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Three tennis players from Romania this coming weekend will play in the second round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, an event with almost 9 million dollars in prize money. In the first round on Wednesday, Irina Begu defeated Ann Li of the USA, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.

Begu will next go against 25th- seeded tennis player, Great Britain’s Katie Boulder. On Thursday, Jaqueline Cristian defeated Russian opponent Veronika Kudermetova, 6-2, 6-3. This coming weekend, Cristian takes on 27th-seeded player, Canada’s Leylah Fernandez. Sorana Cîrstea will also go against another seeded player, US opponent Emma Navarro, 10th-seeded in Indian Wells.

We recall Cirstea in the first round outclassed Australian challenger Maya Joint, who came straight from the qualifiers, 6-2,7-5.
At the World Women’s Boxing Championships in Nis, Serbia, due to kick-start this coming Saturday, Romania will dispatch a 10-strong delegation of boxers. European champion in 2019 and vice-word champion in 2022, Lacramioara Perijoc stands the greatest chances to winning a medal. Perijoc’s record also includes European silver medals, in 2023 and 2024. In Nis, Lacramioara Perijoc will compete in the 57-kilogram category.

Also keeping her hopes alive to winning a medal is Claudia Nechita, a boxer who initially competed in the 57-kilogram category and now fights in the 60-kilogram category. We recall Nechita participated in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. In 2024 at the European Championships in Belgrade Nechita walked home with the silver medal.

The prize money for the medal is impressive: 100, 000 USD for gold, 50, 000 USD for silver and 25, 000 USD for the bronze medal. 10,000 USD go to the 5th-placed boxer. Prize money all told amounts to almost three million USD.

Football matches are scheduled at the weekend, counting towards the 30th round, the last one, of Romanian Superleague’s regular season. On Friday, Oţelul Galaţi are pitted against Poli Iaşi, while Farul Constanţa play Universitatea Cluj. In Ploiesti on Saturday, the local side Petrolul play Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. In Sibiu, Hermannstadt take on Rapid Bucharest.

In the first fixture on Sunday, CFR Cluj play a home match against Gloria Buzău. On Sunday evening in Bucharest, round 30th’ derby will see top-of-the-table team FCSB facing the runner-up team Universitatea Craiova. Bucharest team FCSB are fresh from a 1-3 defeat in the Europa League’s round of 16, in the first leg of the tie against French team Olympique Lyonnais.

The regular season’s last two fixtures are scheduled on Monday, as FC Botoşani are pitted against Unirea Slobozia, while UTA go against Dinamo. FCSB are at the top of the as-it-stands table, with 53 points. Universitatea Craiova follows suit, with 52 points.

7 March 2025
Sports Roundup

Romania concluded the European Junior and U23 Championships in weightlifting held in Raszyn, Poland, with 11 medals, of which 4 gold, one silver and 6 bronze. Romania’s top performer was Tiberiu Ionuţ Donose, who brought home 3 gold medals. He won the U23 competition in both snatch and the clear and jerk category, and therefore also finished top of the overall standings.

The Romanian athletes competing in the 2024 World Wrestling Championships which came to an end in Tirana, Albania, and in which 2024 Olympic contestants did not take part, came home with 2 medals. Kateryna Zelenykh won the silver in the 65 kg class, while Denis Florin Mihai won the bronze in the 55 kg Greco-Roman class.

At the IBA Youth World Boxing Championships in Budva, Montenegro, Romania won 2 bronze medals. Ramona Mihaela Manea reached the semis of the 50 kg category, where she was defeated by Carla Peake (Ireland), while Amalia Ţugui lost the semifinal of the 66 kg class to Uldana Taubai, of Kazakhstan.

The Romanian tennis player Anca Todoni won the WTA 125 tournament in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, after defeating Emiliana Arango (Columbia) 7-6, 6-0 on Sunday. The Romanian player won USD 15,000 and 125 WTA points, which took her 21 places up in the world standings, to no. 117. This is Anca’s second WTA 125 title, after the one in Bari this June.

