You wouldn’t want to mess with Lithuanian basketball player Rokas Narkevicius on the court — SYOGOC photo: Theodon Teo Lithuania has had an illustrious track record in Olympic basketball, winning three bronze medals over the last five Olympic Games. Their legacy looks very much alive, judging by the way the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Lithuanian [...]
Lithuanian rower Rolandas Mascinskas put in a stunning performance to upset Germany’s two-time world junior champion German Felix Bach and to win the junior men’s single sculls gold at Marina Reservoir. Felix, 18, had entered the final as firm favourite after clocking the fastest time during the semifinals. But he never came close to Rolandas, [...]
Sporting events can have a positive impact on the host country, Olli Kivinen writes in the daily Helsingin Sanomat, referring to the World Cup in South Africa: “Within the space of 16 years the country has evolved from a dismal Apartheid state to a symbol of hope for Africa. Now it wants to use the democratic [...]
An international judge has died in the Estonian capital of Tallinn after being hit in the head by a javelin hurled by an athlete during a track and field event, a spokesman for the Estonian Track and Field Athletics Union said.
Bayern Munich scored twice in a minute then clung on with 10 men for more than half the match to win 2-1 at Schalke 04 and replace their opponents at the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday. Bayern Munich edged Schalke in this thrilling table topping encounter which had it all. Louis Van Gaal’s men [...]
Benfica’s Oscar Cardozo scored twice as 10-man Liverpool lost a lively first leg of the Europa League quarter-final.The Reds took the lead when Daniel Agger back-flicked a clever Steven Gerrard free-kick after nine minutes. Liverpool’s Ryan Babel then saw red for pushing Luisao in the face, and Cardozo levelled from the spot after Emiliano Insua [...]
Russia’s Kruzenshtern sailing ship has arrived at the Port of Vancouver for the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics. VANCOUVER (RIA Novosti) – The tall ship has a crew of some 200 students from Russia’s Baltic Academy and other fishery academies and will become an “additional office” for the Russia House in Vancouver during the Games. [...]
In one of the biggest betting scandals in the history of international football, investigators say that around 200 European games are suspected of having been manipulated. The free newspaper Metropol considers itself to have been duped: “All of this has nothing … to do with football. It isn’t about breathtaking dribbling, wonderful cross passes or [...]
Singapore – With just 266 days to go before Singapore hosts the world’s first Youth Olympic Games (YOG), Lyo (pronounced as Leo) and Merly are ready to blaze the trail. The official mascots for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (Singapore 2010) were unveiled by Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports [...]
Kiev (RIA Novosti) – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has told the government that it is unable to allocate over $1 billion for the organization of Euro 2012, the UNIAN news agency said on Wednesday. The news agency quoted an unnamed bank source as saying that the NBU was unable to allocate the money [...]
