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Jonas Valančiūnas back in action for the Raptors

Neal Maloney | The Lithuania Tribune After four long weeks of being out with a ring-finger injury on his right hand, the Lithuanian big-man is back in action. His presence on the floor however wasn’t...

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Valančiūnas records his 5th career NBA double-double in the Raptor’s overtime...

Neal Maloney | The Lithuania Tribune Right from his first minute on the floor it was obvious Jonas Valanciunas came to play. With Raptor center Aaron Gray taking his starting-spot due to his injury,...

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Jonas Valančiūnas sets a new career-high with 24 points

Neal Maloney | The Lithuania Tribune The 20 year-old NBA rookie from Lithuania, Jonas Valančiūnas set a new career-high of 24 points in his  Toronto Raptor’s victory over the Washington Wizards 88-77....

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Lithuanian basketball star suffered neck injury during NBA match

Jonas Valančiūnas, who is currently playing for Toronto’s ‘Raptors’, suffered a neck injury during an NBA game and was taken to hospital, writes www.delfi.lt. The game between Toronto’s ‘Raptors’ and...

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Jonas Valančiūnas makes Lithuania proud after a great rookie season

Neal Maloney | The Lithuania Tribune The Lithuanian big-man, Jonas Valančiūnas, has impressed coaches, teammates and fans alike in his first year in the NBA. In the words of his Toronto Raptor’s...

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Opinion: If anyone objects to this marriage let them speak now or forever...

The Lithuania Tribune presents an opinion article of our sports correspondent Neal Maloney about his concerns of the imminent marriage of Lithuanian basketball star Jonas Valančiūnas and his new...

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Jonas Valančiunas gets MVP at Summer League

Neal Maloney | The Lithuania Tribune The young Lithuanian of the Toronto Raptors – Jonas Valančiunas – has been voted MVP (most valuable player) during the Summer League of the NBA held in Las Vegas....

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Basketball: Lithuania blasts Belgium back to back

Alex Tigani | The Lithuania Tribune The Lithuanian national men’s basketball team commenced its 2013 EuroBasket campaign this week by recording two consecutive friendly match victories over Belgium....

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Basketball: Lithuania remains unbeatable in friendly matches

Aleksejus Podpruginas | The Lithuania Tribune Lithuanian male national basketball squad remained unbeatable for the third time in three games during the friendly matches. Lithuanian team, that is now...

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Lithuania wins basketball victory over Macedonia

The Lithuania Tribune | Aleksejus Podpruginas Two years ago, in Lithuania, during the European championships, Macedonia beat Lithuania in a dramatic basketball match, and took Lithuania’s place in the...

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Lithuania basketball team maintaining dominance for Euro-basket 2013

The Lithuania Tribune | Neal Maloney An update on Lithuania’s men’s basketball team as they prepare for the upcoming Euro-basket 2013 tournament in Slovenia. Having played 5 friendly exhibition games...

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Team Lithuania utterly destroyed the arch-rival Russia in exhibition game

Neal Maloney | The Lithuania Tribune On 22 August, 2013 Lithuanian national basketball team won against the Russian team. Although it was supposed to be a ‘friendly game’, there was nothing remotely...

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Lithuania is back on track after cruising to a nice victory over Macedonia

Neal Maloney | The Lithuania Tribune As always, victory is the best medicine. Lithuania seems to have gotten that cure for their loss on 4 September in their yesterday’s victory over Macedonia with...

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Lithuania vs Montenegro: Big Brothers to the Rescue

Kšištof and Darjuš Lavrinovič hit five of six three-pointers between them, and, ultimately, that proved the difference between Lithuania and Montenegro and our nerve-wracking overtime win, writes Ray...

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Lithuanian Basketball Federation named its best for 2013

Alex Tigani | The Lithuania Tribune The LKF (Lithuanian Basketball Federation), in alliance with Lithuania’s online news portal DELFI, has named Mantas Kalnietis and Lina Pikčiūtė as its two players of...

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Review of 2013 Lithuanian World Games in Klaipėda

Alex Tigani | The Lithuania Tribune Members and loyal supporters of the Geelong Vytis Sports Club will look back on the year 2013 with joy. Sixty years since the club was formed due to Geelong’s rise...

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On 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...

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Kleiza, Javtokas will not play for Lithuania’s national team in world...

BNS The Lithuanian Basketball Federation has officially presented the list of candidates to play for the national basketball team in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. The list contains 17...

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On 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...

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On this day in sport: 10 July

Alex Tigani | the Lithuania Tribune As the Chief Sports Writer for Tėviškės Aidai (Australian/Lithuanian newspaper) from September, 2009 until November, 2013 I was blessed to cover a range of...

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