This weekend also saw matches counting towards the 15^th round of the Romanian football SuperLeague. On Friday, CFR Cluj won 1-0 against Gloria Buzău. On Saturday in Sfântu Gheorghe, Sepsi OSK drew, 1-1, against Petrolul Ploieşti. Then in Bucharest Dinamo beat UTA, 1-0. On Sunday, Poli Iaşi defeated Oţelul Galaţi 2-1, Universitatea Cluj and Farul Constanţa drew 1-1, and the same score was reported for the match pitting Universitatea Craiova against FCSB. Top of the current ranking are “U” Cluj, with 30 points, followed by Dinamo, with 24. (AMP)

4 November 2024
Sports Flash

The women’s
volleyball team Volei Alba Blaj Wednesday won their 7th national
championship. The team from Transylvania won the championship final against CSM
Târgovişte, 3-2, away from home. Alba had already won the first 2 matches, at
home, 3-0 and 3-2, respectively. The same two teams may be facing each other in
the Romanian Cup finals as well. The final tournament is scheduled on May 13
and 14, in Piteşti. On Saturday, May 13, the semi-finals will be played,
pitting Alba Blaj against CSM Lugoj and Dinamo Bucharest against CSM Târgovişte.
The final is scheduled on Sunday, May 14. Last year, in the final, Alba Blaj defeated
CSM Târgovişte, 3-1.

The
Romanian athlete Andrei Musteţ Wednesday qualified into the second round
of the World Boxing Championships in Tashkent, in the 67 kg category. In the
first round, he defeated Sibonelo Thembela Ndzimandze, from Eswatini, the
South-African country formerly known as Swaziland. Musteţ will fight in the
round of last 32 on Saturday against Dulat Bekbauov of Kazakhstan, Asia’s
vice-champion. On Tuesday, in the first round of the 80 kg category, Paul
Andrei Arădoaie lost to Mexico’s Hector Octavio Aguirre Martinez. The 3rd
Romanian athlete in the world competition, Emanuel Constantin Mican, takes on Alaa
Eldin Ghoussoun of Syria on Friday, in the second round of the 92 kg category. The
prizes at the World Championships in Tashkent are the highest in the history of
amateur boxing: USD 200,000 for the gold medallist, USD 100,000 for silver and
USD 50,000 for the bronze.

At the Ice
Hockey World Championships, Division I, Group A, the Romanian national team was
defeated in Nottingham on Wednesday by the UK, 7-0. The British national team
tops the group standings with 11 points, followed by Poland with 10 points. Romania
ranks 5th, the last but one place in the group, followed only by
Lithuania, with 0 points. The last leg is scheduled on Friday, when Romania is
to play against Poland. The top team in the group will move up into the ice hockey
world elite, while the last ranking team will be demoted to the division’s
Group B. (AMP)

4 May 2023
Sports Flash

The women’s
volleyball team Volei Alba Blaj Wednesday won their 7th national
championship. The team from Transylvania won the championship final against CSM
Târgovişte, 3-2, away from home. Alba had already won the first 2 matches, at
home, 3-0 and 3-2, respectively. The same two teams may be facing each other in
the Romanian Cup finals as well. The final tournament is scheduled on May 13
and 14, in Piteşti. On Saturday, May 13, the semi-finals will be played,
pitting Alba Blaj against CSM Lugoj and Dinamo Bucharest against CSM Târgovişte.
The final is scheduled on Sunday, May 14. Last year, in the final, Alba Blaj defeated
CSM Târgovişte, 3-1.

The
Romanian athlete Andrei Musteţ Wednesday qualified into the second round
of the World Boxing Championships in Tashkent, in the 67 kg category. In the
first round, he defeated Sibonelo Thembela Ndzimandze, from Eswatini, the
South-African country formerly known as Swaziland. Musteţ will fight in the
round of last 32 on Saturday against Dulat Bekbauov of Kazakhstan, Asia’s
vice-champion. On Tuesday, in the first round of the 80 kg category, Paul
Andrei Arădoaie lost to Mexico’s Hector Octavio Aguirre Martinez. The 3rd
Romanian athlete in the world competition, Emanuel Constantin Mican, takes on Alaa
Eldin Ghoussoun of Syria on Friday, in the second round of the 92 kg category. The
prizes at the World Championships in Tashkent are the highest in the history of
amateur boxing: USD 200,000 for the gold medallist, USD 100,000 for silver and
USD 50,000 for the bronze.

At the Ice
Hockey World Championships, Division I, Group A, the Romanian national team was
defeated in Nottingham on Wednesday by the UK, 7-0. The British national team
tops the group standings with 11 points, followed by Poland with 10 points. Romania
ranks 5th, the last but one place in the group, followed only by
Lithuania, with 0 points. The last leg is scheduled on Friday, when Romania is
to play against Poland. The top team in the group will move up into the ice hockey
world elite, while the last ranking team will be demoted to the division’s
Group B. (AMP)

4 May 2023
April 27, 2023

PRESS
The situation of the
media in Romania is not very rosy, there is plenty of room for improvement and
the country should show the headway made in this respect in the upcoming rule
of law report, the European Commission’s Vice-president for values and
transparency, Vera Jourova, said in Brussels on Wednesday. According to the European
Commission’s 2022 rule of law report, media in Romania is facing a series of
issues such as the incomplete transparency of the media ownership and the cases
in which journalists have been subjected to harassment and violence. Asked if
the new legislative instruments proposed by the European Commission last year and
currently under implementation are enough to tackle this issue, Vera Jourova
gave an affirmative answer. ‘Romania still has enough space to do something in
this respect without being pushed by the EU laws. I went to Romania and want to
go back again due to the legal issues and of course it is in Romania’s interest
to also show some progress in the rule of law report in July’, Vera Jourova
went on to say.

TALKS The Education Committee with the Chamber
of Deputies in Bucharest is to resume talks today over the amendments in the
University Education Law after the talks over the pre-university education were
concluded on Wednesday. Centers of Excellence could be staged for some fields
of study under the new law. The threshold of 60% for the additional exam has
been cut down to 50% but the ministry’s initial version with the language
skills evaluation test in two languages of international circulation has been
kept. Religion has been introduced as the optional discipline for the
profile-specific test.

SUPPORT As of May 1st, the
executive in Bucharest is changing the way of granting financial support to the
Ukrainian refugees. So money is now given directly to the refugee not to the
family housing them as happened until now. The grant is unconditionally offered
only for one month after which the refugees will have to find jobs and send
their children to schools or kindergartens. If they want to benefit from
financial support from the fifth month of their stay they must prove they have
found a job in Romania.

TENNIS Three tennis
players from Romania are today taking on their opponents in the second round of
the WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Madrid, a competition with over 7.7 million
euros in prize money. Irina Begu of Romania will be up against Karolina Muchova
of the Czech Republic and Ana Bogdan will be playing Shelby Rogers of the USA.
Sorana Cirstea will meet second-seeded Arina Sabalenka of Belarus. Jacqueline
Cristian is another Romanian to have qualified for the second round after a win
against Sloane Stephens of the USA. The Romanian will next be up against
Anastasia Popapova of Russia.

BOXING Three boxers from Romania will be
attending the World Boxing Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan over May 1st
and 14th. The three athletes are, Andrei Muset in the 67 kilogram
category, Paul Aradoaie in the 80 kilogram and Emanuel Mica in the 92 kilogram
category. They are accompanied by coaches Dumitru Dorobantu and Napoleon
Gheorghe. We recall that Aradoaie, an European youth champion and European
under-22 champion, won bronze at the European championship in Yerevan last year
in the 86 kilogram category. That was the first medal for the Romanian boxers
after a break of 7 years since the bronze won by Mihai Nistor in 2015. Lots are
to be drawn on April 30th and the first matches are due on May 1st.
The quarterfinals are due on May 10th and two days later the
semifinals of the aforementioned competition. At the world championships in
2021 in Belgrade, Aradoaie stopped in the round of 16 while the other Romanian
representative, Dumitru Vicol, was eliminated in the first round of the 76
kilogram category.

(bill)

27 April 2023
Sports flash

The European Women’s Boxing Championship in underway in Montenegro’s Budva. No Romanian woman boxer has advanced to the semi-finals. On Wednesday in the 60-kilogram category quarterfinals, Loredana Marin was defeated by Kossovo’s Donjeta Sadiku. Also in the quarterfinals, but on Tuesday, Claudia Nechita sustained a defeat on points, in the match against Michaela Walsh of Ireland. Steluța Duță, in the 48-kilogram category, Alexandra Gheorghe, in the 50-kilogram category and Lăcrămioara Perijoc, in the 54-kilogram category, have been eliminated in the competition’s very first round.

