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Gulbis beats Blake to advance to second-round of Delray Beach ATP

Latvia's top ranked tennis player Ernests Gulbis defeated James Blake (United States) 6-1, 6-4 in the first-round of the Delray Beach ATP ''World Tour 250'' series tennis tournament.
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Gulbis qualifies for Delray Beach International Tennis Championships

Latvia's Ernests Gulbis on Monday defeated Ukraine's Denys Molchanov 6-7 (4:7), 7-5, 6-4 qualifying for the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.
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Gulbis regains nine places in ATP rankings

Latvia's top ranked tennis player Ernests Gulbis has climbed nine places in the latest ATP rankings and is currently ranked 109th.
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Riga "Dinamo" HC advance in Hope Cup

In the KHL's so-called post season Hope Cup consolation tournament Saturday, Riga "Dinamo" won in sudden death overtime over the home team Nizhny Novgorod "Torpedo".
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Riga "Dinamo" HC wins opening Hope Cup game

In the KHL consolation tournament, the Hope Cup, Riga "Dinamo" was successful in its first game against Nizhny Novgorod ‘’Torpedo” with a convincing 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0) win.
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Berdych wins hard-fought match against Gulbis

Latvia's top ranked tennis player Ernests Gulbis lost to first-seed Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 4-6, 7-6 (12:10), 4-6 in the second of the Marseilles ATP ''World Tour 250'' series tennis tournament.
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''Ventspils'' lose in Eurochallenge; only victory will do next week

Latvian basketball club ''Ventspils'' lost to Turkish basketball club Karsiyaka ''Pinar'' 75:84 in a FIBA Eurochallenge group match.
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"VEF Riga" eliminated from ULEB Eurocup tournament

Latvian basketball champions "VEF Riga" lost a decisive ULEB Eurocup group game to Spain's Bilbao "Uxue" 65-76 (22-13, 14-24, 17-14, 12-25) Tuesday evening and were eliminated from the tournament.
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Gulbis through to second-round of Marseilles ATP

Latvia's top ranked tennis player Ernests Gulbis defeated Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-2 in the first-round of the Marseilles ATP ''World Tour 250'' series tennis tournament.
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Masalskis named KHL's ''Goaltender of the Week''

Latvian national team goaltender Edgars Masalskis, who currently plays for Russian ice hockey club Khanty-Mansiysk "Yugra", was named the Kontinental Ice Hockey League's (KHL) ''Goaltender of the Week'' last week.
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Entertaiment & Arts

20 000 Euro Prize Money Paid out to Artists

On 6 July, awards ceremony and opening of the juried exhibition “Martinsons Award” marked the end of the 2nd Latvia International Ceramics Biennale. The biennale was part of the Latvian centenary programme and was organised with a view to developing contemporary ceramics as a discipline, promoting cooperation among the Baltic states and commemorating the artistic legacy of Pēteris Martinsons, who is widely considered the father of Latvian contemporary ceramics.