Press releases

Azarenka secures first-round win in Mexico
Belarus’ world number 23 Victoria Azarenka went off to a good start at the Guadalajara Open powering past world number 144 Robin Montgomery of the United States, 6-1, 6-1, into the second round...

Belarus’ Sasnovich wins Guadalajara opener
Belarus’ world number 102 Aliaksandra Sasnovich scored her first win at the Guadalajara Open beating world number 47 Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)...

Sasnovich, Alexandrova reach San Diego Open quarterfinal
Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia have reached the San Diego Open doubles quarterfinal, seeing off Caroline Dolehide and Claire Liu of the United States, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4...

Belarus’ Sasnovich advances to San Diego Open round two
Belarus’ world number 102 Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Olympic champion, Switzerland's world number 15 Belinda Bencic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, to advance to the San Diego Open second round...

Belarus’ Sabalenka becomes WTA World No.1
Despite her loss in the US Open final, Aryna Sabalenka overpassed Iga Swiatek of Poland who failed to defend her US Open champion title...

Belarus’ Sabalenka makes first US Open final
The Belarusian battled through world number 17 Madison Keys of the United States, 0-6, 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (10-8), to advance to her second major final...

Belarus’ Sabalenka reaches US Open semifinal
Belarus’ world number two Aryna Sabalenka defeated world number 23 Zheng Qinwen of China, 6-0, 6-4, to reach the US Open semifinal...

Belarus’ Olga Mastitskaya joins Moon flight imitation experiment
The massive international isolation project Scientific International Research in Unique Terrestrial Station (SIRIUS) is taking place at premises of the Medical and Biological Problems Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences...

Nearly 10,000 runners register for 2023 Minsk Half Marathon
In addition to representatives of the CIS countries, taking part in this large-scale sport event will be runners from Latvia, Estonia, the UK, Canada and other countries...

US Open: Belarus’ Sabalenka advances to quarterfinal
The Belarusian will take on world number 23 Qinwen Zheng of China for a spot in the semifinal...

Sabalenka to become WTA World No.1 after US Open
Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the round of Last 16 after seeing off Clara Burel of France. The Belarusian will take on Russia’s Daria Kasatkina for a spot in the quarterfinal...

Belarusian Written Language Day in Gorodok
The jubilee 30th Belarusian Written Language Day took place in Gorodok, Vitebsk Oblast on 2-3 September 2023...

BelTA’s pavilion opened as part of Belarusian Written Language Day celebrations
A number of museum machines and devices were put on display as part of the celebration of the 30th Belarusian Written Language Day. A Baudot telegraph machine, a photo telegraph device Neva, a Morse telegraph, a portable magnetic tape recorder for reporters, typewriters...

US Open: Belarus’ Sabalenka eases into third round
The Belarusian will next face France’s Clara Burel who saw off Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2, in the round of Last 64...

Belarus Events Calendar: SEPTEMBER 2023
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...

US Open: Belarus’ Sabalenka progresses to round two
World No.2 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus moved to the US Open second round, seeing off Belgium's Maryna Zanevska, 6-3, 6-2...

US Open: Belarus’ Azarenka into second round
Belarus’ world number 18 Victoria Azarenka went off to a good start at the US Open in New York with a solid win over world number 190 Fiona Ferro of France, 6-1, 6-2, in an hour and 15 minutes...

Six Belarusians to play at US Open in New York
Former world number one Victoria Azarenka, currently ranked 18 will open against world number 190 Fiona Ferro of France...

WTA rankings: Sasnovich down to number 92 ahead of US Open
Last week Aliaksandra Sasnovich ranked 68th but lost in the second round in Cleveland and went down to number 92...

Five medals for Belarus at World Sambo Cup in Kyrgyzstan
Belarus secured two bronze medals on the second and final day of the competitions...