All four Romanian teams that this past Wednesday competed in the European men’s basketball cups have a win-all record. In EuroCup, Group A, U BT Cluj-Napoca grabbed a home win against Olimpija Ljubljana, 94-76. În FIBA Europe Cup, Group H, SCM Craiova snatched a 73-60 away win against German opponents Merlins Crailsheim. In Ploiesti, CSO Voluntari secured a 75-60 win against Norrköping Dolphins of Sweden. Also in FIBA Europe Cup, Group E, CSM CSU Oradea trounced Bulgarian opponents Rilski Sportist Samokov, 99-63, on home court.

In news from women’s handball, on Wednesday, SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea secured a home win against holders Rapid Bucharest, 37-36. The fixture counted towards the National League’s 7th round. SCM Ramnicu Valcea’s Serbian handballer Jovana Kovačević sealed the fate of the game in the last second of play. Also on Wednesday CSM Bucharest grabbed a 26-20 away win against Minaur Baia Mare. This coming weekend, Bucharest teams Rapid and CSM play their fixtures in the 6th-round as part of the Champions League’s group stage.

First-round matches counting towards the Romanian Cup in football’s group stage are played this week. On Tuesday, in Group A, the match pitting Dinamo Bucharest against FC U Craiova ended in a blank draw. In Group C, Alexandria and Farul Constanța drew, 2-all. Also in Group C, Rapid Bucharest defeated Dumbrăvița, 4-1. In Group A on Wednesday, FC Voluntari grabbed a 1-nil away win against Unirea Slobozia, while in Group B, FC Botoșani secured a 1-nil away win against Gloria Buzău. Also in Group B, UTA Arad drew against FCSB, 2-all. In Group D, Ocna Mureș defeated Chindia Târgoviște, 1-nil, while in Medias, Universitatea Craiova secured a 2-nil away win against Hermannstadt. On Thursday in Group A, Petrolul Ploiești face Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Oțelul Galați play CS Mioveni, in Groupa B. In Group C, Universitatea Cluj are pitted against CFR Cluj, while Minaur Baia Mare take on FC Argeș in Group D.(EN)

20 October 2022
Sports flash

The European Women’s Boxing Championship in underway in Montenegro’s Budva. No Romanian woman boxer has advanced to the semi-finals. On Wednesday in the 60-kilogram category quarterfinals, Loredana Marin was defeated by Kossovo’s Donjeta Sadiku. Also in the quarterfinals, but on Tuesday, Claudia Nechita sustained a defeat on points, in the match against Michaela Walsh of Ireland. Steluța Duță, in the 48-kilogram category, Alexandra Gheorghe, in the 50-kilogram category and Lăcrămioara Perijoc, in the 54-kilogram category, have been eliminated in the competition’s very first round.

All four Romanian teams that this past Wednesday competed in the European men’s basketball cups have a win-all record. In EuroCup, Group A, U BT Cluj-Napoca grabbed a home win against Olimpija Ljubljana, 94-76. În FIBA Europe Cup, Group H, SCM Craiova snatched a 73-60 away win against German opponents Merlins Crailsheim. In Ploiesti, CSO Voluntari secured a 75-60 win against Norrköping Dolphins of Sweden. Also in FIBA Europe Cup, Group E, CSM CSU Oradea trounced Bulgarian opponents Rilski Sportist Samokov, 99-63, on home court.

In news from women’s handball, on Wednesday, SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea secured a home win against holders Rapid Bucharest, 37-36. The fixture counted towards the National League’s 7th round. SCM Ramnicu Valcea’s Serbian handballer Jovana Kovačević sealed the fate of the game in the last second of play. Also on Wednesday CSM Bucharest grabbed a 26-20 away win against Minaur Baia Mare. This coming weekend, Bucharest teams Rapid and CSM play their fixtures in the 6th-round as part of the Champions League’s group stage.

