Hockey in Belarus

The teams tell Euroradio a player needs four sticks a month and one stick costs $200, under the Belarusian Sports Ministry standards.

The Ice Hockey Federation of Belarus is expected to announce Mikhail Zakharau as the head coach of Team Belarus in the first days of July.

The Canadian coach officially becomes chief manager of Switzerland national ice hockey team, Pressball reports.

The International Ice Hockey Federation rakings have changed after the world championship in Minsk.

It will happen if Russia national hockey team makes it to the semifinal of the world ice hockey championship in Minsk, BelaPAN reports.

The Russian gas giant will sponsor Belarus' main ice hockey side next year, HC Dynama Minsk Director General Maksim Subotkin says.

Yunatstva Minsk chief manager Mikhail Zakharau predicts a bleak future for the Belarusian ice hockey.

Ex-chief editor of sport newspaper Pressball takes a new career position in Belarusian sport.

The hockey players from Hrodna have celebrated the fourth victory in the sixth match of the final play-off series of the Belarusian championship.