Konstantin Koltsov, a former Belarusian ice hockey player and boyfriend of tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, has died at the age of 42. The Belarusian hockey federation announced it on its website, which made no reference to the causes of death, specifying only that it occurred “suddenly”.
Koltsov played three seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 2002 and 2006. On the international stage, he played for the Belarus national team at the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics and to nine world championships.