First-round matches counting towards the Romanian Cup in football’s group stage are played this week. On Tuesday, in Group A, the match pitting Dinamo Bucharest against FC U Craiova ended in a blank draw. In Group C, Alexandria and Farul Constanța drew, 2-all. Also in Group C, Rapid Bucharest defeated Dumbrăvița, 4-1. In Group A on Wednesday, FC Voluntari grabbed a 1-nil away win against Unirea Slobozia, while in Group B, FC Botoșani secured a 1-nil away win against Gloria Buzău. Also in Group B, UTA Arad drew against FCSB, 2-all. In Group D, Ocna Mureș defeated Chindia Târgoviște, 1-nil, while in Medias, Universitatea Craiova secured a 2-nil away win against Hermannstadt. On Thursday in Group A, Petrolul Ploiești face Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe Oțelul Galați play CS Mioveni, in Groupa B. In Group C, Universitatea Cluj are pitted against CFR Cluj, while Minaur Baia Mare take on FC Argeș in Group D.(EN)

20 October 2022
Sports Roundup

Andrei Paul Arădoaie won the bronze
in the 86-kilo category of the European Boxing Championships concluded this
weekend in Yerevan, Armenia. This is the first medal for a Romanian fighter in
a European senior competition since 2015. The other 2 Romanians who took part
in the championships in Yerevan, Emanuel Constantin Mican, in the 92-kilo category
and Răzvan Cristian Filip, in the 92+ kilo category, had left the competition
from the first round.

In the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup
held over the weekend in Poznan, Poland, the Romanian canoeist Cătălin Chirilă won
2 silver medals on Sunday, in the 500m and 1,000 m races. He also came out 4th
in the 5,000m final. In the women’s competition, Mălina Trifescu failed to
qualify in the 500m and 200m kayaking finals.

Rapid Bucharest is Romania’s new
women’s handball champion. In the last leg of the National League, Rapid won
away from home, 35 to 27 against SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea. The vice-champions are CSM
Bucharest, who came only 1 point behind Rapid in the final rankings.

The national football championship
also came to a close on Sunday, with the second leg of the playoff round that
decided who stays and who qualifies into League 1. Chindia Târgovişte will
continue to play in League One, after defeating Concordia Chiajna in Ploieşti, 4-1
in the penalty shootouts. In the first round, Concordia had won 2-1. Universitatea
Cluj is the team that will move up to Romania’s top football league next season,
after a draw against Dinamo Bucharest and 2-0 in the first leg of the playoffs.
They will join Petrolul Ploieşti and FC Hermannstadt, who have also been promoted
to League One. Dinamo is relegated to the second league for the first time
since the club was set up in 1948.

For the 5th consecutive
time and for the 8th time in their history, CFR Cluj are Romania’s
football champions and they will play in the Champions’ League qualifiers. In turn,
the 2nd and 3rd runners-up, FCSB and Universitatea
Craiova, will play in the qualifiers of the Europa Conference League, along
with Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, the winner of the Romanian football cup. Romania’s
Super Cup is scheduled for July 9. (AMP)

30 May 2022
Sports Roundup

Andrei Paul Arădoaie won the bronze
in the 86-kilo category of the European Boxing Championships concluded this
weekend in Yerevan, Armenia. This is the first medal for a Romanian fighter in
a European senior competition since 2015. The other 2 Romanians who took part
in the championships in Yerevan, Emanuel Constantin Mican, in the 92-kilo category
and Răzvan Cristian Filip, in the 92+ kilo category, had left the competition
from the first round.

In the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup
held over the weekend in Poznan, Poland, the Romanian canoeist Cătălin Chirilă won
2 silver medals on Sunday, in the 500m and 1,000 m races. He also came out 4th
in the 5,000m final. In the women’s competition, Mălina Trifescu failed to
qualify in the 500m and 200m kayaking finals.

Rapid Bucharest is Romania’s new
women’s handball champion. In the last leg of the National League, Rapid won
away from home, 35 to 27 against SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea. The vice-champions are CSM
Bucharest, who came only 1 point behind Rapid in the final rankings.

The national football championship
also came to a close on Sunday, with the second leg of the playoff round that
decided who stays and who qualifies into League 1. Chindia Târgovişte will
continue to play in League One, after defeating Concordia Chiajna in Ploieşti, 4-1
in the penalty shootouts. In the first round, Concordia had won 2-1. Universitatea
Cluj is the team that will move up to Romania’s top football league next season,
after a draw against Dinamo Bucharest and 2-0 in the first leg of the playoffs.
They will join Petrolul Ploieşti and FC Hermannstadt, who have also been promoted
to League One. Dinamo is relegated to the second league for the first time
since the club was set up in 1948.

