MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Longtime Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is proudly keeping soccer and hockey arenas open even though most sports around the world have shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Eastern European nation of nearly 9.5 million even started a whole new soccer season this month as coronavirus cases rose. The move has the full support of Lukashenko. He even took to the ice in an amateur hockey tournament on Saturday with a few hundred spectators in the stands. He says “it's better to die standing that to live on your knees.”
