jersey slogan


FILE PHOTO: A slogan reads "Glory to the heroes!" on Ukraine's new national team shirt unveiled on June 6, ahead of the Euro 2020, is seen in a picture published June 6, 2021 on the Facebook page of the head of the Ukrainian football association. Courtesy Facebook@ Andrii Pavelko via REUTERS

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has reached an agreement with Europe's governing soccer body UEFA which had banned the slogan "glory to the heroes" on the Ukrainian national team's jerseys, the head of Ukraine's football association said on Friday.

Andriy Pavelko said the agreement involved another slogan, "glory to Ukraine", being printed on the relevant area, although he did not make clear whether the original slogan would also still be visible.

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