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VILNIUS Kobe Bryant Womens Jersey , Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- Former manager of the Lithuanian basketball team Antanas Guoga left one of the country's leading basketball clubs Lietuvos rytas, announced the club on Tuesday.


Guoga, a famous poker player, businessman, philanthropist and a member of the European Parliament, has sold his 20 per cent stake in the club to major shareholder Darius Gudelis. According to the announcement from Lietuvos rytas, Guoga also donated 300,000 euros, which he previously lent to the club during its financial and management turmoil.


"We've managed to stabilize the situation, paid out the biggest part of the debts, and most importantly, we've brought back the fans to arenas," Guoga, who led the national team in 2010-12, was quoted as saying in the announcement by Lietuvos rytas.


In June, Guoga bought out the part of the basketball club from its previous owners. Lietuvos rytas then experienced financial crisis and was on the brink of losing its place in the Eurocup Basketball tournament. At that time, the club was also involved in racial scandal due to remarks from its previous owners.


"We hope Antanas with his knowledge and contacts will continue contributing to the growth of Lietuvos rytas club," said Gudelis, who now owns 40 per cent the shares, was quoted as saying.


Despite positive remarks on Tuesday, Guoga left Lietuvos rytas amid conflicts with the other shareholders of the club.


Recently, Guoga publicly accused other shareholders for making suspicious financial support contracts behind his back.


Currently, Lietuvos rytas is at the third place in the domestic league and fifth in the EuroCup tournament group.


In his recent interview to Xinhua, Guoga talked about his plans to bring Chinese basketball players to play in Lithuania.


CHANGCHUN, China, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Changchun Yatai rallied from one goal down to beat Jiangsu Suning 3-1 at home in the 28th round of the Chinese Super League (CSL) on Sunday.


Benjamin Moukandjo scored the opener for Jiangsu less than a minute into the game before Odion Ighalo had the equalizer in the 18th minute, and Yu Rui and Du Zhenyu ensured the victory for Changchun.


With the win, Changchun ranked the eighth while Jiangsu Suning placed 13th.



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Britain will not “surrender” in its fight to win a bespoke deal with the European Union that would offer tariff-free trade as well as control over immigration, a minister said Sunday before a crunch week for the government in Brexit negotiations.


Interior Minister Amber Rudd was one of several senior Conservative lawmakers to take to the airwaves to support Prime Minister Theresa May, under pressure from Brexit hardliners who fear she is diluting her plans for a clean break with the EU.


With reports in the local media suggesting that pro-Brexit ministers are being urged to get ready to replace May, Rudd tried to play down the deep divisions in government, saying there was more unity than so-called Brexiteers thought.


“We want to have a bespoke agreement. Now we’re not going to surrender before we have that battle,” Rudd told the BBC when asked whether ministers were pursuing what the EU has already ruled out as “having its cake and eating it” — demanding tariff-free access to the EU’s market while controlling immigration.


She also told the Andrew Marr Show she supported May in demanding that EU citizens arriving after Brexit Day in March 2019 should have settlement rights different to those who came before that date — something the EU has opposed.


Asked whether Brexit campaigners were right to say that some in the Cabinet were trying to blunt prospects for a wholesale departure from the EU, Rudd said: “I have a surprise for the Brexiteers, which is the committee that meets in order to help make these decisions ... is more united than they think.”


Her words come at the beginning of a week when the government will flesh out some of its demands in negotiations with the EU on their future relationship and Brexit discussions start in earnest again.


The government’s Brexit sub-committee of ministers will also meet twice this week, Rudd said, adding: “I think that we will arrive at something which suits us all.”


Other Conservative lawmakers backed her message, with Junior Housing Minister Dominic Raab saying there wasn’t “a fag (cigarette) paper” between ministers on their stance on the future relationship.


But the choreographed display of unity did little to mask a growing dispute over a leaked document suggesting the economy will be worse off after Brexit whether Britain left with a free trade deal, with access to the EU’s single market, or with no deal at all.