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Romania’s
men’s handball team was defeated in Bucharest on Wednesday by Austria, 35 – 30.
It was the last but one game for Romania ahead of the 2024 European
Championship qualifiers, Group 4. In its last match, Romania will face Ukraine
in Gummersbach, Germany on Sunday. At the time being, Austria is top of the
group standings with 10 points out of 10, followed by Romania and the Faroe
Islands with 4 points each, and Ukraine with 2 points. The top 2 teams in each
group qualify to the final tournament, alongside the best 4 teams ranking 3rd.
The European Championships will be hosted by Germany between January 10 and 28,
2024. Romania last played in a men’s European Championship in 1996.

The
Romanian tennis player Jaqueline Cristian Wednesday qualified into the second
round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid, with EUR 7,700,000 in total prize
money. In the first round she beat Sloane Stephens of the US, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Her
next opponent will be Anastasia Potapova of Russia, seed no 21. Also on
Wednesday, Gabriela Ruse lost to Alizé Cornet (France), 6-7, 6-4, 6-4. Also
playing in the second round of the Madrid competition are Ana Bogdan, Sorana
Cîrstea and Irina Begu.

Sepsi
Sfântu Gheorghe is the first finalist of the Romanian football Cup. On
Wednesday, the team from Covasna defeated CFR Cluj in the semis, 3 – 0. Sepsi, the
current cup holders, scored 10 minutes into the match, thanks to Nicolae Păun, 19
minutes later through Marius Ştefănescu, and on 81 minutes through Venezuelan Mario
Rondon. Defending champions CFR played more than half of the match with only 10
men on the pitch, after defender Andrei Burcă was sent out on 43 minutes over a
foul on Pavol Šafranko. The referee granted a penalty kick, but Cosmin Matei failed
to score. The final is scheduled on May 24 in Sibiu. (AMP)

27 April 2023
Sports Flash

Romania’s
men’s handball team was defeated in Bucharest on Wednesday by Austria, 35 – 30.
It was the last but one game for Romania ahead of the 2024 European
Championship qualifiers, Group 4. In its last match, Romania will face Ukraine
in Gummersbach, Germany on Sunday. At the time being, Austria is top of the
group standings with 10 points out of 10, followed by Romania and the Faroe
Islands with 4 points each, and Ukraine with 2 points. The top 2 teams in each
group qualify to the final tournament, alongside the best 4 teams ranking 3rd.
The European Championships will be hosted by Germany between January 10 and 28,
2024. Romania last played in a men’s European Championship in 1996.

The
Romanian tennis player Jaqueline Cristian Wednesday qualified into the second
round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid, with EUR 7,700,000 in total prize
money. In the first round she beat Sloane Stephens of the US, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4. Her
next opponent will be Anastasia Potapova of Russia, seed no 21. Also on
Wednesday, Gabriela Ruse lost to Alizé Cornet (France), 6-7, 6-4, 6-4. Also
playing in the second round of the Madrid competition are Ana Bogdan, Sorana
Cîrstea and Irina Begu.

Sepsi
Sfântu Gheorghe is the first finalist of the Romanian football Cup. On
Wednesday, the team from Covasna defeated CFR Cluj in the semis, 3 – 0. Sepsi, the
current cup holders, scored 10 minutes into the match, thanks to Nicolae Păun, 19
minutes later through Marius Ştefănescu, and on 81 minutes through Venezuelan Mario
Rondon. Defending champions CFR played more than half of the match with only 10
men on the pitch, after defender Andrei Burcă was sent out on 43 minutes over a
foul on Pavol Šafranko. The referee granted a penalty kick, but Cosmin Matei failed
to score. The final is scheduled on May 24 in Sibiu. (AMP)

27 April 2023
April 23, 2023

VISIT The international community has a
duty to support Ukraine, the president of Romania Klaus Iohannis and his Chilean
counterpart Gabriel Boric said in Santiago de
Chile. According to Radio Romania’s correspondent, president Boric condemned
the war and expressed his country’s solidarity with Ukraine. Mr. Iohannis announced that the first Romanian language chair in Latin
America will be established this year at Universidad de Chile. During the
visit, a memorandum was signed concerning cooperation in emergency situations,
such as earthquakes and wildfires. Previously, president Iohannis was in
Brazil, and from Chile he is next to go to Argentina.

