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.

2020 is set to be a big year for sport in Lithuania. This is because the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup will be held here. What is it all about and what does its presence mean for the country?

Lithuania's police said on Thursday it had launched two pre-trial investigations into allegedly fixed matches after the Lithuanian Football Federation sanctioned Klaipeda's Atlantas and Palanga's Palanga football clubs.

The Seimas denounced the European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in particular at Football Matches, adopted in Strasbourg on 19 August 1985, and ratified the Council of Europe Convention on an Integrated Safety, Security and Service Approach at Football Matches and Other Sports Events, adopted in Saint-Denis on 3 July 2016.

Lithuania's police has issued a fine of 30 euros to a fan who stormed onto the football pitch in Vilnius and approached Cristiano Ronaldo, the captain of Portugal's national football team.

Ten of the best restaurants in Vilnius had reserved tables for “Ronaldo&Messi,” and a local artist created a 3D art piece made of food and restaurant equipment depicting the two football stars while the Portugal national football team visits the Lithuanian capital.