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Latvian men’s 3-on-3 basketball national team wins European Cup

The Latvian national team has won in the European Cup in 3-on-3 basketball, a sport that will be part of the 2020 Olympic Games’ programme.
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Novak Djokovic beats Ernests Gulbis in 3rd round of 2017 Wimbledon

Serb tennis player Novak Djokovic beat Latvian Ernests Gulbis in straight sets in the third round of 2017 Wimbledon on Saturday. Djokovic rallied from 4-2 down in the opening set to eventually win 6-4, 6-1, 7-6(2).
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Ostapenko outguns Giorgi to reach Wimbledon second week

French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko won her 10th straight Grand Slam match to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time in her career.
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Gulbis sinks Del Potro in Wimbledon shocker

Latvian tennis player Ernests Gulbis sprang a Wimbledon surprise as the world number 589 defeated former US Open champion Juan Vfrtin Del Potro - 6;4, 6;4, 7;6 (7;3) on Thursday.
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Ostapenko through to third round of Wimbledon

Latvia's tennis player Jelena Ostapenko defeated Françoise Abanda (Canada) - 4:6, 7:6 (7:4), 6:3 in the second round of Wimbledon.
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Sevastova dropes out of Wimledon

Latvian tennis player Anastasija Sevastova lost to Heather Watson (Great Britain) in the secondt round of Wimbledon - 0:6, 4:6.
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Gulbis through to second round of Wimbledon

Latvia's tennis player Ernests Gulbis defeated Victor Estrella Burgos (Dominican Republic) - 6:1, 6:1, 6:2 in the first round of Wimbledon.
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Ostapenko and Sevastova reach second round of Wimbledon

Latvia's tennis players Jelena Ostapenko and Anastasija Sevastova reach second round of Wimbledon.
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Latvia set to revive Baltic ice hockey league, Lithuanians and Estonians excited about it

The sport of ice hockey in the Baltics is about to get a major boost with the Latvians reviving the idea of a Baltic ice hockey league from the next season. The Baltic League was an ice hockey league that existed for the 2000–2001 season, but did not make it afterwards.
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Johanna Konta upset Jelena Ostapenko

Johanna Konta battled to a nailbiting 7-5 3-6 6-4 victory over French Open champion Latvian Jelena Ostapenko at Eastbourne on Thursday.
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Celebrations the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
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.