President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to support our Olympians in the Summer Olympic Games.

Just five days until the Olympic Games of Rio de Janeiro, Lithuanians are among the top ten nations searching for information about the sports event, shows data published on Tuesday.

Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, received Tatsuo Kawabata, Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, and his delegation. During the meeting, the emphasis was given to the successful inter-parliamentary cooperation between Lithuania and Japan and to the scope for strengthening the bilateral cooperation, particularly in the field of science and education.

The Seimas adopted a law amending the Law on Physical Education and Sport (draft No XIIP-4492(2)). The amendments to the existing legislation are expected to effectively address manipulation of sports competitions. These amendments complement the amendments to the Criminal Code (draft No XIIP-3184(2) and the Law on Criminal Intelligence (draft No XIIP-3185(2)).

Aidas Ardzijauskas, a Lithuanian fire-and-rescue officer of Team 5 of the Vilnius County Fire-and-Rescue Service, plans to run around the globe in a period of under 365 days and set a new record, which is currently held by a French runner.

"Germany won in 1980 and the coach was Jupp Dervall..." With the European Championship kicking off in France, we asked Parliament President Martin Schulz and other MEPs to share their best memories of the popular football tournament. They also reveal their plans for following the games, as well as their predictions for the winner.

Arvydas Sabonis, the legendary basketball center, has been reelected to head the Lithuanian Basketball Federation for another term.

The Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) says it sees no alternative to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), LKF president Arvydas Sabonis said after the federation decided to suspend clubs playing in the Eurocup tournament organized by Euroleague from participation in official basketball matches.

A friendly football match was held in Moscow last Saturday. Unfortunately, it was unsuccessful for our team. Lithuanians lost to Russians with the score 0:3 (0:1).

Last Tuesday, on 9th February, the authorities of the Vilnius district met the manager of the basketball club 'Lietuvos Rytas' Martynas Purlys, head coach Tomas Pačėsas and two basketball players - Kšištof Lavrinovič and Adam Łapeta.