Basketball in Lithuania begins
After an abrupt and hurried preparation the new basketball season is already upon us. Žalgiris met Nevežis in the season openner for LKL, and after boasting a surprise two point lead at half time,...
View ArticleLithuanian Basketball League rocked by betting scandal
News is emerging about a match fixing incident arising from a recent LKL (Lithuanian Basketball League) league game. The encounter of interest was a game between Kaunas Zalgiris and Palanga Naglis. It...
View ArticleOn this day in sport: 23 June
Alex Tigani | The Lithuania Tribune If Arvydas Sabonis has been portrayed as the king of Lithuanian basketball in the modern era then consider Jonas Valančiūnas as this decade’s prince. On this day in...
View ArticleOn this day in sport: 26 June
Alex Tigani | The Lithuania Tribune If the sport of basketball was solely based on the NBA, then Žydrūnas Ilgauskas would be crowned as Lithuania’s immortal. Selected on this day with the 20th pick of...
View ArticleOn this day in sport: 7 July
Alex Tigani | the Lithuania Tribune It’s hard to believe twelve months have passed since Lithuania’s U19 national basketball team returned to the world podium. Thankfully, they did just that on this...
View Article
