18.01.2021, 14:37
The International Ice Hockey Federation will probably deprive Minsk of the Ice Hockey World Championship.
Today Belarus may lose the status of one of the hosts - along with Latvia - of the next hockey world championship. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) seems to have no choice but to take the tournament away from it due to strong political and financial pressure on the office, while the most important sponsors are threatening to leave it. Latvia, Denmark, and Slovakia have already expressed their readiness to undertake the part of the championship for which Belarus was responsible, Kommersant writes.
Today a meeting of the Council of the International Ice Hockey Federation will take place, dedicated to the most painful topic ever. It is associated with the holding of the IIHF main tournament - the Ice Hockey World Championship, which did not take place in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The next one was to be jointly hosted from May 21 to May
The Ice Hockey Federation stripped Belarus of hosting the 2021 World Championship. This was the right move, but it's hard to escape the impression that financial concerns were the driving factor, writes Chuck Penfold.
Tikhanovskaya calls decision to move Ice Hockey World Championship from Minsk victory for Belarusians
MINSK. Jan 18 (Interfax) - Former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has described the decision to move the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Ice Hockey World Championship from Minsk as a victory for the people of Belarus. Today the Council of the International Ice Hockey Federation announced the transfer of the Ice Hockey World Championship. It is a victory, as there will not be an additional wave of repressions in order to purge the city ahead of the World Championship. It is a victory because [Belarusian President] Alexander Lukashenko did not succeed in putting up a brave face to pretend that everything is under control. It is a victory because the Belarusians had their way and did it together, Tikhanovskaya said in a statement published on Telegram on Monday.
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