SPENDING Romanian authorities are looking at a plan to
reduce public spending, which will be endorsed by the government in an
emergency order next week, after the
measures have been approved in a meeting of the ruling coalition made up of the
Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party and the Democratic Union of
Ethnic Hungarians in Romania. Both the Liberal PM Nicolae Ciucă and the Social
Democratic finance minister, Adrian Câciu, promised that salaries and
investments would not be cut, nor would additional taxes and charges be
introduced. In the last government meeting, held a few days ago, PM Ciucă called
on large-scale taxpayers to meet their obligations to the budget, and urged fiscal
authorities to ensure tax collection.

REFUGEES Nearly 266,000 Romanian and foreign
citizens Saturday crossed in and out of Romania, the border police announced.
According to a news release issued on Sunday, out of the over 112,000 people
who entered Romania, 8,784 were Ukrainian nationals. Since February
10, 2022, two weeks before the start of the Russian invasion of that country,
more than 4 million Ukrainian citizens have entered Romania. Most of them
transited the country en route to Western Europe,
but over 100,000 have chosen to stay here. The government of Romania decided
that private citizens that host Ukrainian refugees will only be refunded
accommodation and meal expenses until the end of this month. As of May 1, the
people coming into Romania from Ukraine will receive directly a fixed amount to
cover immediate accommodation and food expenses for 4 months. The money will be
paid from the funds of emergency inspectorates. After this 4-month period,
financial aid will only be provided for accommodation, until the end of this
year, and the refugees are encouraged to enrol with Romanian employment
agencies in order to benefit from the same rights and benefits as Romanian
nationals.

HOLIDAY Christians are celebrating St. George today, who is
also the patron saint of the Romanian Land Forces. According to tradition, St.
George was a high-ranking soldier in the Roman Army under Emperor Diocletian, who
was tortured and sentenced to death for refusing to recant his Christian faith.
St George is one of the most venerated saints in Christianity, and a large
number of settlements have claimed him as a patron saint. Over 1 million
Romanians bear his name.

SPORTS The Romanian athlete Denis Florin Mihai won the
bronze in the 55 kg Greco-Roman wrestling category at the European championships
held in Zagreb, Croatia, after defeating Bulgaria’s Stefan Hristov Grigorov. Before
the last day of the competition, Romania had won a total of 5 medals, including
2 gold ones, for Andreea Beatrice Ana, in the 55 kg and Alexandra Nicoleta
Anghel in the 72 kg categories, and 3 bronze ones, won by Cătălina Axente in
the 76 kilo, Kriszta Tunde Incze in the 65 kg category, and Denis Florin Mihai.
At the previous edition, hosted by Budapest, Hungary, Romania won 4 medals, including
one gold (Andreea Ana – 55 kg), one silver (Nicu Ojog – 97 kg Greco-Roman), and
two bronze (Alina Vuc -55 kg and Kriszta Incze – 65 kg). (AMP)

23 April 2023
Athlete of the Year 2022

On July 9th
1922, in Alameda, California, Johnny Weissmuller ended the one hundred meter
race in less than one minute. Born in Freidorf, close to Timisoara, in western
Romania, Weissmuller was to become famous for both his Olympic wins and the
part he played in Tarzan, the Ape Man series. After more than 100 years, another
swimmer born in Romania broke the record in the one hundred meter race to officially
become the fastest swimmer in history.

At the European
Championships in Rome on August 13th the Romanian David Popovici
ended the one hundred meter race in 46 seconds and 86 hundredths beating a 13
year old record held by Cielo Filho of Brazil, who ended the race in 46 seconds
and 91 hundredths at the world championships in Rome in 2009, when tech suits
for increasing speed were still allowed.

Besides the
title in Rome, David Popovici has also reaped the world and European titles in
the 100 and 200 meter free-style races both in junior and senior competitions.
His great performances have also brought him Athlete of the Year title from
Radio Romania International. He also compelled recognition in the world
championship in Budapest in June. The two titles he won in the 100 and 200
meter races were a first for the Romanian swimming.

Thousands of
swimming fans gathered at the new aqua facility in Otopeni, close to Bucharest
in July, to witness his performance in the European junior championship, from where
Romanian swimmers walked away with 9 medals. David won the 50, 100 and 200 meter
free-style races and had a big hand in the gold medal won by the 4X100 relay
team of Romania, a country, which ended in the third position after Hungary and
Poland.

At the European
championships in Rome and the world record in the 100 meter race, Popovici came
very close to a world record also in the European final of 200 meters. He won
the race in one minute, 47 seconds and 97 hundredths, one second after German
Paul Biederman who set the record also in Rome in 2009. Popovici’s time was on hundredth
after the one of his idol, Michael Phelps, who reaped the Olympic gold in
Beijing, in 2008.

