*TRIGGER WARNING*: This article contains graphic descriptions of rape and threats of rape in the Belarus prison system. This weekend’s Belarusian Premier League matches have been suspended, the league’s clubs have announced. This comes after nationwide protests against President Alexander Lukashenko’s re-election are picking up more steam every day. The official reasoning behind the suspension […]
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March 28, 2020. Just two weeks after having my semester moved to remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic, I made a discovery. Every league had suspended play, or so I thought. Scrolling through Twitter, as I do so often these days, a question lit the screen: “does anyone have a link to the Minsk […]
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Players of Dynamo Brest celebrate a goal together in their 2-0 victory over Torpedo Zhodino. (Image Credits: https://en.dynamo-brest.by/item/1541-vital-3-points-grabbed-in-zhodino)
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Last Saturday evening was a massive one in the footballing sphere, or at least what’s left of it. The eyes of the world convened on the Borisov Arena, as BATE Borisov hosted Torpedo Zhodino in a match that may have title implications in Belarus, with Torpedo coming into the match week at the top of […]
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Well, we have found ourselves in truly strange and unprecedented times. I never thought that I’d be sitting down and eagerly writing about the Belarusian Premier League, but here we are. I suppose that if this time is going to be good for anything, it will be for learning about things you didn’t really know […]
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