40th Christmas Run took place last Sunday in Vilnius.

In the final of the 2015 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, which was held in Herning (Denmark), Norway won 31 - 23 (20 - 9) against the Netherlands.

Lithuania's Financial Crime Investigation Service is carrying out searches at the office of the Lithuanian Football Federation and is also searching the home of LFF President Julius Kvedaras, FCIS director Kestutis Jucevicius confirmed it on Thursday.

The draw ceremony of Euro 2016 took place on Saturday in Paris. Poland was placed in Group C together with Germany. European Football Championship will take place in France next summer.

For the first time in history France won the gold medal in the European Volleyball Championship.

A contest of the Vilnius district cross-country run was organized by the Department of Tourism, Sports and Culture of the Vilnius District Municipality on 4th October in the newly built biathlon shooting range.

Lithuanian Ramūnas Navardauskas won a bronze medal in the world championships in cycling. Slovakian Peter Sagan triumphed in Richmond, US, Australian Michael Matthews came in second. The defending champion Michał Kwiatkowski took 8th place.

Lithuania lost to Spain in the final round of the European Basketball Championships held in Lille, France, thus winning a silver medal.

Polish footballers defeated Gibraltar 8:1 in Warsaw and are one step further towards next year's European Championships in France. Germans are also close to advancement, defeating the Glasgow Scots 3:2, and the Poles 3:1 last Friday.

The 2015 European Championship in men's basketball continues in Riga.