Romania came
fourth in the nations’ ranking of the world junior championships held in Lima,
Peru, in September. The Romanians walked away with four medals, two silver and
two bronze, from the aforementioned competition. David stepped onto the podium’s
highest step three times; after the finals of the 100 meter and 200 meter races
and after the 4×100 meter relay race. With the mixed relay race of 100 meters
he obtained the silver medal.

The
year ended with the world short course championships in Melbourne, where David
Popovici became the silver medalist in the 200 meter race, came fourth in the
100 meters and set a new junior world record.

(bill)

29 December 2022
Sports Flash

At the 16th FINA World Swimming
Championships (25 m) in Melbourne, the Romanian swimmer David Popovici came out
4th in the 100m freestyle final with 45.64, a new world junior record.
First came the Australian athlete Kyle Chalmers. David Popovici is the
defending 100m freestyle world champion and holder of the world record in this
event.

In men’s basketball, on Wednesday in Riga, Latvia, the
Romanian side U-BT Cluj-Napoca was defeated by the Ukrainian team Prometey
Slobozhanske 105-82, in the EuroCup Group A. After 8 games, the Romanian
champions are ranking 8th, with 6 points. In the FIBA Europe Cup,
CSM Oradea beat the German side Bamberg on home turf, 82 – 80, in the first
match in Group L. In Group I of the same competition, SCM Craiova was defeated
at home by FC Porto, 83-73. Also worth noting is that the women’s team Baschet
Club Arad ended its participation in the EuroCup with a defeat. The Romanian
team was defeated in Poland by Arka Gdynia 87-53 and ranked last in the group D
of the competition.

Arcada Galaţi qualified in the play-offs of the CEV Cup
in men’s volleyball, after beating the Finnish side Savo Volley Kuopio 3-1, on
Wednesday at home, in the second leg of the round of 16. The Romanian champions
had already won in Finland, 3-1. In the play-off, Arcada will be facing the
Italian side Piacenza, which in the round of 16 defeated Fenerbahce Istanbul, 3-1
in both legs.

In women’s volleyball, on Wednesday, in the first leg
of the round of 32 of the CEV Cup, CSO Voluntari lost in Poland to Budowlani
Lodz, 3-0. In the Challenge Cup, also in the round of 32, the first leg, CSM Lugoj lost a dramatic match away from
home to PTT Ankara, 3-2.

On Wednesday, in a game counting towards round 20 of
the Romanian football SuperLeague, Rapid București beat Petrolul Ploiești on
the National Arena in Bucharest, 3-1. Two of Rapid’s goals were scored by the
Croatian player Marko Duganzic, and one by Ștefan Pănoiu, in overtime. Gheorghe
Grozav scored for the Ploiesti side. Top of the ranking at present is Farul
Constanța, with 44 points, followed by CFR, with 41 points. (AMP)

15 December 2022
Sports Flash

At the 16th FINA World Swimming
Championships (25 m) in Melbourne, the Romanian swimmer David Popovici came out
4th in the 100m freestyle final with 45.64, a new world junior record.
First came the Australian athlete Kyle Chalmers. David Popovici is the
defending 100m freestyle world champion and holder of the world record in this
event.

In men’s basketball, on Wednesday in Riga, Latvia, the
Romanian side U-BT Cluj-Napoca was defeated by the Ukrainian team Prometey
Slobozhanske 105-82, in the EuroCup Group A. After 8 games, the Romanian
champions are ranking 8th, with 6 points. In the FIBA Europe Cup,
CSM Oradea beat the German side Bamberg on home turf, 82 – 80, in the first
match in Group L. In Group I of the same competition, SCM Craiova was defeated
at home by FC Porto, 83-73. Also worth noting is that the women’s team Baschet
Club Arad ended its participation in the EuroCup with a defeat. The Romanian
team was defeated in Poland by Arka Gdynia 87-53 and ranked last in the group D
of the competition.

Arcada Galaţi qualified in the play-offs of the CEV Cup
in men’s volleyball, after beating the Finnish side Savo Volley Kuopio 3-1, on
Wednesday at home, in the second leg of the round of 16. The Romanian champions
had already won in Finland, 3-1. In the play-off, Arcada will be facing the
Italian side Piacenza, which in the round of 16 defeated Fenerbahce Istanbul, 3-1
in both legs.

In women’s volleyball, on Wednesday, in the first leg
of the round of 32 of the CEV Cup, CSO Voluntari lost in Poland to Budowlani
Lodz, 3-0. In the Challenge Cup, also in the round of 32, the first leg, CSM Lugoj lost a dramatic match away from
home to PTT Ankara, 3-2.

