Rio 2016 Olympic gymnastics champion Uladzislau Hancharou has been included in the 221-strong team representing host nation Belarus at the upcoming Minsk 2019 European Games.
With less than a fortnight until the Opening Ceremony in Minsk, the big names of Belarusian canoeing have taken centre stage in the European Games Torch Relay.
With only three weeks until the European Games open in Minsk, the Flame has reached Shklov where it has been carried by another Belarusian sporting hero.
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 Flame for the Minsk 2019 European Games has burned at the summit of Mont Blanc despite fierce blizzard conditions and the team has safely returned to base camp at Courmayeur.
Wales beat China 3-2 to claim a fifth-place finish at the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Series Finals in Kuala Lumpur.
Russia's Mikhail Melnik triumphed in the men's individual competition to deny Olympic gold medallist Uladzislau Hancharou victory in front of his home crowd at the International Gymnastics Federation Trampoline World Cup in Minsk.
Ashleigh Barty and Samantha Stosur beat Victoria Azarenka and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus in the deciding doubles rubber to send Australia through to their first Fed Cup final for 26 years.
Caroline Garcia beat Mihaela Buzărnescu in straight sets to level France's Fed Cup semi-final with Romania at 1-1 after the opening day of singles rubbers.
France's Alize Cornet has admitted her team needs a "miracle" if they are to beat Romania and reach the final of the Fed Cup.
World silver medallists Karina Sandovich, Veranika Nabokina and Julia Ivonchyk will lead a strong Belarusian challenge in the women’s group competition as the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Acrobatic World Cup returns to the United States for the first time in a decade this weekend with an event in Las Vegas.
Ivan Aniskevich, a gold medallist for Belarus at the 2015 World Sambo Championship in Casablanca, has returned to form after some frustrating years - just in time to contend for home glory in this summer’s European Games in Minsk.
Ruslan Alekhno, a Belarusian pop singer and composer, has been named as the latest star ambassador of the 2019 European Games in Minsk.
The Russian Parliament has ratified an agreement between the country and Belarus which will enable visa-free travel in its territory for foreign nationals arriving for the European Games.
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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