Sports notices and news from Latvia.
In order to build a modern football arena for international matches, the idea of rebuilding the existing "Skonto" stadium will most likely have to be abandoned, reported LTV's De Facto investigative show on October 25th.
2d ago · Read at LSM English →
Latvian Public Media (LSM) has made an editorial decision not to broadcast the opening and closing ceremonies of the summer World Youth Olympic Games and other games events, in which representatives of the aggressor states Russia and Belarus will participate with their flags.
5d ago · Read at LSM English →
Latvia's petrolhead Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs will be among the competitors in the final race of the 2026 Latvian Rally season, the rally organizers have announced.
6d ago · Read at LSM English →
Latvian rugby club "Baltic XL/Livonia" won the Baltic Top League championship title for the second year in a row, defeating the Swedish team Stockholm Exiles 41:38 last week.
10/21/2026 · Read at LSM English →
The issue of building a new national sports stadium capable of hosting international football matches has been raised again. The leadership of the Latvian Football Federation (LFF) has released cost estimates, while representatives of local government want the stadium in a different location than wh
10/20/2026 · Read at LSM English →
Water quality tests carried out by Riga City Council show that at five bathing spots popular with winter swimmers – Bābelītis, Vakarbuļļi, Vecāķi, Lucavsala Bay and Ķīpsala – the microbiological indicators are good and swimming is permitted, the Rīga City Council said on October 13.
10/13/2026 · Read at LSM English →
Despite having a rather nice outdoors to explore, Latvians in general, including younger people, are not particularly outdoorsy or keen to get physically active, according to Eurostat data published on October 7th,
10/7/2026 · Read at LSM English →
The autumn international period is coming to an end, in which Latvian footballers played their fourth match in a short period of time within the framework of the UEFA Nations League.
10/6/2026 · Read at LSM English →
The UEFA Nations League marathon continues, in which the Latvian national team finally opened its scoring account in its third game, but suffered a loss to Montenegro 1:2.
10/3/2026 · Read at LSM English →
Latvia's football team is in action again on Friday night with a Nations League clash in Rīga against Montenegro.
10/2/2026 · Read at LSM English →