Belarus - Premier League

• Live

Most-watched soccer games on U.S. TV: Oct. 13-19

NBC’s Premier League broadcasts last week, Oct. 13-19, showed dominance across soccer viewership on U.S. TV with its broadcast of the Manchester City-Arsenal game, drawing nearly 1,000,000 average viewers.

Chelsea include team legend Petr Cech in 25-man Premier League roster

The Czech legend retired in 2019 after losing the UEFA Europa League final with Arsenal, and was currently involved with the Blues in a front-office job.

Man Utd and Real Madrid leading talks for $6BN FIFA-backed European Premier League

Plans for this ground-breaking tournament could be announced before the end of this month, with 2022 being set as the provisional start date.

Wenger labels Mourinho a permanent provocateur in latest war of words

The Special One trolled the former Arsenal boss over his autobiography, but Le Professeur has made sure to hit back.

Premier League: How to watch Leeds United vs Wolves live on October 19, 2020

Two teams who will be making a strong claim for a top-six finish will go head to head in Monday night's encounter.

Report: Virgil van Dijk to miss the rest of the season with ACL injury

The Liverpool defender is set for a lengthy spell on the treatment table after his injury at the Goodison Park.

Tottenham 3:3 West Ham: Hammers make history with late Lanzini stunner

What an ending this was!

Watch: Kane hits two as Tottenham lead by three in 16 minutes vs West Ham

Jose Mourinho's men run riot in the early stage of Sunday's local derby.

Watch: Bruno Fernandes misses his first penalty kick in a league match in four years

The Portuguese playmakers impressive run from 12 yards has finally come to an end.

VAR steals the show in action-packed Everton 2-2 Liverpool draw after controversial offside decision

VAR is back in the spotlight after controversially ruling out what would have been Henderson's Merseyside Derby winner.

The Belarusian Premier League, also known as Vysheyshaya Liga, saw the light in 1992.

This league experienced a number of changes before reaching stability, mainly in the number of teams that play the tournament. There were seasons where 17 teams played for the title, while some others were played by just eleven sides. The league now operates under a promotion-relegation system, with two teams losing their category as top-tier teams every year. Two teams are promoted from the Belarusian First Division to complete the number of teams needed to play each campaign. The league is played between March and December to avoid extreme weather conditions.

All sixteen teams face each other twice every season to determine the champion. Added to that, this league offers the right to play in European competitions, with the champion getting to play the preliminary rounds of the UEFA Champions League. Meanwhile, the second, third and fourth-ranked teams enter the preliminary stages of the UEFA Europa League.

During March 2020, football was all but suspended in Europe due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the Belarusian Premier League decided to carry on with the 2020 season despite the COVID-19 crisis and was the only active top-flight league in the continent by the end of the month. This choice earned tons of criticism as it was deemed incomprehensible by FIFPro, the global players union. Nonetheless, this move proved beneficial financially as it helped land new broadcasting deals for the Belarus Football Federation in countries such as Israel, India, and Russia. Additionally, Vysheyshaya Liga saw an increase in viewership due to the lack of live football in the rest of Europe.