Sport in Latvia information

Sport in Latvia includes basketball, football, ice hockey, athletics (track), rugby, tennis, cycling, and others. Ice hockey is the most popular of the...

Latvia national football team (Latvian: Latvijas futbola izlase) represents Latvia in men's international football, and is controlled by the Latvian Football...

Football is the number one sport based on participation, but the third sport in Latvia after ice hockey and basketball based on popularity. Many other...

Latvia (/ˈlætviə/ LAT-vee-ə, sometimes /ˈlɑːtviə/ LAHT-vee-ə; Latvian: Latvija Latvian pronunciation: [ˈlatvija]), officially the Republic of Latvia, is...

Latvia lies on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea on the level northwestern part of the rising East European platform, between Estonia and Lithuania...

The Latvian Academy of Sport Education (Latvian: Latvijas Sporta pedagoģijas akadēmija) is an institution of higher education specialising in sport science...

Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (formerly the Latvian Conservatory) Latvian Academy of Culture (lv) Latvian Academy of Sport Education Latvian Maritime...

Ice hockey in Latvia is the most popular sport in the country. The first hockey match on Latvian soil took place on February 15, 1909, with two teams...

The Latvian Horse (Latvian: Latvijas šķirne or Latvijas zirgi) is a purpose-bred warmblood horse breed from Latvia. Breeding began in Latvia in the early...

Winter Sport Federations and two another Sports Federations in Latvia. Beginning in 2004, the Latvian Olympic Committee has organised a multi-sport event...

Japiņš agency of sport. During the decade of the 1930s cycling sport in Latvia was very popular. At that time the popularity of the sport was further boosted...

ice hockey team in Riga, Latvia, that plays in the Latvian Hockey Higher League, the top tier of the sport in Latvia. The team is based in Riga and play...

city of Latvia, as well as the most populous city in the Baltic States. Home to 609,489 inhabitants, the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population...

replaced Viasat Sport 2 and Viasat Sport 3 for viewers on the Viasat platform in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. On 10 August 2018, the Viasat Sport Baltic channel...

sportā' vēsture: 2005.gads – Viktors Ščerbatihs un Jeļena Prokopčuka" (in Latvian). Delfi.lv. 24 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012...

Latvia have qualified for a UEFA European Championship once, the 2004 edition. After finishing second in their qualifying group, they won the two-legged...

Veinberga Raimonds Vilde Vasilijs Stepanovs Viktors Ščerbatihs Jānis Beinarovičs Edvīns Bietags Anastasija Grigorjeva Latvia at the Olympics Sport in Latvia...

Estonia and Latvia, where it is a national sport. The board is approximately 100 centimetres (39 in) square, typically made of wood, has pockets in each corner...

Latvia, following its independence from the Soviet Union, made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, with a delegation...

Latvian cuisine typically consists of agricultural products, with meat featuring in most main dishes. Fish is commonly consumed due to Latvia's location...

all in the Baltic Sea precinct – Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – in their respective languages (Finnish: Suomi, Estonian: Eesti, Latvian: Latvija...

Sport-Express (Russian: Спорт-Экспресс) is a Russian daily sports newspaper founded by Vladimir Kuchmiy. Printed in 31 cities of Russia, Latvia, Belarus...

is a Latvian professional ice hockey team that plays in the Latvian Hockey Higher League, the top tier of the sport in Latvia. The team is based in Riga...

Europe and to varying extents in many other countries around the world. It is the most popular sport in Canada, Finland, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia...