Ukraine players recovering from mystery bug

The illness swept through the squad on Tuesday and almost led to the cancellation of last night's 2-0 friendly defeat against Turkey but team spokesman Oleksander Glyvinsky said the affected players were now on the road to recovery.

"They were out running this morning, so we would expect that they will all be fine for the opening game against Sweden," he told Reuters in a telephone interview on Wednesday.

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