Press releases

Paralympics 2024: Dzmitry Salei into Men’s 100m Freestyle final
Dzmitry Salei clocked 54.47 to finish third in his heat and fifth overall among 15 competitors. Maksim Vashkevich touched sixth in 56.96 to place 11th overall...

Mourners pay last respects to Aleksandr Medved in Minsk
Representatives of different sports, his friends and numerous sports fans came to say their last goodbye to the great athlete. Aleksandr Medved died on 2 September, two weeks before his 87th birthday...

Paralympics 2024: Boki, Shchalkanau into swimming finals
The competition day number six opened with the Men’s 100m Backstroke – S9 preliminary heats. Belarus’ Yahor Shchalkanau clocked the best time of 1:01.32 among all 14 competitors...

Belarusian Written Language Day in Ivatsevichi
Ivatsevichi hosted the 31st edition of the Belarusian Written Language Day on 31 August-1 September 2024...

Wrestling legend Aleksandr Medved dies
Aleksandr Medved was born on 16 September 1937. He won his first Olympic gold at the Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics. He defended his title at the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 and Munich in 1972...

Sabalenka reaches US Open quarterfinal
Belarus’ world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka has made the US Open quarterfinal following a 6-2, 6-4 victory over World No.35 Elise Mertens of Belgium...

Belarus Events Calendar: SEPTEMBER 2024
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...

Paralympics 2024: Boki clocks best time to make Men’s 100m Butterfly final
16-time Paralympic champion Ihar Boki of Belarus clocked the best time of 54.93 among 14 athletes to make the Men’s 100m Butterfly – S13 final...

Belarusian tennis star Aryna Sabalenka into Round 3 at 2024 US Open
Belarus' Sabalenka, the 2023 US Open finalist, beat No. 76 ranked Lucia Bronzetti from Italy 6-3, 6-1 at Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York City...

Eight Belarusians to compete at Summer Paralympics in Paris
According to Secretary General of the Belarusian Paralympic Committee Nikolai Shudeiko, all Belarusian athletes have successfully passed accreditation and are preparing to show the top of their game at the upcoming sports events...

Sabalenka advances to US Open second round
Belarus’ World No.2 Aryna Sabalenka secured a 6-3, 6-3 win over Australian world number 203 Priscilla Hon in the opener...

Azarenka moves to US Open round two
In the opening round the Belarusian saw off Ukraine’s world number 146 Yulia Starodubtsewa, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. Victoria Azarenka will next play world number 56 Clara Burel of France...

Belarus win 11 medals at Canoe Sprint World Championships in Uzbekistan
The gold winners were Alyona Nazdrova (canoe single, 1000 m), Mikita Borykau and Aleh Yurenia (K2 1000m), Yuliya Trushkina and Inna (C2 500m) and quartet Nadzeya Kushner, Volha Khudzenka, Uladzislau Kravets and Dzmitry Natynchyk won the mixed K4 500m crown...

Belarusian wrestler Valeuski claims U17 Worlds champion title
Kiryl Valeuski saw off Behruzbek Valiev of Uzbekistan, 7-4, in the semifinal and secured gold against Vladislav Byrlia of Russia, 7-1, in the final...

Center of National Cultures comments on cultural diversity in Belarus
"Culture unites. It is people's diplomacy. The most important thing is that we all are a big family. All nationalities are different but they are united by a huge love of our beautiful Belarus," Olga Yakobson noted...

Sasnovich advances to US Open qualifying final round
Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus moved to the final round of qualifying at the US Open after defeating world number 191 Heather Watson of the UK, 6-1, 6-4...

Belarus welcomes about 6m foreign tourists in 2023
Belarus even welcomes visitors from such distant countries as Laos and Chile. Certainly, Belarus welcomes traditional tourists from neighboring countries but tourists from China, Germany, Türkiye, Israel, Serbia, Georgia, Estonia, Italy, and Hungary are also active...

Shymanovich advances in US Open qualifying
Belarus’ world number 214 Iryna Shymanovich reached the US Open qualifying semifinal defeating world number 156 Sara Saito of Japan, 6-4, 6-3, in the opener...

WTA rankings: Sabalenka up to 2nd, Azarenka wraps up Top 20
Aryna Sabalenka, with a total of 8,016 points, goes behind Iga Swiatek of Poland...

Sabalenka captures Cincinnati title
Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus captured her second title of the year after defeating No.6 Jessica Pegula of the United States, 6-3, 7-5 in the Cincinnati Open final...