Germany is becoming really strict regarding its new law on doping. To be more specific, Germany is going to make doping a crime with jail terms of up to three years.

Lithuanian kickboxer Sergej Maslobojev won a golden medal at the European Championship in Kickboxing held in Bilbao, Spain.

The basketball team 'Neptūnas Klaipėda' has won its first historical victory in Eurolegaue. On Thursday evening the players of the port city defeated the Serbian team 'Crvena Zvezda Belgrade' with minimal difference 83:81(25:20, 22:17, 20:24, 16:20).

More than 100 young people, practicing karate, from across the country expressed their willingness to participate in a joint training with the American star of action films - Jean-Claude van Damme. This event will be hosted in Lithuania at the end of the week.

Polish football players achieved first victory over Germany in the history. Polish players defeated the current world champions with a score 2:0 in the Euro 2016 elimination match at the National Stadium in Warsaw. The goals were scored by Arkadiusz Milik and Sebastian Mil.

Famous Brazilian player Romario was elected to the upper house of the Parliament after receiving about 4.7 million votes.

48-year-old Socialist Party politician (Romario was a congressman since 2010) received the support of 63.4 per cent of votes. His nearest competitor Cesar Maia got 20.5 per cent of votes.

After ending his football player career Romario did not leave sport completely; he attended the world championships in beach volleyball. Also, he sharply criticized preparations for this year's World Cup in Brazil. He claimed that there were corruption cases during stadiums´ modernization process. Besides, Romario condemned the high costs of this event and poor working conditions of the workers.

In the past, Romario was recognized as the best world player for three times. During his career as a professional football player he scored more than a thousand goals. He has performed at PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona and clubs of Rio de Janeiro: Vasco da Gama and Flamengo.

After failing in first quarter Žalgiris Kaunas straightened and bounded Krasnodar Lokomotiv attacks to win 65:49 (10:23, 23: 9, 11: 7, 21:10) in Akropolis Cup Final.

Ričardas Berankis was unable to extend winning streak in ongoing ATP 250 series Shenzhen Open Tournament in China. In a match of Round 16 4:6, 6:7(1) Lithuanian lost to Slovak tennis player Lucaš Lacko, who has 85th place globally. During the match the heat was of more than 30 degrees and the match itself lasted for an hour and 40 minutes.

Sunday was a very successful day for Poland - their volleyball national team defeated Brazil 3:1 (18:25, 25:22, 25:23, 25:22) and became a world champion.

The second Scottish football division Glasgow Rangers with the Marius Žaliūkas overcame one of the country's elite league leaders Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1:0 (0:0) and got into next round on Tuesday in the second round of Insurance League Cup.