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Taking into account problems existing at the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) and the need of reforms, a bill on direct management of the LFF has been drafted. It is aimed at temporarily taking over certain functions of the LFF to the extent needed to eliminate risks, without undermining its lon...
Lithuania's top football and basketball officials say the government's planned ban on fans in stadiums is understandable because ensuring the safety of players and spectators is key.
Dominykas Barauskas, a player of the Lithuanian men’s national football team, has tested positive for coronavirus, the Lithuanian Football Federation reported late on Monday.
Police are investigating the Lithuanian Football Federation's complaint about the alleged fixing of the course and results of a football match or matches to profit from betting.
Lithuania's police has issued a fine of 30 euros to a fan who stormed onto the football pitch in Vilnius and approached Cristiano Ronaldo, the captain of Portugal's national football team.
Lithuania comes in last in Europe in terms of football infrastructure, Aleksander Čeferin, president of UEFA, the European association football governing body, says.
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Tuesday is meeting with UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin and the Lithuanian Football Federation's top officials.
The government approved on Wednesday a draft agreement with the Lithuanian Football Federation that is expected to pave the way for renewing the country's football infrastructure and involving more children in the sport.
Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the government would earmark money for reconstruction of the Darius and Girėnas Stadium in the country's second city Kaunas, however, refusing to give any figures.
Lithuanian tax authorities have opened investigations into finances of two individuals and seven business companies in response to revelations in the Panama Papers. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
Two Lithuanian football players have reportedly been caught doping. Tests detected Meldonium in their urine, a substance that the World Anti-Doping Agency banned from use by athletes as of January 1.
Lithuania's tax authorities have said they will investigate any evidence in the Panama Papers about offshore holdings of Lithuanian nationals.
A number of well-known Lithuanian entrepreneurs are linked to offshore companies revealed in the Panama Papers as well as several politicians, says the Lithuanian journalist working on the global exposé of possible tax evasion by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
The former president of the Lithuanian Football Federation has been revealed as the owner of an offshore company that handled million-dollar transactions and owned the Sports Palace in Vilnius, according to the Panama Papers leaked from the law firm Mossack Fonseca.
World football’s governing body FIFA will vote today on appointing a new president following the resignation of former president Sepp Blatter amid a raft of corruption scandals that hit the organisation.
Edvinas Eimontas has been elected the new president of the Lithuanian Football Federation.
Raimondas Karpavičius, one of the candidates running for the presidency of the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), has quit the race on the eve of the voting.
The Lithuanian Football Federation have said that four candidates have been nominated for election as President of the Lithuanian Football federation. The federation and current president, Julius Kvedaras, is under investigation by state anti-fraud investigators.
Officers from the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) carried out searches of the headquarters of the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) and of the home of the LFF's president, Julius Kvedaras, on Thursday morning.
Mindaugas Panka, 30-year-old midfielder of the Lithuanian national football team and of Irony Kyriat Shmona, an Israeli football club, is sure that Lithuania can and will qualify for Euro 2016 in France. Panka believes that Lithuania will get important points at home matches and he regrets the last ...
