BRUSSELS - The International Ice-Hockey Federation (IIHF) said it was dropping plans for Minsk and Riga to co-host its 2021 world cup, due to safety concerns arising from coronavirus and the "political unrest" in Belarus.
The IIHF had met with Belarus officials last week, despite ongoing torture of pro-democracy protesters there, in the hope the sports event could have been "a tool for reconciliation," the IIHF noted in its decision.
Ice-hockey drops 2021 Belarus world cup
Banners
Videos
-
Future of car-plane, see it to believe it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4uSWtazRCM
-
Mehdi Hasan: Islam is a peaceful religion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy9tNyp03M0 -
Python swallows antelope whole in under an hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0rk5zh7RaE
-
Sangoku dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df1SkeiPEAo -
flying 3 kites wonder!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr9KrqN_lIg
-
Korea has talent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ46Ot4_lLo&feature=related -
Paul Potts sings Nessun Dorma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA
-
Susan Boyle - Britain's Got Talent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk -
Twist and Pulse - Britain's Got Talent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RDiBxbT_CA -
Shaheen Jafargholi (HQ) Britain's Got Talent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYDM3MIzEHo
High-Quality clip of 12-year-old singer Shaheen Jafargholi auditioning on Britain's Got Talent 2009. First he sings Valerie by The Zutons, as performed by Amy Winehouse, but, after Simon interrupts him and asks for a different song, he just blew everyone away. -
David Calvo juggles and solves Rubik's Cubes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhkzgjOKeLs
-
Outdoor 'bubble pod' hotel unveiled
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IPBKlWf-cA