LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Belarus was stripped of hosting next month’s European track cycling championships on May 27 amid an international furor after a passenger jet was diverted to Minsk so a dissident journalist could be arrested.
Associated Press: Belarus stripped of European track cycling championships
A Belarusian opposition flag is pictured as workers replace flags of the IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship near the Radisson Blu Latvia hotel in Riga, Latvia on May 25, 2021.