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Venus Williams returns to help U.S. sweep Belarus in Fed Cup

...Sunday, sending the United States past Belarus 5-0 in the first round of the Fed Cup.By blanking Belarus in World Group II, the Americans head...Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, the Australian Open champion, sat out...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-02-05/venus-williams-retur
Russia wins, Belarus goes away winners

...added Saturday. Russia got the bronze. Belarus got the respect. Team Russia, believed...Saturday after an easy 7-2 victory over Belarus in the bronze-medal game at the E Center...as they left the ice to chants of "Belarus," and with their sticks in the air while...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/02/24/oly_335414.shtml
Olympics
Belarus upsets Sweden

...Utah - Talk about your long shots. Belarus, the only pre-tournament qualifier...who stopped 44 shots in the win for Belarus, which will play the winner of Wednesday's...its second Olympic hockey tournament. Belarus was perceived as the weakling of this...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/02/21/oly_334754.shtml
Olympics
Victories posted by Latvia, Belarus

...Latvia shut out Ukraine, 3-0, and Belarus blanked Kazakhstan, 2-0, on Saturday...in the tournament, making 37 saves for Belarus. Sergei Erkovich notched the pivotal...a time out in the final minute before Belarus' Konstantin Koltsov added an empty-net...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/05/08/hoc_452512.shtml
Hockey
Bryan duo blasts Belarus

...trip to the finals with a one-sided doubles victory over Belarus on Saturday for a 3-0 win. The twins, who have been the...match. "It doesn't get any better," Mike Bryan said. Belarus was an underdog heading into this semifinal match and the team's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/09/26/oth_429608.shtml
Other sports
Belarus' Ivankov takes men's gold

...UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- This time, Ivan Ivankov's Achilles' tendon held up just fine. The reigning world champion from Belarus rallied with a brilliant performance on the last two exercises to win the gold medal in the men's all-around competition...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/07/21/oth_233945.shtml
Other sports
David Beckham will retire at the end of the month after stellar career

...of England's unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 2008 European Championship.His last England appearance came against Belarus in October 2009, and he missed the 2010 World Cup because of an Achilles tendon injury.Asked what led to Thursday's decision...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-05-16/david-beckham-will-r
U.S., Jamaica in same group for Cup qualifying

RIO DE JANEIRO --- World champion Spain was drawn on Saturday with 1998 winner France, Georgia, Belarus and Finland in qualifying for the 2014 tournament.Officially kicking off proceedings for what will be the first World Cup in...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2011-07-30/us-jamaica-same-group-cup-qualify
Russia's economic crisis a blow to region's fur raisers

CHURILOVICHI, Belarus -- Late in the year always has been...demand for fur coats and hats in Russia, Belarus and other former Soviet states, where...properly," said Maxim Kapran, a member of Belarus' Youth Ecological Movement. Until recently...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/12/29/bus_248636.shtml
Business
Canada goes for gold

...unmistakable. The goaltender who had carried Belarus to within one win of the finals in only...if by gravitational force, pressured Belarus relentlessly with its best offensive showing...for one period last week and backstopped Belarus' upset of Sweden in the quarterfinals...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/02/23/oly_335157.shtml
Olympics