{"id":178820,"date":"2026-03-10T17:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178820\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:17:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:17:26","slug":"ex-bate-executive-zacharcanka-elected-chairman-of-belarusian-tennis-federation","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/178820\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-BATE executive Zachar\u010danka elected chairman of Belarusian Tennis Federation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zakharchenko_noc.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zakharchenko_noc.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zakharchenko_noc-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zakharchenko_noc-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zakharchenko_noc-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/zakharchenko_noc-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(NOC)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 10, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A general meeting of the Belarusian Tennis Federation (BTF) has elected Alaksandar Zachar\u010danka, a former deputy director of the Barysa\u016d-based BATE Football Club, as the federation\u2019s chairman, the National Olympic Committee (NOC) reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zachar\u010danka said his priorities would be promoting tennis outside major cities, improving coaches\u2019 skills and boosting the national team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BTF had been led by former handball star Siarhiej Rucienka since November 2021 until Zachar\u010danka\u2019s election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rucienka has been nominated for the top job at the Belarusian Basketball Federation, which is currently led by Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d, the son of the late basketball player U\u0142adzimir Ry\u017eanko\u016d (1945\u20131996), the first president of the NOC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rutenko_noc-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rutenko_noc-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rutenko_noc-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rutenko_noc-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rutenko_noc-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rutenko_noc.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Sport<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Society, Sport<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Handball legend Siarhiej Rucienka eyes leadership of Belarusian Basketball Federation<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 27, Pozirk. Former Belarusian handball star Siarhiej Rucienka is set to challenge for the top post in the Belarusian Basketball Federation (BBF) in an election scheduled for March 13. Since 2014, the BBF has been headed by Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/177465\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 10, Pozirk. A general meeting of the Belarusian Tennis Federation (BTF) has elected Alaksandar Zachar\u010danka, a former deputy director of the Barysa\u016d-based BATE Football Club, as the federation\u2019s chairman, the National Olympic Committee (NOC) reported. Zachar\u010danka said his priorities would be promoting tennis outside major cities, improving coaches\u2019 skills and boosting the national team\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":178810,"template":"","rubric":[13,32],"class_list":["post-178820","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society","rubric-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ex-BATE executive Zachar\u010danka elected chairman of Belarusian Tennis Federation | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 10, Pozirk. 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