Former weightlifter Nikolai Sherstnev has been elected as Football
Federation of Belarus President after the incumbent Vladimir Bazanov
withdrew his candidacy, although UEFA is expected to consider the
country's status at its events after European Union lawmakers urged it
to be banned.
An ally of Lukashenko, the chief of the Belarusian Football Federation, has been deported from the Czech Republic using a Schengen visa granted by Hungary.