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Season's third Grand Slam tournament to end on July 14 Today is an important and in many ways defining day for the Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenko. The former first racket of the world is holding a Wimbledon round of sixteen match. Her rival is recent WTA number one and currently world's seventh best player Simone Halep. The season's third Grand Slam tournament will end on July 14th. This year, Wimbledon’s total prize pool is £38 million.

Leaving behind Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia, Belarusian will face Romania's Simona Halep Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (No. 40 on the WTA rankings) knocked out Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia (49) in the Wimbledon second round. From 0-2 down Azarenka would reel off 12 consecutive games with the final score 6-2, 6-0. The Belarusian will face Romania's Simona Halep (7) in the third round on Friday.

Representatives of 11 sports select 17 sports schools to provide sponsorship assistance to The Presidential Sports Club will provide sponsorship assistance to the tune of 222 thousand rubles to Belarusian sports schools as part of the Olympic Way project. Taking part in ...

Athletes from 50 countries take part in colorful closing ceremony The flame of the 2nd European Games went out. The sports forum that our country has hosted has been officially completed. The closing ceremony gathered about 22 thousand spectators at Dinamo Stadium, and millions at the screens. The main participants of the colorful action were athletes from the 50 countries ...

22,000 viewers to attend official opening ceremony of 2nd European Games at Dinamo Stadium The 2nd European Games open in Minsk today. 4,000 athletes from 50 countries of the continent will take part in the large-scale sports forum. 500 million TV viewers not only in Europe, but also in many countries in Asia, Africa, and North and South America will have the opportunity to watch the competitions in 15 sports. The opening ceremony will be held tonight at Dinamo Stadium ...

225 Russian athletes to participate in 2nd European Games in Minsk The All-Russian Olympic Day was held in Moscow. Sports complex "Luzhniki" gathered more than 80 famous Russian athletes. The transfer of the flag of the 2nd European Games to the athletes who will go to the competitions in Minsk took place. The 7-time Sambo world champion Artyom Osipenko ...

Belarusian tennis player to compete with Estonian Anett Kontaveit for semifinal berth Victoria Azarenka has advanced to the quarterfinals of the prestigious tennis tournament in Stuttgart, having beated the fourth racket of the world Karolina Pliskova. In the decisive game the fight was very hard, but the Belarusian tennis player came out on top. Azarenka will now compete with the Estonian Anett Kontaveit, who currently occupies 15th place in the world rankings, for a semifinal berth.

Next stage to take place in Tokyo on weekend. Finals due in Budapest in June. Belarusian swimmers clinched four medals at FINA Artistic Swimming World Series in Kazan. Vasilina Khandoshka became the bronze medalist in Solo Free. Belarusians won silver in Team Technical and bronze in Team Free. Silver award went to Belarusians in Team Free Combination. The Artistic Swimming World Series consists of eight stages and the super final, which will be held in Budapest in June. The next stage of the competition...

... Championships in Batumi, where Belarusian weightlifters clinched 19 medals. The Medal for Labor Merits was conferred on chief weightlifting coach of the national Olympic training center Staiki Valery Sizenok in recognition of his professionalism, significant sports achievements. Official letters of commendation from the Belarusian president were awarded to chief coaches Valentin Korotkin and Viktor Shershukov, athletes Gennady Laptev and Yevgeny Tikhontsov for the successful performance at the European Weightlifting ...

Games to be held on June 8 and 11 at Borisov Arena Tickets for the first Euro 2020 home qualifiers of the national football team of Belarus are now on sale. On June 8 Belarusians will tackle Germany at the Borisov Arena. On June 11 the Arena will also see the national team play against Northern Ireland. After two away games the Belarusians are at the bottom of their qualifying group. The two best teams will progress into the Euro final stage.