Several players at Australian Open 2025 have been competing without a national flag, with world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka included.

However, the flag of Belarus has been noticeably missing from the graphic next to her name, instead replaced with a simple blue rectangle. It's the third year that the Grand Slam has ruled that ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” is all but certain to add a seventh term.

There is one staple missing from world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka’s introduction to the court at the Australian Open – and it is the same reason she has a “blue flag”. It is the third year ...

MINSK, March 28. /TASS/. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has ordered to fly flags at half mast and cancel entertaining programs in solidarity with Russia, which is observing a day of ...