{"id":123194,"date":"2026-07-06T07:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/123194\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T07:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T07:56:11","slug":"riga-hoops-action-latvia-vs-austria-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/123194\/","title":{"rendered":"Riga Hoops Action: Latvia vs Austria Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, the city goes crazy for hoops.<\/p>\n<p>Latvia faces off against Austria right here in Riga.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers, and the stakes couldn\u2019t be higher.<\/p>\n<p>The energy in the arena is going to be electric.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not in the stands, you\u2019d better be watching at a local sports bar.<\/p>\n<p>Our guys are hungry. They know what a win means for the road to the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Austria is bringing their A-game, but playing in front of a Latvian crowd is a different beast.<\/p>\n<p>Basketball isn\u2019t just a game here. It\u2019s part of the culture.<\/p>\n<p>From the streets to the pro leagues, the passion runs deep.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiba.basketball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">FIBA website<\/a> for live updates and stats.<\/p>\n<p>And if you\u2019re looking to catch up on more local action, check out our recent <a href=\"https:\/\/rigatalk.com\/category\/sports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sports coverage<\/a> right here on Riga Talk.<\/p>\n<p>Stay locked in, Riga.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s defend the home court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tonight, the city goes crazy for hoops. Latvia faces off against Austria right here in Riga. It\u2019s the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[91],"tags":[169,168,60632],"class_list":["post-123194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-riga","tag-latvia","tag-riga","tag-worth-reading"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116871966552581496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}