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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    Romania’s grand chess master Bogdan
    Deac won the bronze medal in the European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship held
    in Zagreb, Croatia. Deac obtained 9 points out of 11 matches, being
    outperformed by the 23-year old grand master Alexey Sarana of Russia, who is
    now representing Serbia and eventually won the title with 9.5 points.




    Armenian grand master Haik
    Martirosyan ended in the second position also with 9 points, but outperformed Bogdan
    Deac at tiebreaker criteria. Also worth noting is the performance of junior grand
    master David Gavrilescu, who managed to come sixth in the aforementioned
    competition.




    The World Women’s Handball Championship
    has come to an end. In the finals in Denmark on Sunday, France outperformed
    Norway 31-28. Defending champions France claimed their third world title after
    those in 2003 and 2017. Romania’s side came 12th and thus failed to
    qualify for the Olympics next year.




    Bucharest sides Steaua and Dinamo
    lost the home matches they played on Sunday in the 10th leg of
    Division A1 in men’s volleyball. The vice-champions of the past edition, Steaua
    lost to SCM Zalau 3-1 and Dinamo to Corona Brasov, 0-3.


    Corona tops the ranking with 28
    points out of 10 games, followed by the en titre champions Arcada Galati with
    23 points out of 9 matches




    Last weekend saw the matches counting towards
    the 20th leg of Romania’s Football Superleague. On Friday, FCU Craiova
    1948 clinched a 1-0 win against Voluntari, then in Ploiesti, local side
    Petrolul ended in a goaless draw their match against Rapid Bucharest. On
    Saturday in Sibiu, central Romania, UTA Arad versus Farul Constanta also ended
    in a draw, nil-all. Also a draw, two-all, was the result of the game pitching
    Universitatea Craiova against Poli Iasi, while FCSB clinched a 3-0 home win against
    Hermannstadt.


    On Sunday Universitatea Cluj lost
    nil-one their home game against Otelul Galati while CFR conceded a 1-2 defeat
    in their away game against Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe.


    FCSB tops the ranking with 41
    points followed by CFR Cluj and Universitatea Craiova eight points less.

    (bill)

  • Sports Flash

    Sports Flash


    The Romanian forward Denis Drăguş scored for his team, Standard Liège, in the 24th leg of Belgiums top football league. His club defeated Eupen 2-0 away from home on Wednesday night. In the current season, in the 17 matches played for the Walloon side, Drăguş has scored 5 times.



    The football side Dinamo Bucharest was defeated on Wednesday in a friendly match by 3rd-leaguer CS Popeşti-Leordeni, 2-1. The game was played on Dinamos turf. This is also where this coming Sunday Dinamo will play the derby match of the Romanian football championship against FCSB, formerly Steaua Bucharest. According to mass media, this will be the last derby match on Dinamo stadium, which is scheduled to be bulldozed this spring to be replaced by a modern arena. Dinamo stadium was built in 1951 and is owned by the Romanian Interior Ministry.



    In another derby, in mens volleyball this time, Steaua won with flying colours, 3-0, against Dinamo Bucharest in the 14th leg of the national Division A1. Defending champions Arcada Galaţi scored an equally clear victory, 3-0, against Rapid Bucharest. Arcada top the current standings with 39 points, followed by Steaua, with 35. SCM U Craiova went up to the 3rd place with 34 points after beating U Cluj 3-0, and 4th come Dinamo, with 33 points.



    The Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan qualified in the round of 16 of the ITF tournament in Andrezieux-Boutheon, France, with 60,000 USD in total prize money. In the first round, on Wednesday, she defeated Leolia Jeanjean of France, 6-3, 6-3. Bogdan, 116 WTA and seed no 3, needed 1 hour and 33 minutes to defeat an opponent ranking 373 in the world standings. Last year in the Andrezieux-Boutheon tournament, the Romanian player Jaqueline Cristian reached the final. (A.M.P.)


  • Sports Flash

    Sports Flash


    The Romanian forward Denis Drăguş scored for his team, Standard Liège, in the 24th leg of Belgiums top football league. His club defeated Eupen 2-0 away from home on Wednesday night. In the current season, in the 17 matches played for the Walloon side, Drăguş has scored 5 times.



    The football side Dinamo Bucharest was defeated on Wednesday in a friendly match by 3rd-leaguer CS Popeşti-Leordeni, 2-1. The game was played on Dinamos turf. This is also where this coming Sunday Dinamo will play the derby match of the Romanian football championship against FCSB, formerly Steaua Bucharest. According to mass media, this will be the last derby match on Dinamo stadium, which is scheduled to be bulldozed this spring to be replaced by a modern arena. Dinamo stadium was built in 1951 and is owned by the Romanian Interior Ministry.



    In another derby, in mens volleyball this time, Steaua won with flying colours, 3-0, against Dinamo Bucharest in the 14th leg of the national Division A1. Defending champions Arcada Galaţi scored an equally clear victory, 3-0, against Rapid Bucharest. Arcada top the current standings with 39 points, followed by Steaua, with 35. SCM U Craiova went up to the 3rd place with 34 points after beating U Cluj 3-0, and 4th come Dinamo, with 33 points.



    The Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan qualified in the round of 16 of the ITF tournament in Andrezieux-Boutheon, France, with 60,000 USD in total prize money. In the first round, on Wednesday, she defeated Leolia Jeanjean of France, 6-3, 6-3. Bogdan, 116 WTA and seed no 3, needed 1 hour and 33 minutes to defeat an opponent ranking 373 in the world standings. Last year in the Andrezieux-Boutheon tournament, the Romanian player Jaqueline Cristian reached the final. (A.M.P.)