City authorities in Minsk revealed selfie sticks would be banned from the 2019 European Games as they announced upgraded security measures.
The British Olympic Association has announced its selection for the Minsk 2019 European Games with 101 athletes across 11 sports set to represent Great Britain in Belarus’ capital next month.
With exactly a month until the European Games Opening Ceremony, Minsk 2019 have unveiled the competition medals.
Journalists from 52 countries have been accredited to cover this year's European Games in Minsk, according to the Belarusian Sports Press Association.
Swiss Olympic has selected 78 athletes from 14 sports to compete in June's European Games in Minsk.
Preparations are complete for next month’s staging of the second European Games in Belarus, delegates at the 40th European Olympic Committees Seminar were told here today.
Rio 2016 hammer silver medallist Ivan Tsikhan ran with the 2019 European Games Torch as it reached Grodno at the end of the second week of its journey to Minsk.
The European Olympic Committees will this week name the representative earmarked to monitor press freedom during the Minsk 2019 European Games – but its President, Janez Kocijančič, has faith that Belarus will honour the stipulations that are part of the host city contract.
European Olympic Committees President Janez Kocijančič reiterated his confidence that the hosts for the 2023 European Games would be confirmed shortly before the Opening Ceremony of this year’s Games in Minsk – in good time for the traditional Closing Ceremony handover.
Yulia Nesterenko carried the European Games Flame for the second time in little more than a week when the Minsk 2019 Torch Relay crossed the border into Belarus at Brest.
The 2019 European Games Flame is set to cross the border into Belarus after a hectic eight days in which it had been carried by the oldest surviving Olympic champion and reached the highest point in Western Europe.
The International Testing Agency (ITA) will support both the Minsk 2019 European Games and Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, the organisation's chair Valérie Fourneyron has revealed.
Sambists Daria Pavlenkova and Alexander Strelchonok will be among the Torchbearers for the Minsk 2019 Flame of Peace Relay as it continues its journey to the Belarusian capital prior to the start of the second edition of the European Games.
Kraków has replaced Katowice as Poland's candidate to host the 2023 European Games as the revised bidding deadline of May 31 approaches.
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has nominated its team for the European Games in Minsk with up to 150 athletes set to travel to Belarus’ capital next month.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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