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Latvia's national men's soccer team is in for an intense couple of weeks with four internationals to be played over 12 days in the latest Nations League tournament.
The popular street sports festival/tournament 'Ghetto Games' will be organized not only in Rīga but also in Daugavpils, Valmiera, and Rēzekne, Latvian Television reported May 30.
The Finnish city Tampere and Latvian capital Rīga have been granted the right to host the 2023 world championship in hockey, according to IIHF information on May 27.
The Latvian national ice hockey team lost 0:1 to Sweden in the last round of the IIHF World Hockey Championships on Tuesday and said goodbye to their chances of reaching the quarterfinals in the process.
Latvia kept their dream of making the latter stages of the IIHF World Championships alive May 22 with another narrow win, this time against Great Britain.
On a rainy, muddy Saturday morning, 389 dormice, 300 squirrels, 707 hares, 360 roebucks, and 187 lynx gather around a hill. A folktale? A children's story? A dystopian novel? Not this time. It is only the Latvian legend of the roebuck.
A nail-biting victory May 20 against Austria at the IIHF World Championships in Finland has kept Latvia's dream of a quarter-final berth alive.
Latvia suffered a comprehensive defeat to the Czech Republic in their fourth IIHF World Championship game in Finland.
The Latvian national ice hockey team won its first game at the third attempt in the IIHF World Championships May 16 with a 3:2 win against Norway in a hard-fought match.
On Sunday, May 15, the Rimi Riga Marathon united elite athletes and runners-for-fun, with thousands participating and observing, Latvian Television reported.
Latvian hockey players will play in one of two opening games of the IIHF World Championships on Friday, with the formidable task of taking on the USA.
Over the weekend, May 14 and 15, during the Riga marathon, vehicle traffic will be limited on several streets of the capital, as well as on bridges over the Daugava.
Latvia and Finland are considering jointly organizing next year's Ice Hockey World Championships, which have been stripped from Russia, the president of the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation Aigars Kalvītis told Latvian Television May 9, the LETA newswire reports.
On Thursday, April 28, the Saeima supported amendments to the Sports Law, which provides for a ban on sports teams, athletes, and sports workers participating in competitions and championships in Russia or Belarus, the Saeima Press Service confirmed.
Latvia's famous luge duo Andris and Juris Šics have decided to end their professional athletic careers, said the Latvian Luge Federation (LKSF) on April 19.
April 14 saw the opening of Apollo Skypark in Rīga, which described itself as the largest indoor entertainment center in the Baltics.
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has granted Latvia the right to organize the 2025 European Men's Basketball Championships (EuroBasket 2025).
The Rimi Riga marathon will return in mid-May and show support for Ukraine, organizer of the marathon Aigars Nords told Latvian Television on March 23.
The board of Latvian ice hockey club Dinamo Rīga has withdrawn from all Kontinental Ice Hockey League (KHL) structures, the club announced February 27.
Polina Rozkova and Ojars Briedis will carry the Latvian flag at the Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing.
One of Latvia's main hopes for a second medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics came close but finished off the podium February 20.
Latvia's top-ranked women tennis player Aļona Ostapenko defeated Russia's Veronika Kudermetova 6-0, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships on February 19, winning her fifth title in the process.
People with visual impairments in Rīga will have a new place for sporting activities in the Strazdumuiža complex, Latvian Radio reported February 17.
Latvia experienced the fourth loss during the Olympic tournament and is therefore out of the competition on February 15.
Despite three straight losses and zero points in the group stages of the Olympic ice hockey tournament, Latvia is not out of the competition yet.
Latvia's Olympic ice hockey team slipped to a third straight loss February 13, succumbing 2:5 to Slovakia.
Latvia recorded a second straight loss in the Olympic ice hockey tournament in Beijing Friday, losing to Finland 1:3.
Latvia's hopes of Olympic medals in the men's skeleton competition were dashed February 11 with brothers Martins and Tomass Dukurs making the top ten at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, but missing out on podium places.
Latvian national ice hockey team player Mārtiņš Karsums will not take part in the Beijing Olympic Games match against the Finnish national team on Friday due to a positive Covid-19 test. The rest of the Latvian squad have become contact persons, reports Latvian Television from Beijing.
Latvian luge team relay with Elīza Tīruma, Kristers Aparjods, Mārtiņš Bots and Roberts Plūme earned the first Olympic medal at the 2022 Beijing games on February 10.
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