Athletes and their coaches are going to be awarded significantly higher bonuses by the Government for medals in Paralympics and Deaflympics starting now. Consequently, higher bonuses are going to be allocated to athletes winning medals in Brazil Deaflympics and their coaches.

Polish Sports Personality of the Year 2022 awards were held in Warsaw. The captain of the Polish national football team and a Bayern Munich player, Robert Lewandowski, won the plebiscite for the second time in a row. The podium places were completed by the athlete Anita Włodarczyk and the motorcycle speedway rider Bartosz Zmarzlik.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has met with Enrico Della Casa, President of the European Cycling Union (UEC), visiting Lithuania to discuss Lithuania's preparedness to organise the European Track Cycling Championship instead of Belarus.

Faculty of Public Governance and Business Master's Degree programme "Sports Industries Management" and "Tourism Sector Management" students, immersed in "Marketing and Communication subjects, had the possibilty to expand their knowledge undertaking a group analysis. It involved analyzing marketing activities, according to the requirements of the Lithuanian Cycling Federation (LDSF).

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Robert Lewandowski was awarded as the best football player in the best FIFA men's player 2020. He is the first Pole to receive this prestigious award.

Lithuanian football legends said on Wednesday evening they were shocked by the passing of Argentinian football icon Diego Maradona, describing his death as one of the game's biggest losses.

Zalgiris Kaunas has named Martin Schiller, a 38-year-old Austrian specialist, as its head coach, the basketball club said.

As the coronavirus has affected the basketball schedule in Lithuania, the Lithuanian Basketball Federation's Executive Committee has on Tuesday decided to extend the term of its president Arvydas Sabonis for another year and elect a new president after the upcoming Olympics.

Twelve sports grounds and stadiums located next to educational institutions will be renovated in the capital by autumn. Over the last few weeks, municipality contractors have been working intensively to make renovated sports grounds available as soon as this summer, and for pupils to start using them after the start of the new school year.