11.08.20 ... Reigning rally world champion Ott Tänak is calling on WRC Rally Estonia organizers to exercise caution when developing jumps on the track at next months race.

11.08.20 ... Kalev Rugby Football Club, playing in their third season of the Finnish Men's Championship, defeated Porvoo Old Town Shamrocks 40:27 on Sunday in the opening match on the first-ever rugby grounds built in Tiskre.

11.08.20 ... On Monday, Estonian Premium League clubs Nõmme Kalju, FCI Levadia and Paide Linnameeskond found out the clubs they will face off against in the qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.

10.08.20 ... Rally Estonia organizers say they are working closely with the Tax and Customs Board (MTA) ahead of Septembers inaugural full WRC calendar event in southern Estonia, to ensure all tax aspects of the event are dealt with properly, particularly as the event is being organized at relative short notice in the aftermath of a major pandemic.

10.08.20 ... On Saturday, the final stage of the Estonian championships in 3x3 basketball was held, with second-place Estonian team Lennujalad gaining access to the FIBA World Tour, held in Hungary on August 29-30.

10.08.20 ... Reigning Estonian football league champion FC Flora will face off against three-time Lithuanian club FK Suduva, after the UEFA Champions League qualifying round draw on Sunday.

10.08.20 ... Top Estonian tennis player Anett Kontaveit lost in the Palermo WTA tournament final in Italy to French player Fiona Ferro Sunday night, 6:2, 7:5.

08.08.20 ... Anett Konteveit is through to the final of the Palermo WTA tennis tournament in Italy, after beating world number 15 Petra Martic of Croatia in straight sets, 6:2, 6:4.

07.08.20 ... On Wednesday, the Estonian women's national volleyball team held the last of three test matches against Latvia in the central Estonian town of Paide, completing a hat-trick of victories over their neighbor to the south.

07.08.20 ... Top Estonian tennis player Anett Kontaveit (WTA 22nd) reached the quarterfinals in the restart of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) season in Palermo, Italy, on Thursday, after defeating 65th-ranked German Laura Siegemund 2:1(3:6, 6:2, 6:2).

06.08.20 ... Minister of Culture Tõnis Lukas (Isamaa) said at a government press conference on Thursday that WRC Rally Estonia, scheduled for September 4-6, will be taking place.

06.08.20 ... On Thursday, government and the Health Board (Terviseamet) is to meet to discuss restrictive measures for the South Estonian Rally, scheduled for August 22-23. Organizers of the event announced on Wednesday that there are currently no measures set and it will take place at full capacity.

05.08.20 ... The spread of the coronavirus puts Rally Estonia's certainty in some jeopardy. The social affairs ministry has said that to make a final decision on the event, scheduled for a month from now and Estonia's first ever full WRC event, developments in the spread of the coronavirus have to be followed closely.

05.08.20 ... The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) 2020 season has resumed, following the coronavirus hiatus, in Palermo, Italy, where top Estonian tennis player Anett Kontaveit (WTA 22nd) defeated Romanian Patricia Maria Tig (WTA 85th) 2:0 (6:3, 6:3) on Tuesday.

04.08.20 ... Minister of Culture Tõnis Lukas (Isamaa) has asked the government for a quarantine exemption for competitors and manufacturers at WRC Rally Estonia, to enable participants from high-risk countries to be allowed entry to Estonia without the required 14-day isolation period.

04.08.20 ... Welsh WRC driver Elfyn Evans, who currently lies in second place in the table, is in Estonia, a month before Rally Estonia, the country's inaugural WRC stage, testing the Toyota Yaris rally car on Estonian roads.

04.08.20 ... Former olympic and world champion discus thrower Gerd Kanter is to participate in the track and field Estonian championships at Kadrioru Stadium, Tallinn, over the weekend.

04.08.20 ... Passes for Rally Estonia, the inaugural WRC stage for the country, go on sale Tuesday, costing €65 for adults and €15 for children aged 7-12. The race is to be held on the roads of South Estonia on September 4-6.

04.08.20 ... Javelin thrower and World Athletics Championship silver medalist Magnus Kirt has pulled out of next weekend's Estonian championships.

03.08.20 ... Italian Serie A side Cagliari Calcio, home club of Estonian national team captain Ragnar Klavan, lost their final match of the season 3-0 to AC Milan, finishing 14th in the Italian top tier after a promising start to the season.

03.08.20 ... Both the Health Board (Terviseamet) and the government's scientific committee set up in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic oppose giving an exemption on event restrictions to September's Rally Estonia, daily Õhtuleht reports.

03.08.20 ... Reigning WRC world champion duo Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja took part in the non-championship Rally di Alba in Italy over the weekend, to prepare for the continuation of the WRC season in early-September, with Rally Estonia. The Estonians came in second after Hyundai teammates Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul.

02.08.20 ... Triathletes Rain Seepõld and Olle Rõuk have completed their "ascent of Everest" at an ash hill in the eastern Estonian town of Kiviõli, the first Estonians to do so on foot. The whole trek took Seepõld, who turned 31 during the event, a little under 19-and-a-half hours, with Rõuk, 45, completing it in just under 25-and-a-half hours, with both men running, not walking, up and down the ash hill, through the night.

31.07.20 ... The Estonian men's national basketball team lost their second test match in as many days 67:75 to Finland at Kisakallio.

31.07.20 ... Before the World Rally Championship season can restart in early-September with Rally Estonia, Hyundai Motorsport will participate at Rally di Alba in Italy. Team boss Andrea Adamo says the rally is an opportunity to prepare for the roads of Estonia for reigning world champion Ott Tänak and teammate Thierry Neuville.