For the 5th consecutive
time and for the 8th time in their history, CFR Cluj are Romania’s
football champions and they will play in the Champions’ League qualifiers. In turn,
the 2nd and 3rd runners-up, FCSB and Universitatea
Craiova, will play in the qualifiers of the Europa Conference League, along
with Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, the winner of the Romanian football cup. Romania’s
Super Cup is scheduled for July 9. (AMP)

30 May 2022
Athlete of the week

The city of Istanbul last week saw the 2022 IBA
Women’s World Boxing Championships. Romania was represented by five athletes, Steluţa
Duţă, in the 48 kg category, Eugenia Anghel in the 50, Lăcrămioara Perijoc in 54,
Claudia Nechita in 57, and Alexandra Petcu in the 81-kilogram category.

The best Romanian performance in Istanbul was obtained
by silver medalist Lăcrămioara Perijoc, a result which also brought her Radio
Romania International’s title ‘Athlete of the Week’.

On her way to the finals Perijoc secured wins against
the defending world champion, Wen-Hsiao Huang of Taiwan, against Niamh Chloe
Fay of Ireland and Dina Jolaman of Kazakhstan, who was world champion in 2019 and
the en titre champion of Asia. Unfortunately, Perijoc lost the finals on points
3-2 to Hatice Akbaş of the host country. According to Agerpres news agency, which
is quoting Adrian Lăcătuș the headcoach of the Romanian team, Perijoc managed a
better show than the Turkish challenger. The referees’ assessment wasn’t quite
fair and due to the competition’s rules it could not even be challenged. The
silver medal has also brought Lăcrămioara Perijoc 50 thousand dollars.

Lenuța Lăcrămioara Perijoc was born in Suceava county,
northern Romania, on 3 February 1994. The athlete was discovered by coach Doru
Iftime in 2010, while she was in the local IT high-school. Concurrently with
boxing she also played football for a regional women’s first leaguer. Lăcrămioara
Perijoc obtained her best performance so far in September 2019 – the gold medal
at the European Championships in Madrid.

24 May 2022
Athlete of the week

The city of Istanbul last week saw the 2022 IBA
Women’s World Boxing Championships. Romania was represented by five athletes, Steluţa
Duţă, in the 48 kg category, Eugenia Anghel in the 50, Lăcrămioara Perijoc in 54,
Claudia Nechita in 57, and Alexandra Petcu in the 81-kilogram category.

The best Romanian performance in Istanbul was obtained
by silver medalist Lăcrămioara Perijoc, a result which also brought her Radio
Romania International’s title ‘Athlete of the Week’.

On her way to the finals Perijoc secured wins against
the defending world champion, Wen-Hsiao Huang of Taiwan, against Niamh Chloe
Fay of Ireland and Dina Jolaman of Kazakhstan, who was world champion in 2019 and
the en titre champion of Asia. Unfortunately, Perijoc lost the finals on points
3-2 to Hatice Akbaş of the host country. According to Agerpres news agency, which
is quoting Adrian Lăcătuș the headcoach of the Romanian team, Perijoc managed a
better show than the Turkish challenger. The referees’ assessment wasn’t quite
fair and due to the competition’s rules it could not even be challenged. The
silver medal has also brought Lăcrămioara Perijoc 50 thousand dollars.

Lenuța Lăcrămioara Perijoc was born in Suceava county,
northern Romania, on 3 February 1994. The athlete was discovered by coach Doru
Iftime in 2010, while she was in the local IT high-school. Concurrently with
boxing she also played football for a regional women’s first leaguer. Lăcrămioara
Perijoc obtained her best performance so far in September 2019 – the gold medal
at the European Championships in Madrid.

24 May 2022
Sports Flash

The Romanian boxer Lăcrămioara Perijoc qualified on Wednesday to the final of the 54 kg category of the World Womens Boxing Championships in Istanbul. In the semifinal, the Romanian defeated Dina Jolaman, from Kazakhstan, score 4-1 on points. Perijoc can thus equal the performance of her coach, Mihaela Cijevschi Lăcătuş, who won Romanias first world title in womens boxing in 2005, in Podolsk, Russia. In the final scheduled for Friday, Lăcrămioara Perijoc will be up against Hatice Akbas, from Turkey. This years European youth champion in the 52 kg category, the Turkish athlete defeated Thai Preedakamon Tintabthai 5-0 in the semifinals.

