Azarenka holds off Ostapenko to reach Brisbane semifinals Belarus’ world number 23 Victoria Azarenka edged world number 12 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in a 2-hour and 30-minute battle, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, to make her fifth Brisbane International semifinal...
4 Jan 2024
Sabalenka cruises into Brisbane quarterfinals Belarus’ world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka has reached the Brisbane International quarterfinals defeating world number 33 Zhu Lin of China, 6-1, 6-0, in an hour and nine minutes...
4 Jan 2024
Azarenka makes Brisbane quarterfinals Belarus’ world number 23 Victoria Azarenka became the first player through to the quarterfinals at the Brisbane International thanks to a 7-5, 6-2 win over France's world number 56 Clara Burel...
3 Jan 2024
Azarenka reaches Brisbane International round of 16 Belarus’ world number 23 Victoria Azarenka defeated world number 80 Anna Kalinskaya of Russia, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8), to advance to the round of 16 at the Brisbane International...
3 Jan 2024
Sabalenka races through Brisbane opener to reach round of 16 Belarus’ world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka needed just 58 minutes to pocket her first win of the season, defeating Italy's world number 52 Lucia Bronzetti, 6-3, 6-0, in the second round of the Brisbane International...
New Year Tree in Minsk among top ten tallest in CIS The country’s national New Year Tree, 30 meters high, is located on Oktyabrskaya Square in Minsk. Its official lighting ceremony took place on 15 December...
22 Dec 2023
Sabalenka secures two wins on World Tennis League day one In the Kites squad the Belarusian paired with Spain’s Paula Badosa defeated the Russian-U.S. tandem Mirra Andreeva and Sofia Kenin 6-3. In the singles Aryna Sabalenka beat Sofia Kenin 6-2...
2023 World Tennis League gathers top players in Abu Dhabi The Kites squad will feature Belarus’ world number 2 Aryna Sabalenka, Spain’s world number 64 Paula Badosa, Greece’s world number 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas and Bulgaria’s world number 14 Grigor Dimitrov...
19 Dec 2023
BelTA wins Belarus president’s special prize for art luminaries The book Last Witnesses is a joint creative project of BelTA and the Prosecutor General’s Office. The book includes stories told by underage prisoners of Nazi concentration camps. The stories were written down by investigators as part of the Prosecutor General’s Office’s criminal investigation into the genocide of the Belarusian nation...
Sabalenka, Djokovic claim ITF world champion awards Aryna Sabalenka has been named women’s ITF World Champion for the first time. This year she won her first Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open, reached the US Open final and also the Roland Garros and Wimbledon semifinals...
Belarus 95th in FIFA rankings Over the past months, the Belarusian team, under the tutelage of new coach Carlos Alos Ferrer of Spain, have played two European Qualifiers 2024 games. Belarus beat Andorra and Kosovo 1-0 each...
Belarus’ Yuliya Hatouka into ITF Luxembourg round two Belarus’ world number 229 Yuliya Hatouka of Belarus went off to a good start defeating world number 599 Amandine Monnot of France 7-5, 6-4 in the ITF Luxembourg 01A opener...