Thursday’s UEFA Nations League C first group match between Lithuania and the Faroes the national teams of the islands ended in a draw 1 – 1. This means that even though the Lithuanians won the first point, they no longer have the opportunity to move up from the last place in the group. Joan Simunas … Read more
Kaunas “Zalgiris” basketball players suffered their first defeat in the pre-season cycle after four victories. On Tuesday, Žalgiris lost to Real Madrid 81:89 (26:20, 17:23, 18:28, 20:18) and took second place in the tournament held in the town of Antekera. Karolis Lukošiūnas’ three-pointer, Edgars Ulanov’s half-hook and Roland Šmits’ free throws gave “Žalgiris” the lead … Read more
In the quarter-finals of the “Hegelmann LFF Cup” Žalgiris dramatically won the victory. 2:1 beat the Knights. The opponents took the lead from the 52nd minute when Gytis Paulauskas scored with a header. However, Renan, who scored two goals in extra time, changed the result in favor of Zalgiris. There were six changes in the … Read more
30-year-old American woman of Lithuanian origin Ror Namajunas (11-5) over 3 months ago in a losing battle with Carla Esparza lost the UFC bantamweight world championship belt. C. Esparza is now preparing to defend his title against Weili Zhang At UFC 281, many of the other top fighters in this weight class also know their … Read more
In the “UFC 278” mixed martial arts (MMA) held in Salt Lake City (USA) on Sunday morning Lithuanian time, a 30-year-old Briton presented an incredible sensation Leon Edwards (20-3), who after a tough four rounds managed to land an ideal left leg to the face and knocked out the 35-year-old Nigerian, who was called the … Read more
A fighter Dovydas Rimkus-Rimkenzo received permission from One Championship to fight outside the organization’s cage and accepted Dominykas Dirkštis an invitation to put on gloves in a neutral tournament. On Thursday, D. Dirkstys met “Rimkenzo” at the Vilnius airport, having just returned from Thailand, where the Kaunian trained for almost four months. D. Dirkstys handed … Read more
Late on Thursday evening, Vilnius “Žalgiris” legend Mantas Kuklys shared his ten-year journey in European tournaments. That’s how much time it took for the current A League champion, who was reborn in 2009 and entered the UEFA tournaments three years later. In 2012, when the team was represented by such footballers as Andrius Skerla, Ramūnas … Read more
In the world of football, there is still no shortage of rumors about where the career of one or another player and coach could go. French media reports that Neymaro services were offered to Man City, however Pepas Guardiola stated that the Brazilian could harm the harmony of the team and refused to buy him. … Read more
The prestigious Wimbledon tennis tournament of the “Grand Slam” series, held for the 135th time, continues in London (Great Britain). In a true tennis spectacle, the “bad guy” of the sport is an Australian Nick Kyrgios (ATP-40) after more than 3 hours of fighting 6:7 (2:7), 6:4, 6:3, 7:6 (9:7) broke the Greek Stefan Tsitsipas … Read more
There is already a second newcomer in the composition of “Žalgiris” Kaunas for the coming season. Lauryns Birutis, who signed a contract with the club, was joined by another Lithuanian Arnas Butkevicius. The member of the Lithuanian men’s basketball team played in the capital in recent years, was the captain of the Vilnius “Ryto” team, … Read more