Otago Daily Times

Belarus stripped of event

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Ice hockey: Belarus has been stripped of the right to cohost this year’s world championsh­ip due to safety concerns over political unrest and the Covid19 pandemic there, the sport’s governing body said yesterday.

The move deprives President Alexander Lukashenko, an avid hockey fan, of a stage to host the biggest internatio­nal event planned in the country since he claimed victory last August in a vote the opposition said was rigged.

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