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Sasnovich into Bad Homburg Open semifinal doubles
Belarus’ Aliaksandra Sasnovich and Tereza Mihalikova of Slovakia reached the Bad Homburg Open semifinal defeating Belarus’ Lidziya Marozava and Kaitlyn Christian of the United States, 4-6, 6-4, 10-3...

Sabalenka 6th in WTA
A week ago the Belarusian was fifth. She moved down one place after an unfortunate performance in Berlin. Victoria Azarenka of Belarus is 20th with 2,146 points, Aliaksandra Sasnovich is 34th with 1,411 points...

Belarusian archers win 4 medals at tournament in Nur-Sultan
Belarus claimed three gold medals: Hanna Marusava in the women’s individual, Anton Kurovkin in the men’s event and Karyna Dziominskaya and Raman Nikitsionak in the mixed team...

Ivashka moves to Halle Open round two
Belarus’ world number 42 Ilya Ivashka went off to a good start at the Halle Open defeating Germany’s world number 149 Jan-Lennard Struff, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), in two hours and five minutes...

Sabalenka back to WTA Top 5
The Belarusian ranked 6th last week. After reaching the final at ‘s-Hertogenbosch she moved one spot up with a total of 4,145 points. Victoria Azarenka remained 19th with 2,330 points. Aliaksandra Sasnovich goes 38th with 1,341 points. Aryna Sabalenka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich are set to play in Berlin this week...

Sabalenka reaches ‘s-Hertogenbosch semifinal
Belarus’ world number 6 Aryna Sabalenka has reached the ‘s-Hertogenbosch semifinal solving Belgium’s world number 46 Alison Van Uytvanck, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), in two hours and five minutes...

Sabalenka moves to ‘s-Hertogenbosch quartefinal
Belarus’ world number 6 Aryna Sabalenka secured her second victory at ‘s-Hertogenbosch defeating Arianne Hartono (World No.172) of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-3...

Ivashka victorious in ‘s-Hertogenbosch opener
Belarus’ world number 49 Ilya Ivashka reached the ‘s-Hertogenbosch second round defeating world number 51 Mackenzie McDonald of the United States, 6-3, 6-7 (8-10), 6-1 in two hours and 15 minutes...

Sabalenka reaches ‘s-Hertogenbosch Last 16
Belarus’ world number 6 Aryna Sabalenka went off to a good state at ‘s-Hertogenbosch seeing off world number 142 Kateryna Baindl of Ukraine, 6-4, 6-1, in an hour and 20 minutes...

Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka 6th in WTA rankings
At Roland Garros the best Belarusian tennis player reached the round of Last 32 and currently goes with 3,966 points. Victoria Azarenka is 19th with 2,330 points. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, who reached the French Open Last 16 for the first time in her career, jumped 11 spots up to 36th (1,341 points)...

Kristina Dmitruk of Belarus reach W25 Tbilisi quarterfinal
In the round of Last 16 Kristina Dmitruk took a solid win, 6-2, 6-1, over her fellow Belarusian Vera Lapko (World No.359)...

Belarus ranks 35th in End of Childhood Index Ranking
"The infant mortality rate in Belarus, which is 2.6% per 1,000 live births, is record low. We have one of the lowest infant mortality rates. This is largely attributed to the creation of several levels of perinatal care in Belarus," said the specialist...

Belarus’ Alina Harnasko wins UAE Gymnastika Cup in Dubai
The Belarusian scored 138.3 points in the All-Around event. Russia’s Lala Kramarenko and Dina Averina placed second and third respectively (136.37 and 134.54 points)...

Belarus Events Calendar: JUNE 2022
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...

Belarus remains 14th in IIHF rankings
The ranking now includes a record number of 56 countries that have competed in the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship program in recent years. The World Ranking takes into consideration the results of the World Championships and Olympics of the past four years. Teams that could not participate this year received points in accordance with the 2022 IIHF Sport Regulations...

Anton Smolski, Dzinara Alimbekava win Summer Biathlon Federation Cup
The tournament featured members of the Belarusian national team, ans also representatives of Belarusian oblasts and the city of Minsk. Biathletes competed in the 900m cross-country and 10m rifle shooting...

Sabalenka through to French Open third round
Belarus’ world number 7 Aryna Sabalenka needed an hour to cruise past world number 57 Madison Brengle of the United States, 6-1, 6-3, to reach the French Open round three...

Sasnovich beats Raducanu at French Open
Belarus’ world number 47 Aliaksandra Sasnovich took out world number 12 Emma Raducanu of the UK, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 in the second round of Roland Garros...

French Open: Azarenka reaches third round
Belarus’ world number 15 Victoria Azarenka has advanced to the French Open 2022 third round defeating world number 65 Andrea Petkovic of Germany, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)...

Sabalenka wins in French Open first round
Belarus’ world number 7 Aryna Sabalenka turned her match around against French world number 101 Chloe Paquet to prevail 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and advance to the French Open second round...