Sports
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. […]
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Snow arena in Druskininkai to make history by hosting FIS event
For the first time in the history of Lithuanian sports, a ski race sanctioned by the International Ski Federation (FIS) will be hosted by Druskininkai Snow Arena. Two Olympians will represent Lithuania. […]
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Lithuanian president confers state decorations on EuroBasket 2015 silver medalists
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday awarded the national basketball team for their silver medals won in the European Basketball Championship 2015. […]
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Basketball to bring Latvia and Lithuania closer
The Latvian capital Riga is hosting the Group D Phase of Eurobasket 2015 on September 5-10 in which national teams from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belgium, the Czech Republic and Ukraine will be competing for the right to advance to the Final Phase of the European Basketball Championship which will take place in Lille, France. […]
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Head coach announced final line-up of Lithuanian national basketball team for EuroBasket 2015
The final list of 12 players of in Lithuanian men’s national basketball team has been announced and will start the group matches of EuroBasket 2015 in Latvia on Saturday. […]
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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 Romania. One week after loosing in a final match in the ITF Future in Romania, the young Lithuanian won another tournament in the country. […]
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Lithuanian leaders congratulate boxer Stanionis on winning gold
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius have congratulated boxer Eimantas Stanionis on winning gold in the welterweight category (under 69 kg) in the EUBC European Confederation Continental Championships 2015 held in Bulgaria. […]
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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 world (April 2013). […]
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Kaunas becomes cricket capital of Lithuania
“In India language changes every thousand kilometres, and everyone worships their own god. Regardless of that, cricket is being played everywhere”, says J. K. Tandon, CEO of A&Z Exports International. Last week the Indian company has donated cricket equipment to the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in Lithuania. Cricket team at KTU, the second largest university in Lithuania with almost 300 students from Southeast Asia, has been founded in 2013. […]
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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 NBA despite the Iron Curtain, will join the FIBA‘s hall of fame, The Denver Post reports. […]
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Laurynas Grigelis, Lithaunia’s king of clay
It was a tough, long tournament with a lot of sweat and emotions and with an enthusiastic and supporting crowd. But in the end, with two titles in his hands, Laurynas Grigelis is doubtlessly Lithuania’s new king of clay. On Saturday, the 23-year-old Lithuanian won his second singles title in a home court of the President’s Cup. […]
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The reign of Laurynas Grigelis
Laurynas Grigelis continues to dominate the President’s Cup international ITF tournament in Vilnius. The Lithuanian already won one title paired with Lukas Mugevičius in doubles. Grigelis’s next target is the singles title. […]
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Grigelis and Mugevičius in President’s Cup doubles finals
After securing a spot in the singles semifinals, Laurynas Grigelis (23, ATP 322), passed the semifinals in the doubles tournament with his partner Lukas Mugevičius. The Lithuanian duo won in straight sets and advanced to the finals. Tadas Babelis and Kasparas Žamaitelis lost in the parallel semifinals. […]
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Grigelis advances to semifinals of President’s Cup
Lithuanian tennis player Laurynas Grigelis already in the quarterfinals of the international ITF tournament in Vilnius, the President’s Cup. He is he only Lithuanian to stay in the singles tournament. Two Lithuanian pairs will fight for the tickets to the finals. […]
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Grigelis and Šakinis advanced to the second round of President’s Cup
Five Lithuanians take part in the ITF international tennis tournament in Vilnius, the President’s Cup. Laurynas Grigelis and Dovydas Šakinis advanced to the second round while Julius Tverijonas, Lukas Mugevičius and Tadas Babelis lost in the first round. In the doubles, three Lithuanian pairs have already qualified for the quarter-finals. […]
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Football player Mindaugas Panka continues in Israel
Lithuanian midfielder Mindaugas Panka, 31, signed a new contract with Israeli premier league football club Maccabi Petah Tiqua. Panka has been signed up for one year and is to be one of the main players under the direction of his coach Ran Ben Shimon. […]