{"id":7423,"date":"2023-10-23T18:54:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T15:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=7423"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"website-of-sports-newspaper-pressball-unblocked","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/7423\/","title":{"rendered":"Website of sports newspaper Pressball unblocked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 23, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian authorities have unblocked the website of <em>Pressball<\/em> weeks after the country&#8217;s soccer governing body took control of the popular sports newspaper. Readers can access it from Belarus and abroad after four months of restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Information blocked <em>Pressball.by<\/em> in June 2023, without explaining the reason to the editors. The journalists later launched the site <em>Resport.by<\/em>, only to find it blocked the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On October 6, the Belarusian Football Federation became the sole owner of the newspaper after acquiring 50 percent of the shares in its managing company, in addition to the 50 percent it already owned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previous co-owners sold their shares as the paper lost advertising revenue after the website was blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pressball editor in chief Siarhiej Lisi\u010dkin died on August 11 at the age of 55. A new editor has not yet been appointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pressball was launched in January 1991.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 23, Pozirk. Belarusian authorities have unblocked the website of Pressball weeks after the country&#8217;s soccer governing body took control of the popular sports newspaper. Readers can access it from Belarus and abroad after four months of restrictions. 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