Olympics: Poland grant Belarus athlete humanitarian visa

'The head coach came over to me and said there had been an order from above to remove me.' A Belarusian opposition politician said Belarus officials had told Tsimanouskaya's mother that her......

Olympics: Belarus sprinter heads for Austria in fresh twist

Masked and wearing blue jeans, a blue blouse and sunglasses with "I RUN CLEAN" written on them, Tsimanouskaya had arrived in a police-escorted van at Narita airport east of the Japanese capital.......

Belarusian sprinter reaches Poland after defying order home

IMAGE: Belarusian Sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya meets Austrian State Secretary Magnus Brunner during a stop at Schwechat airport in Vienna, Austria on Tuesday. Photograph: Federal Chancellory......

IOC removes two Belarus coaches from Olympic Village

‘We are not the ones who made the decision, we are only executing it,’ Tsimanouskaya said the two officials told her. The two officials had told her the order to send her home came......

Belarusian skier flees country after ban for political views

IMAGE: Belarusian cross-country skier Darya Dolidovich poses in this handout picture taken in Kirovsk, Russia. Photograph: Sergei Dolidovich/Reuters A Belarusian cross-country skier has fled......