Alexander Hleb, who represented Arsenal and Barcelona with distinction, carried the 2019 European Games Flame when it reached Minsk Oblast region on the home stretch of its journey to Minsk.
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.
The European Games Torch has reached the halfway point of its journey to Minsk after a visit to Vitebsk in the north of the country.
City authorities in Minsk revealed selfie sticks would be banned from the 2019 European Games as they announced upgraded security measures.
With exactly a month until the European Games Opening Ceremony, Minsk 2019 have unveiled the competition medals.
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.
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.
The Flame for the 2019 European Games is speeding towards the Alps after a simple yet moving lighting ceremony in Ara Pacis here in Rome.
A deadline for countries to submit a bid for the 2023 European Games has been extended by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) for a second time.
With the gift of a golden olive tree of peace and the music of Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi ringing in the night air of Rome, the Flame for the 2019 European Games has begun the 50-day journey that will take it to the host city of Minsk.
Illness has reportedly forced ex-biathlon star Darya Domracheva to pull out of helping to light the Flame for the Minsk 2019 European Games here tomorrow.
Here in the Eternal City, two of the most successful Olympians from Belarus will join forces to launch the Minsk 2019 European Games Torch Relay on Friday.
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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All eyes will be on Minsk this week as the Belarus capital readies itself to host the second edition of the European Games. Mike Rowbottom explores how preparations are going.
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