Press releases

Belarus’ Egor Gerasimov advances to Challenger Shenzhen round two
Belarus’ world number 503 Egor Gerasimov has advanced to the Challenger Shenzhen round two, defeating world number 200 Li Tu of Australia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4...

Gerasimov reaches Challenger Shenzhen main draw
The Belarusian defeated world number 407 Fajing Sun of China, 6-3, 6-4, in the second qualifying round...

Belarus keeps leading positions in gender parity rankings
Belarus ranks 41st among 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index 2023. The country ranks 7th in Economic Participation and Opportunity and goes first in Health and Survival...

Price tags for Belarusian hunting trophies revealed
The Forestry Ministry offers a seasonal license for hunting water fowl for about Br60, for hunting fur animals, which can be hunted as early as this Saturday, for Br60-120. The license to hunt European roe deer varies from Br50 to Br150 depending on the sex, age, and species of the animal...

Sabalenka progresses to China Open third round
The Belarusian will next face world number 36 Jasmine Paoline of Italy for a spot in the quarterfinal. In the opener Aryna Sabalenka cruised past world number 31 Sofia Kenin of the United States, 6-1, 6-2...

Sabalenka moves to round two in Beijing
World number one Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus beat world number 31 Sofia Kenin of the United States, 6-1, 6-2, to reach the China Open second round...

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

Belarusian State University climbs Times Higher Education Rankings
BSU has been the only Belarusian university represented in the rankings for the past nine years. According to the Times Higher Education Rankings published on 27 September, BSU rose from 1501+ to 1201+...

Belarus’ Yegor Gerasimov reaches Astana Open main draw
At the start of his run, Yegor Gerasimov proved stronger over Belgium’s world number 172 Zizou Bergs, 6-4, 6-4...

Belarus 105th in FIFA rankings
Over the past two months, the Belarusian team, under the tutelage of new coach Carlos Alos Ferrer of Spain, have played two European Qualifiers 2024 games...

Azarenka reaches Guadalajara quarterfinal
In the opener Victoria Azarenka cruised past world number 147 Robin Montgomery of the United States, 6-1, 6-1. In the second round the Belarusian beat Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska, ranked World No.102, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)...

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...