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The Belarusian beach soccer men’s national team has ranked fourth in the recently-released Beach Soccer Worldwide National Teams ranking, BelTA has learned.

The next edition of the Olympic Games, which is due to take place in 2026, seems to be a calm one for the NOC of Belarus. A landmark event has recently taken place in the sports world. A woman has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the first time. Thomas Bach is being replaced at the post of the IOC head by former swimmer and two-time Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry from Zimbabwe. With the recent changes can Belarusian athletes expect a quick and complete return to the international sports arena? Viktor Lukashenko, President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Belarus, sat down with BelTA for an interview.

«When MAZ is on international screens all over the world — everyone starts to think, what kind of factory is this that „kills“ everyone on the track. This is our MAZ, our pride. This is advertising. And advertising not only to the automobile plant, but also to the whole country and the entire automobile industry of Belarus,» said President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko at a meeting with the MAZ-SPORTauto Team during a visit to the Minsk Automobile Plant in January 2025. The Minsk Automobile Plant is a legendary enterprise, as the MAZ brand is known all over the world. Partly thanks to the MAZ-SPORTauto motorsport team — the only team in the country that participates in rally-raids. And what is very important, on MAZ trucks.