SportSir Philip Craven re-elected as IPC President2013-11-26, 15:50New Vice President Andrew Parsons was also elected together with 10 Members at Large for the IPC Governing Board. The Sochi 2014 Olympic Flame in the heart of Eastern Siberia2013-11-25, 15:23Irkutsk became the 65th city to host the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay. The Two-hundred-and-twenty-seven torchbearers carried the Olympic flame through the streets of Irkutsk, covering a distance of 34.3 km. Among the Olympic torchbearers were the winners of the competition organized by the Presenting Partners of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay, the Coca-Cola Company, OSAO "Ingosstrakh" and OAO "Russian Railways". The international bobsleigh and skeleton training week in Sochi2013-11-17, 08:59From November 8 to 19, Sanki Sliding Center in Sochi is hosting the international bobsleigh and skeleton training week - the last International Test Event for the Olympic Games. The event was staged by the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee in cooperation with the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (FIBT). Sochi Olympic torch reaches space station2013-11-08, 17:37A Soyuz rocket carrying the torch for the Sochi Winter Olympics has docked with the International Space Station, as part of efforts to showcase next year's games in Russia. EU “Antici” team defeats “Mertens” in basketball match organized by Lithuanian Presidency2013-11-05, 12:19In an event featuring the most popular sport of Lithuania, holding the Presidency of the EU Council, the diplomats assisting the Permanent Representatives have on November 4 in Brussels won a basketball contest against their colleagues assisting the Deputy Permanent Representatives. Žalgiris’s first victory in the Euroleague2013-11-03, 15:44Last Thursday was very successful for Žalgiris basketball players, as they have won with SIG Strasbourg (France) with the score 88:64 and achieved their first victory in Euroleague Basketball. Romain Grosjean fastest in Abu Dabi2013-11-01, 15:41'Lotus' racing driver Romain Grosjean has reached the best time on Friday's training in Abu Dabi GP. Improved ATP rankings by Berankis and Grigelis2013-10-30, 18:08The new ATP ranking list was published last Monday. It was very successful for two best tennis players of Lithuania - Ričardas Berankis and Laurynas Grigelis have improved their ranks. UEFA changed qualification system for Euro 20162013-10-22, 19:40Wolfgang Niersbach, chief of German football federation, have informed, that qualifying matches for Euro 2016 will be played for a period of 6 days from Thursday to Tuesday. Until now qualifying matches was played only on Fridays and Tuesdays. Latvian ‘Ultras’ and ‘Heil Hitler’2013-10-19, 16:08On 11th October the Group G world- cup qualifying match between Latvia and Lithuania took place. During the match, Latvians were seen to have a flag with numbers that are well known to neo-Nazi community. |
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