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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 positions and took the 96th place in the world. […]
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Goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis praised despite losing debut
Lithuanian goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis made his debut in the Spanish football league for Espanyol against Spanish giants Real Madrid on Sunday. […]
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Ice skater Tobias to lose Lithuanian citizenship after becoming Israeli national
American ice dancer Isabella Tobias, who was granted Lithuanian citizenship in 2013 to be able to represent the country at the Sochi Olympics, is reported to have adopted Israeli nationality ahead of the European championships. If that proves to be true, she will be stripped of her Lithuanian passport, the Interior Ministry said. […]
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Defence ministry spent €20k sponsoring Vanagas in Dakar Rally
The Ministry of National Defence spent €20,000 supporting Lithuanian racer Benediktas Vanagas‘ participation in the prestigious Dakar Rally. […]
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Lithuanian goalkeeper joins English Premier League club Bournemouth
Lithuania’s 18-year-old Atlantas goalkeeper Marius Adamonis has joined English Premier League Club Bournemouth after a trial at the club. […]
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Rūta Meilutytė returns to competition after injury
Lithuanian swimmer Rūta Meilutytė is to return to competition next week swimming in a 2016 Euro Meet in Luxembourg on January 29-31. Meilutytė will compete for the first time since she got an elbow injury in 2015. […]
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Lithuanian Football Federation elects new president
Edvinas Eimontas has been elected the new president of the Lithuanian Football Federation. […]
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Karpavičius withdraws from race for Football Federation presidency
Raimondas Karpavičius, one of the candidates running for the presidency of the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), has quit the race on the eve of the voting. […]
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Berankis knocked out of Australian Open
Tennis star Ričardas Berankis added another chapter to his rivalry with Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov during the first round of the 2016 Australian Open. […]
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Lithuanian teams finish 26th, 27th in Dakar rally
Two out of three Lithuanian teams competing in the Dakar rally have successfully finished the race. Benediktas Vanagas and Sebastian Rozwadowski took 26th place with a second Lithuanian team – Antanas Juknevičius and Mindaugas Slapšys finishing 27th. […]
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Krupeckaitė wins cycling gold at World Cup in Hong Kong
Lithuanian cyclist Simona Krupeckaitė has won the gold medal in the final, third, track cycling World Cup stage hosted in Hong Kong. […]
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Four candidates to compete for Lithuanian Football Federation presidency
The Lithuanian Football Federation have said that four candidates have been nominated for election as President of the Lithuanian Football federation. The federation and current president, Julius Kvedaras, is under investigation by state anti-fraud investigators. […]
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Valančiūnas makes it onto Lithuanian conscription list
Jonas Valančiūnas, the Toronto Raptors center beloved by basketball fans both in Lithuania and abroad, made it into the conscription list as part of Lithuania’s mandatory military conscription for 2016. […]
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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. The 25-year-old player is participating in the ATP 250 tournament in Doha, Qatar, where he beat sixth-seeded Italian Andreas Seppi (31, ATP 29) in the first round. […]
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Asadauskaitė and Navardauskas win 2015 sports awards
Awards for the best athletes and coaches of 2015 were presented at the Opera and Ballet Theatre on January 5 with pentathlete Laura Asadauskaitė taking the Sportswoman of the Year award and cyclist Ramūnas Navardauskas taking the Sportsman of the Year award. […]
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Benediktas Vanagas crashes into a cow in Dakar Rally
After a first stage of the Dakar rally was cancelled because of heavy rain, 300 vehicles started the second stage but it did not take long for many to get in trouble, among them, Benediktas Vanagas. Vanagas has crashed into a cow which suddenly appeared in his path and had to finish the stage without his front window. […]
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