Romania lined up a team of five athletes at the start of the competition, but Steluţa Duţă, in the 48 kg category, Eugenia Anghel, in the 50 kg category Claudia Nechita, in the 57 kg category, and Alexandra Petcu, in the 81 kg category have already left the tournament. The womens world championships in Istanbul have prizes up for grabs worth 2.4 million dollars, with the gold medalist receiving 100,000 dollars, the silver medalist 50,000 dollars and the bronze medalist 25,000 dollars.

We stay in the field of boxing and remind you that Romania will be represented by three athletes in the 2022 edition of the European Championships for seniors, which start on Monday in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. Andrei Paul Arădoaie will compete in the 86 kg category, Răzvan Cristian Filip in the 92 kg category, and Constantin Emanuel Mican in the + 92 kg category. All three come from Dinamo Bucharest and go to the European championship together with coach Dumitru Dorobanţu. The competition ends on May 31.

Now news from tennis. In the quarterfinals of the doubles competition of the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Strasbourg, with total prizes of 200 thousand Euros, the Romanian-Ukrainian pair Raluca Olaru/Nadia Kicenok was defeated by the Czech-Indian couple Lucie Hradecka/Sania Mirza 6-3, 7-6. Also on Wednesday, Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzărnescu managed to advance to the last round of the qualifications on the main singles table of the Roland Garros Grand Slam tournament. Bara defeated 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 the French player Selena Janicijevic, and Buzărnescu defeated Swiss Susan Bandecchi, 6-3, 6-3.

Next, news from chess. Warsaw, Poland, is hosting these days the second stage of the Grand Chess Tour 2022: Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland. The competition has prizes worth 175 thousand dollars. Romania will be represented by the young international master David Gavrilescu, aged 17. The winner of the first prize will receive 40 thousand dollars. (LS)

19 May 2022
Sports Flash

The Romanian boxer Lăcrămioara Perijoc qualified on Wednesday to the final of the 54 kg category of the World Womens Boxing Championships in Istanbul. In the semifinal, the Romanian defeated Dina Jolaman, from Kazakhstan, score 4-1 on points. Perijoc can thus equal the performance of her coach, Mihaela Cijevschi Lăcătuş, who won Romanias first world title in womens boxing in 2005, in Podolsk, Russia. In the final scheduled for Friday, Lăcrămioara Perijoc will be up against Hatice Akbas, from Turkey. This years European youth champion in the 52 kg category, the Turkish athlete defeated Thai Preedakamon Tintabthai 5-0 in the semifinals.

Romania lined up a team of five athletes at the start of the competition, but Steluţa Duţă, in the 48 kg category, Eugenia Anghel, in the 50 kg category Claudia Nechita, in the 57 kg category, and Alexandra Petcu, in the 81 kg category have already left the tournament. The womens world championships in Istanbul have prizes up for grabs worth 2.4 million dollars, with the gold medalist receiving 100,000 dollars, the silver medalist 50,000 dollars and the bronze medalist 25,000 dollars.

We stay in the field of boxing and remind you that Romania will be represented by three athletes in the 2022 edition of the European Championships for seniors, which start on Monday in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. Andrei Paul Arădoaie will compete in the 86 kg category, Răzvan Cristian Filip in the 92 kg category, and Constantin Emanuel Mican in the + 92 kg category. All three come from Dinamo Bucharest and go to the European championship together with coach Dumitru Dorobanţu. The competition ends on May 31.

Now news from tennis. In the quarterfinals of the doubles competition of the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Strasbourg, with total prizes of 200 thousand Euros, the Romanian-Ukrainian pair Raluca Olaru/Nadia Kicenok was defeated by the Czech-Indian couple Lucie Hradecka/Sania Mirza 6-3, 7-6. Also on Wednesday, Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzărnescu managed to advance to the last round of the qualifications on the main singles table of the Roland Garros Grand Slam tournament. Bara defeated 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 the French player Selena Janicijevic, and Buzărnescu defeated Swiss Susan Bandecchi, 6-3, 6-3.

