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Five medals for Belarus at World U20 Wrestling Championships 2023
Abubakar Khaslakhanov won the second gold for Belarus in the men’s 97kg. The Belarusian wrestler defeated athletes from Iran, Russia and Estonia and beat Gor Ayvazyan of Georgia, 8-0, in the final...

Sabalenka into Cincinnati Masters semifinal
Belarus’ world number two Aryna Sabalenka defeated Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur (No.5) 7-5, 6-3 in the Cincinnati Masters quarterfinal...

Sabalenka advances to Cincinnati Masters quarterfinal
Belarus’ world number two Aryna Sabalenka has moved to the Cincinnati Masters quarterfinal, dispatching world number 13 Daria Kasatkina of Russia, 6-3, 6-3...

Belarus’ Sabalenka advances to Cincinnati round three
The Belarusian had to go through three sets in her opener to hold off No.191 Ann Li of the United States, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4...

Belarus’ Azarenka progresses into Cincinnati Masters round two
In the opener the former world number one defeated world number 11 Barbora Krejcikova, 6-3, 7-5...

2023 CIS Games: Belarus wins junior air pistol silver and bronze
Second were Team Belarus 1 comprising Zoya Dasko, Aleksandra Petrova and Ulyana Danilenko...

2023 CIS Games: Handball silver for Belarus
Belarus lost 28-34 to Russia in the deciding match...

2023 CIS Games: Belarusian Rodion Tishchenko claims bronze
Rodion Timoshchenko lost to Zafarbek Kamilov from Kyrgyzstan...

Belarus’ Vladislav Kozlov wins 97kg freestyle wrestling silver at 2nd CIS Games
In the final bout in the 97kg event, the Belarusian lost to Sergei Kozyrev of Russia...

Belarusian wrestler Aleksei Parkhomenko wins silver at 2nd CIS Games
In the 125kg final, the Belarusian wrestler lost to Alen Khubulov of Russia 2-6. Bronze was shared by Ziyamuhammet Saparov of Turkmenistan and Omarkhan Nadirov of Kazakhstan...

Belarus’ weightlifter Andrei Aramnau wins bronze at 2nd CIS Games
That was Andrei Aramnau’s first competition after a long break. The 35-year-old champion of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games won the 109kg weightlifting bronze...

2023 CIS Games: Belarusian archers clinch two silver medals
In the women’s final the Belarusian team of Anastasia Nikiforenko, Aleksandra Strelets and Natalia Tretyak lost 1-5 to the Russian team of Svetlana Gomboyeva, Viktoriya Namdakova and Nurinisso Makhmudova...

Ivashka back to ATP Top 100
A week ago the Belarusian was World No.113. After reaching the Los Cabos quarterfinal the player rose 13 spots in the rankings with the total of 607 points...

CIS Games: Belarus secure silver, bronze in air rifle team event
Yelizaveta Tsydik, Darya Chupris and Nikol Kurilyonok (Belarus-1) clinched silver, while Belarus-2 comprising Alina Mazovka, Alina Belaya and Danaya Pinchuk collected bronze. Russia claimed the champion title...

2023 CIS Games: Alina Harnasko of Belarus claims six medals
Leader of the Belarusian national team Alina Harnasko clinched gold with the Ball, silver with the Clubs, and bronze medals with the Hoop and the Ribbon. Alina Harnasko also won silver medals in the All-Around and the team event...

2023 CIS Games: Alina Harnasko clinches silver
The leader of the Belarusian national rhythmic gymnastics team scored a total of 105,850 points...

2023 CIS Games: Belarusian judoka Safiya Varapai clinches bronze
Belarusian judoka Safiya Varapai claimed bronze in the women’s 44kg event...

Russian Regina Shaidullina wins CIS Games first champion
Silver went to Thi Yen Dao of Vietnam - 141kg (63kg + 78kg). Belarusian Polina Pichugina placed third with 135kg (58kg + 77kg)...

Belarus’ doctors implant artificial heart ventricle in 4-year-old child
This is one of the rarest and most complex surgeries in Europe. It was a second surgery of this kind in Belarus. The first surgery was conducted on a six-year-old patient in 2022...

2023 CIS Games to open with rhythmic gymnastics tournament
The rhythmic gymnastics tournament in the Minsk Palace of Rhythmic Gymnastics will feature the best athletes of the participating states. Thus, Alina Harnasko, the leader of the Belarusian national team and a bronze medalist of the Tokyo Olympics, will compete along with Yelizaveta Zorkina...