Aleksejus Podpruginas

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Team Lithuania at Rio Olympics: Judo

One judoka - practitioner of judo - will be part of Lithuania's team at the Olympic Games in Rio de…

8 years ago
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Team Lithuania at Rio Olympics: Boxing

Two boxers will be among the 68 Lithuanian athletes who will be competing for Olympic medals at the Rio de…

8 years ago
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Team Lithuania at Rio Olympics: Tennis and Badminton

The Lithuanian team in this year's Olympic Games includes at least 68 athletes who will compete in 16 different sports.…

8 years ago
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Team Lithuania at Rio Olympics: Track and Field

The Lithuanian team will include 68 athletes who will fight for a medal in the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in…

8 years ago
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Team Lithuania at Rio Olympics: Race walkers

The Lithuanian athletes are working hard in their preparations for the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Among…

8 years ago
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Team Lithuania at Rio Olympics: Marathon

With only months left until the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the Lithuania Tribune introduces some of the…

8 years ago
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Junior rugby players from Lithuania show class in Ireland

Rugby is a fast-growing sport in tiny Lithuania, where almost every city now has its own club. One of the…

9 years ago
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Berankis drops in international tennis rankings

The latest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world rankings were published on Monday, and 25-year-old Lithuanian Ričardas Berankis dropped 11…

9 years ago
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Berankis off to a good start in 2016

Ričardas Berankis, Lithuania's best tennis player and number 85 in the world, kicked off the 2016 season with a victory.…

9 years ago
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Baltic states go down in FIFA World ratings

The Baltic states have fallen down FIFA's world rankings this year. Lithuania and Latvia are out of the world's top…

9 years ago
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Berankis and Grigelis inch down in ATP rankings

After a new ATP ranking update was published on Monday, four of the six ranked Lithuanians lost their positions. [...]

9 years ago
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Kijanskas scored his second goal in Israeli premier league

Lithuanian 30-year-old football player Tadas Kijanskas scored on Saturday his second goal this season in the Israeli premier league for…

9 years ago
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Euro 2016: Lithuania lost to Estonia

The Lithuanian national football team lost on Saturday, September 5, to Estonia in Group E with a score of 1-0…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuanian PM to discuss buying gas from Israel

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius will visit Israel next week in order to discuss cooperation in the energy sector, reports…

9 years ago
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Laurynas Grigelis wins ITF tournament in Romania

Lithuania's second-best tennis player Laurynas Grigelis (24, ATP 277) continues a successful season with one more final and title in…

9 years ago
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Football player Tadas Kijanskas: ‘Happy to score, but team spirit is more important’

The captain of the Lithuanian national football team, 29-year-old defender Tadas Kijanskas, scored Saturday the first goal for his team…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania cuts unemployment by 1.8 percentage points since January

According to the latest statistics published by the Eurostat, Lithuania managed to cut its unemployment rate almost by two percentage…

9 years ago
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Berankis moves up towards his best ATP ranking

The best Lithuanian tennis player, Ričardas Berankis (25), is getting close to his best ranking, the 67th spot in the…

9 years ago
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EuroBasket’s power ranking: Spain first, Lithuania fourth

With one month to go the EuroBasket 2015, FIBA has published its first power ranking of the European national teams.…

9 years ago
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Šarūnas Marčiulonis to be nominated for FIBA’s hall of fame

Lithuania's basketball legend Šarūnas Marčiulonis, who started his career in BC Statyba in 1981, and managed to leave for the…

9 years ago