Two coaches - who were stripped of their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games accreditation for their involvement in allegedly forcing Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya to board a flight home to Minsk - are under investigation by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

Belarusian Ice Hockey Association (BIHA) President Dmitri Baskov has resigned after being banned for five years by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) over political discrimination against athletes.

Belarusian Ice Hockey Association (BIHA) President Dmitri Baskov has been suspended for five-years after being found to have directly influenced others to support the country's Government and have threatened and discriminated against athletes for their political opinions.

Poland has given equestrian rider Olga Safronova a humanitarian visa, becoming the second Belarusian athlete to claim refuge in the country after she was excluded from her nation's Olympic delegation for criticising state authorities. 

Former Belarus ice hockey player Mikhail Grabovski is set to join the country's men's coaching staff following the team's elimination from the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games qualifying stage.

Italy and Russia secured their places in the 2021 Women's EuroVolley quarter-finals with wins over Belgium and Belarus respectively.

Denmark beat Norway 2-0 in the final men's Olympic qualification round to earn its first-ever trip to the Olympic Games as five other deciders also took place.

Belarus' Ihar Boki has set his sights on matching his gold-medal tally of six achieved at Rio 2016 after winning three titles in as many days at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games here.

Defending champions Portugal have been knocked out of the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup after faltering to a 7-6 loss to Uruguay in Moscow in Russia.

Switzerland rose to the top of Group C at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with a resounding 7-3 win over Belarus, which included a goal from goalkeeper Eliott Mounoud, while Senegal beat the reigning champions.

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.

Belarusian athletes set to compete at the Paralympic Games here in Tokyo were given a rousing send-off before travelling to the Japanese capital.

United States President Joe Biden has signed an Executive Order imposing sanctions against the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus (NOCRB), 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".

Defected sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is auctioning her Minsk 2019 European Games silver medal to raise funds to free athletes in Belarus under the regime of the Lukashenko Government.