For the first time in football history, a transgender referee will officiate an international game.

Ukrainian transgender referee Sapir Berman has the opportunity to officiate international football matches. For the first Time in football history, he will officiate the game between the women's teams of Northern Ireland and Montenegro in the qualification for Euro-2025. He will also be the referee for the match between Montenegro and Kazakhstan. Berman previously worked at matches in the Israeli championship. In 2021, he changed gender and continues to work at championship matches. UEFA supported his decision to become a referee.

The Ukrainian women's national football team secured victory in the match against Iceland in the decisive match of the second round of Euro-2025 qualifiers. With goals from Lespukh and Kolodiy, our team won with a score of 2:1 and retained its place in League A. At the end of the match, the girls performed Stepan Higa's hit 'This Dream'.

The roster of the Ukrainian national team for the Nations League playoff matches against Belgium was also announced. The Ukrainian national team will play two matches - on March 20 in Murcia and on March 23 in Genk. The winner will have the right to play in the strongest division of the Nations League, while the loser will play in League B.

Ukraine national team roster:

• Goalkeepers: Andriy Lunin, Anatoliy Trubin, Dmytro Riznyk.
• Defenders: Mykola Matviienko, Yukhym Konoplia, Valerii Bondar, Oleksii Sych, Bohdan Mykhailichenko, Vitalii Mykolenko, Illia Zabarnyi, Maksym Talovierov.
• Midfielders: Mykola Shaparenko, Vitalii Buyalskyi, Andrii Yarmolenko, Heorhii Sudakov, Yehor Nazaryna, Oleksii Hutsuliak, Oleksandr Nazarenko, Ivan Kaliuzhnyi, Viktor Tsygankov, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Yehor Yarmoluk.
• Forwards: Artem Dobvyk, Roman Yaremchuk, Vladyslav Vanat.