31.07.20 ... The Estonian tennis team rallied from a 3:2 deficit on the first day of the Merko Cup, to defeat Latvia 6:5 after solid performances from the women players. The overall victory was achieved after an intense, one-set mixed doubles match which Estonia won 7:5.

30.07.20 ... The Estonian men's national basketball team lost 76:97 to Finland in an exhibition game Wednesday. The defeat knocks some of the gloss off last weekend's victory over Latvia and Lithuania in a friendly competition marking the 100th anniversary of Estonian basketball.

30.07.20 ... The visiting Latvian tennis team holds a 3:2 lead over Estonia after the first match day of the Merko Cup in Tallinn Wednesday, with the women players performing more successfully than the men so far.

30.07.20 ... On Wednesday, the city of Tallinn and the Estonian Olympic Committee celebrated the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1980 Moscow Olympics yachting events, which were held in Pirita, by lighting a replica Olympic fire.

28.07.20 ... The organizers of Merko Cup, an Estonian-Latvian exhibition match, have announced the tournament will be held on hard courts at Tondi Tennis Center in Tallinn which allows for 200 spectators.

28.07.20 ... The Estonian men's national basketball team defeated traditional basketball powerhouse Lithuania (92:85) and Latvia (84:67) over the weekend on their way to victory in the Baltic Chain Tournament, which marks 100 years of Estonian basketball.

27.07.20 ... Rally Estonia organizers have announced the route of the race, Estonia's first ever full World Rally Championship (WRC) stage. The three-day event will see a 232.64-kilometer course.

25.07.20 ... The Tallinn Administrative Court acceded to complaints by Estonian public broadcaster ERR and media company AS Ekspress Meedia regarding a decision by the Harju County Court not to grant the companies access to the criminal case file relating to cross-country ski coach Mati Alaver who was convicted of a doping offense in November 2019.

24.07.20 ... 26 kilometers of southern Estonian roads will be upgraded by Rally Estonia for the event's speed tests later this year, Prime Minister Jüri Ratas (Center Party) said on Wednesday.

23.07.20 ... Rally Estonia is planning to hand out thousands of masks, isolate foreign competitors and follow strict safety requirements when the event takes place in Tartu in September to stop the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

20.07.20 ... On July 20, at 4.22 p.m., 40 years will have passed exactly from the moment when 17-year-old Estonian sailor Vaiko Vooremaa lit the fire of the XXII Olympic Games sailing regatta in Tallinn.

18.07.20 ... Tallinn will host the world's largest fleet of sailing ships in the middle of next summer as it will serve as one of the hosting ports of international sail training regatta The Tall Ships Races 2021.

18.07.20 ... On August 1, Olle Rõuk and Rain Seepõld are planning to start their journey to become the first Estonians to 'everest' Kiviõli Ash Heap by foot. In order to achieve the 8,488 m of ascent meters, the men have to walk around 90 km.

17.07.20 ... The Estonian Football Association (EJL) has initiated disciplinary proceedings against Sergei Lepmets, the first-choice goalkeeper of the Estonian men's national football team.

17.07.20 ... On Thursday, the board of the Estonian Table Tennis Association (ELTL) gave a green light to arrange a united women's table tennis league between Estonia and Finland.

16.07.20 ... Andrea Adamo, director of Hyundai Motorsport, praised team drivers Ott Tänak and Thierry Neuville for their cooperation and brought out the Estonian reigning world champion's contributions to the development of their World Rally Car Hyundai i20 Coupe.

16.07.20 ... Serie A side Cagliari Calcio, home club of Estonian captain Ragnar Klavan, had to admit 3:0 defeat at Sampdoria on Wednesday. Cagliari has gained just two points in their last four matches, scoring no goals in that period.

15.07.20 ... The Merko Cup, held in Tallinn at Tondi Tennis Centre on July 29-30, will see the best tennis players from Estonia and Latvia face off in both singles and doubles formats.

15.07.20 ... The Estonian National Museum (ERM) will become the center of WRC Rally Estonia on the first weekend of September, hosting the car park and opening and closing ceremonies of the competition. The museum itself will be closed for the period of WRC Rally Estonia.

15.07.20 ... Tuesday, the third day of the Moonsund Regatta (Muhu Väina regatt), saw 108 yachts with 700 sailors from Estonia, Latvia and Finland set sail from Pärnu. One of those sailors was Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid.

15.07.20 ... The FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) will continue with Rally Estonia on the first weekend of September on the roads of Southern Estonia. Due to capacity restrictions, the number of spectators will be limited but according to preliminary information, a total of 20,000 people will get to spectate the event.

13.07.20 ... On Monday, Estonian ultramarathoner and triathlete Rait Ratasepp sets off on a challenge to finish 20 marathons in as many days. His goal is to finish all marathons in under three hours.

13.07.20 ... Over the weekend, the final matches of the Estonian championships in tennis were played, with Vladimir Ivanov and Elena Malõgina taking home gold in the singles. The pair also won gold in the mixed doubles.

13.07.20 ... Ragnar Klavan, captain of the Estonian men's national football team, helped keep his Serie A side Cagliari Calcio's goal untouched in Sunday's match against Lecce, but the struggling Cagliari was not able to score themselves. The team now sits at 11th and has not won once in their last four matches, scoring just one goal in that time.

10.07.20 ... Toyota Gazoo Racing will be bringing four cars to Rally Estonia, to be driven on southern Estonian roads in early September. Its lineup will, in addition to regular stars Sebastien Ogier, Elfyn Evans and Kalle Rovanperä, also include Takamoto Katsuta.