Next, news from chess. Warsaw, Poland, is hosting these days the second stage of the Grand Chess Tour 2022: Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland. The competition has prizes worth 175 thousand dollars. Romania will be represented by the young international master David Gavrilescu, aged 17. The winner of the first prize will receive 40 thousand dollars. (LS)

19 May 2022
Sports weekend

The
first part of Romania’s Olympic team flew to Japan on Thursday. The athletes were
on board a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, charter flight, and it took them 13 hours
to land in Tokyo. The Henri Coanda International Airport’s Official Salon was
the venue for the boarding operations. On board the plane were pools of
regulars for 3-on-3 basketball, boxing, football, judo, fencing, table tennis and
archery. Among other officials, seeing the Romanian athletes to the boarding
gate was the president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee, Mihai
Covaliu. We recall Covaliu was the Olympic champion in the Sydney 2000
Olympics, Sydney in 2000, in the individual saber event.

Romanian
League One’s domestic football championship kickstarted on Thursday. FC
Botosani held FCSB to a blank draw at home. We recall FCSB are the vice
champions in the previous competition season. The guest team had the upper hand
throughout the game, yet FCSB wasted a string of opportunities to score and
Botosani’s goalie Eduard Pap even denied FCSB the chance to score from a
penalty kick on 61 minutes, a chance wasted by FCSB’s Florin Tanase. The latter
team were granted the penalty kick as Alin Seroni’s tackling of Octavian
Popescu was rated as foul play. The game was also the debut match for FCSB’s
new head-coach, Dinu Todoran.

On
Friday, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe face Academica Clinceni. Also on Friday, CFR Cluj
take on FCU Craiova. On Saturday in Medias, western Romania, the local side Gaz
Metan take on the newly-promoted team FC Mioveni, while in Craiova, in the
south, Universitatea go against Fc Arges. On Sunday, in Arad, the local team
UTA are pitted against Farul Constanta. Also on Sunday, the newly-promoted
team, Rapid Bucharest play Chindia Targoviste, in a fixture hosted by the
National Arena in Bucharest. The last match as part of the new competition season’s
first round, pitting Dinamo Bucharest against FC Voluntari, is scheduled on
Monday.

(Translation by Eugen Nasta)

16 July 2021
Sports weekend

The
first part of Romania’s Olympic team flew to Japan on Thursday. The athletes were
on board a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, charter flight, and it took them 13 hours
to land in Tokyo. The Henri Coanda International Airport’s Official Salon was
the venue for the boarding operations. On board the plane were pools of
regulars for 3-on-3 basketball, boxing, football, judo, fencing, table tennis and
archery. Among other officials, seeing the Romanian athletes to the boarding
gate was the president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee, Mihai
Covaliu. We recall Covaliu was the Olympic champion in the Sydney 2000
Olympics, Sydney in 2000, in the individual saber event.

Romanian
League One’s domestic football championship kickstarted on Thursday. FC
Botosani held FCSB to a blank draw at home. We recall FCSB are the vice
champions in the previous competition season. The guest team had the upper hand
throughout the game, yet FCSB wasted a string of opportunities to score and
Botosani’s goalie Eduard Pap even denied FCSB the chance to score from a
penalty kick on 61 minutes, a chance wasted by FCSB’s Florin Tanase. The latter
team were granted the penalty kick as Alin Seroni’s tackling of Octavian
Popescu was rated as foul play. The game was also the debut match for FCSB’s
new head-coach, Dinu Todoran.

On
Friday, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe face Academica Clinceni. Also on Friday, CFR Cluj
take on FCU Craiova. On Saturday in Medias, western Romania, the local side Gaz
Metan take on the newly-promoted team FC Mioveni, while in Craiova, in the
south, Universitatea go against Fc Arges. On Sunday, in Arad, the local team
UTA are pitted against Farul Constanta. Also on Sunday, the newly-promoted
team, Rapid Bucharest play Chindia Targoviste, in a fixture hosted by the
National Arena in Bucharest. The last match as part of the new competition season’s
first round, pitting Dinamo Bucharest against FC Voluntari, is scheduled on
Monday.

(Translation by Eugen Nasta)

16 July 2021