Belarus

July 11, 2024

Russian Olympic Committee compensates athletes not invited to Paris Games

Athletes from Russia and Belarus, Moscow's closest ally in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, are barred from the Games unless they compete as neutrals without flags, anthems and emblems.

March 19, 2024
Koltsov, former ice hockey player and boyfriend of Sabalenka, dies at 42

Forward Koltsov played for the Belarus national team in the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics and spent parts of three seasons with the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins from 2002 and 2006.
March 07, 2024
Russian, Belarusian players to enter Paris Olympics as neutrals: ITF

Russians and Belarusians were banned from competing internationally following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, for which Belarus has been used as a staging ground.
May 28, 2023
French Open: Sabalenka's win marred by jeers

Sabalenka powered into the second round with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk, but was left perplexed by the taunts from a section the crowd.
April 19, 2023
Belarus President's comments may make her even more unpopular, says Sabalenka

The 24-year-old said she kept away from the internet as much as possible to avoid reading negative comments.
March 03, 2023
Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in jail for financing protests

Rights groups say his arrest and subsequent sentence are politically motivated.
January 26, 2023
OCA lets Russian, Belarusian athletes to compete at Asian Games

The Asian Games are Olympic qualifiers and the move could help athletes from the two countries compete at Paris 2024.

Belarus

Russian Olympic Committee compensates athletes not invited to Paris Games

Koltsov, former ice hockey player and boyfriend of Sabalenka, dies at 42

Russian, Belarusian players to enter Paris Olympics as neutrals: ITF

French Open: Sabalenka's win marred by jeers

Belarus President's comments may make her even more unpopular, says Sabalenka

Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski sentenced to 10 years in jail for financing protests

OCA lets Russian, Belarusian athletes to compete at Asian Games

Azarenka ordered to take off PSG shirt at Australian Open

Belarus sentences in absentia Olympian Herasimenia to 12 years in prison

Wimbledon loses ranking points over Russia, Belarus ban