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Arvydas Romas Sabonis (born December 19, 1964) is a Lithuanian retired professional basketball player and businessman. Recognized as one of the best European players of all time, he won the Euroscar six times, and the Mr. Europa Award twice. He played in a variety of leagues, and spent seven seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), in the United States.
As the coronavirus has affected the basketball schedule in Lithuania, the Lithuanian Basketball Federation's Executive Committee has on Tuesday decided to extend the term of its president Arvydas Sabonis for another year and elect a new president after the upcoming Olympics.
15 basketball players, three football players and two ice hockey players got into the Top-20 of Lithuanian athletes with the highest career earnings, including Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Jonas Valanciunas and Arvydas Sabonis, according to a ranking published by the delfi.lt news website on Monday.
Lithuania's basketball legend Arvydas Sabonis has been named Lithuania's most influential sports figure for the third year in a row, according to the traditional poll of experts released by the Delfi.lt online news site on Friday.
Former Lithuanian basketball player Arvydas Sabonis, who previously led the country's basketball federation, has been named the most influential sports figure in Lithuania, according to a survey by Spinter Tyrimai for the delfi.lt news website, published on Friday.
About 6 minutes into Lithuania’s first game versus Poland on June 28th, I was thinking to myself that Lithuania was in big trouble. They didn’t start out good at all. A scrappy Polish team was putting up an intense fight, jumping out to an early lead. They were knocking down everything from beyond t...
Kaunas Žalgiris Head Coach, Šarūnas Jasikevičius has overcome many hurdles this season as a young coach. His team gave a stunning performance in the Euroleague regular season, which culminated in reaching the final four best teams in Europe! Then he topped it all off in the national tournament by sn...
On June 18, Kaunas Žalgiris players celebrated the 20th championship in club history and also their 8th championship of the LKL (Lithuania’s Basketball League) in a row. They won the series in the 5th game, which took place at Žalgiris arena in Kaunas, beating their opponent Lietuvos Rytas.
The City Council of Kaunas on Tuesday named BC Žalgiris Kaunas head coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius an honorary citizen of Lithuania's second-biggest city.
Basketball players Domantas Sabonis and Tautvydas Sabonis, the sons of Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuania's basketball legend who now serves as president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, or LKF, are on this year's military conscription lists published on Wednesday, the federation confirmed.
President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuania's basketball legend who now heads the country's Basketball Federation, and Edmundas Jakilaitis, a journalist with the public broadcaster LRT, are ranked as the country's most influential people, the Delfi.lt news website reported on Monday.
Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuania's basketball legend who now heads the country's Basketball Federation, Virgilijus Alekna, a former discus thrower and now a lawmaker, and Rūta Meilutyte, an Olympic gold-winning swimmer, are ranked as Lithuania's most influential sports figures, Delfi.lt reported on Wednes...
The House of Basketball will be established in Lithuania's second-largest city Kaunas to accommodate the Lithuanian Basketball Federation and an interactive technology-filled basketball museum.
Lidl's advertising campaign in Lithuania has not prevented Arvydas Sabonis, president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, from getting accreditation for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Domantas Sabonis, son of Lithuanian NBA legend Arvydas, has indicated a clear preference for the NBA teams that he wants to play for ahead of the upcoming NBA draft on June 23.
Lithuanian basketball legend Arvydas Sabonis, who is the president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation, has been the face of the launch of German retail chain Lidl in the country - but that may prove a problem ahead of the Olympic Games.
Arvydas Sabonis, the legendary basketball center, has been reelected to head the Lithuanian Basketball Federation for another term.
Lithuanian basketball legend Arvydas Sabonis will be the face of Lidl's forthcoming advertising campaign as it opens a raft of stores across Lithuania.
Jonas Valančiūnas's extraordinary performance in the NBA playoffs with the Toronto Raptors has made waves in Canada and the NBA that are being felt in Lithuania as well. The rising star is approaching or has met the Lithuanian records set by other famous NBA big men like Arvydas Sabonis and Žydrūnas...
The Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) sees no alternative to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), LKF president Arvydas Sabonis said after the federation decided to suspend clubs playing in the Eurocup tournament organized by Euroleague from participation in official basketball match...
Over the weekend, I visited a Sabonis Taurė basketball game being held at the Sydney Rusell sports centre in east London. The Kubus United and Baltic Staff Lithuanian basketball teams were fighting for the chance to move on to the next stage.
