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The head of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus' Athletes' Commission and Beijing 2008 Olympic canoeing gold medallist Aliaksandr Bahdanovich has been elected as the new President of the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association.

2020 Olympic Games winners have received well-deserved bonuses from the state, while the National Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Sports...

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has revealed her plans to stay in Poland as she bids to switch allegiances after leaving her native country to seek asylum.

United States President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order imposing sanctions against the Belarus NOC, as the US seeks to punish the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, for his "ongoing assault against the democratic aspirations and human rights of the Belarusian people".

The U.S., which accuses President Alexander Lukashenko of corruption and repression, imposes new sanctions on his financial backers on the one-year anniversary of an election widely considered rigged.

The Belarusian Olympian, 24, told the Associated Press this week that team officials “made it clear that, upon return home, I would definitely face some form...

The gangster-like attempt to force Timonovskaya’s return to Belarus over a minor critique of the Belarusian Olympic Committee is part of a massive government crackdown on all political and social opposition.

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, holds a press conference in Poland after fleeing Tokyo Olympics, reveals that she wants to return home one day, when it is safe.

Belarusian sprinter to leave Japan for Poland after refusing flight home 2 minutes read (Update 1 adds IOC comment) Tokyo, Aug 4 (EFE).- Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsymanouskaya, who refused to be forced home from Tokyo 2020 by team officials, arrived at Narita International Airport on Wednesday morning, Japanese media reported. She is expected to board a flight to Poland, which has offered her a humanitarian visa. The 24-year-old on Sunday sought protection from police at Haneda A...

Belarusian sprinter leaves Japan on flight to Austria 2 minutes read (Update 2: adds change in destination, minor edits throughout) Vienna/Tokyo, Aug 4 (EFE).- Belarusian Olympian Krystsina Tsymanouskaya on Wednesday boarded a flight from Tokyo to Vienna, instead of to Warsaw as expected, the Austrian foreign ministry confirmed to national news agency APA. The 24-year-old sprinter on Sunday sought protection from police at Haneda Airport after, she said, team officials removed her from Tokyo ...