On Wednesday, in a game counting towards round 20 of
the Romanian football SuperLeague, Rapid București beat Petrolul Ploiești on
the National Arena in Bucharest, 3-1. Two of Rapid’s goals were scored by the
Croatian player Marko Duganzic, and one by Ștefan Pănoiu, in overtime. Gheorghe
Grozav scored for the Ploiesti side. Top of the ranking at present is Farul
Constanța, with 44 points, followed by CFR, with 41 points. (AMP)

15 December 2022
November 3, 2022

EARTHQUAKE A 5.4
magnitude earthquake hit Romania on Thursday morning in the Buzău area in the
south-east of the country. The earthquake was felt in several cities, including
the capital Bucharest, but no emergency calls were received and no damages or
victims were reported. This was the strongest earthquake in the last 2 and a
half years. A 5.2 quake occurred on January 31, 2020 in Vrancea, Romania’s main
seismic area. A bigger, 5.8 magnitude tremor was also reported in October 2018,
in Buzău County.

MILITARY
The
French Minister of the Armed Forces, Sebastien Lecornu, is on
an official visit to Romania today, the Romanian Defence Ministry announced. Lecornuwill have meetings with the Romanian Defence Minister, Angel Tîlvăr, with
President Klaus Iohannis and PM Nicolae Ciucă. The French delegation’s agenda
also includes a visit to the ‘Getica’ Joint National Training Centre in Cincu,
central Romania, and a wreath-laying ceremony at the French Heroes Monument in
Bucharest. France has been leading the NATO battle group in Romania set up in
May. The battle groups created in Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary are
part of the borader set of measures taken by NATO to bolster its medium and
long-term deterrence and defence posture, following the war initiated by the
Russian Federation in Ukraine.

VISIT
The president of the Swiss Confederation Ignazio Cassis postponed his official
visit to Romania scheduled for Thursday, for unforeseen and unavoidable
reasons, the Swiss Embassy in Bucharest announced. President Cassis and
president Klaus Iohannis will try to find an alternative date for the meetings
scheduled as part of the visit. According to the Swiss Embassy, the two parties
will sign in the near future the Romanian-Swiss framework agreement concerning
the implementation of a second financial instalment aimed at reducing economic
and social disparities within the EU. Under the agreement, Switzerland will
provide 221.5 million Swiss francs for projects to be implemented in Romania
until 2029.

PENSIONS Government spokesman Dan Cărbunaru announced that a
task force has been set up within the Labour Ministry in Bucharest, to analyse
the issue of the so-called special pensions, which are not based on
contributions during employment. The beneficiaries of such pensions include
magistrates, among other categories, and scores of them applied for retirement
after the World Bank requested the Romanian authorities to reform the system. This
was also a requirement in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, agreed on
by Romania with the European Commission.

AUTOMOTIVE The number
of new automobiles registered in Romania in the first 10 months of the year
went up over 8% compared to the corresponding period of last year, to nearly 106,000
units. Car registration numbers also increased by 10% this October compared to
October 2021. Most of the new automobiles registered during this period, i.e.
31,000, were local brand Dacia. As for
second hand car registrations in the first 10 months of the year, the number
dropped 20% compared to 2021, to 270,000.

HANDBALL
Romania’s women’s handball team drew against Germany, 29-29, last night in
Tatabanya (Hungary), in the last test match ahead of the European
Championships. In the first test match, Romania lost to Hungary, 28-33. The European Championships (EHF EURO 2022) will
take place between November 4th and 20th, in Slovenia, North Macedonia and
Montenegro. Romania plays in Group C, together with France, the Netherlands and
North Macedonia, and its first game is scheduled for Saturday, November 5th,
against the Netherlands. Romania has taken part in all the European
Championships editions except for 2006, and its best performance was a bronze
medal in 2010. In the last edition, held in 2020, Romania came out 12th. (AMP)

3 November 2022
Sports weekend

The World Judo Championships are underway in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Romanian news agency AGERPRES quoted the president of the Romanian Judo Federation, Cozmin Gusa, as saying that the delegations stated aim was the winning of a medal, given that the Romanian delegation to the ongoing world championships was made of judokas of the young generation. A nine-strong Romanian delegation is in Tashkent, with six male events competitors and three other judokas competing in the womens events. Naturalized Cuban judoka, Ashely Gonzalez, former world champion and silver medalist in the London Olympics, in the 100-kilgram category, is 33 years old, whereas the other members of the Romanian delegation are around 20. Romania has not won a medal in the World Championship since 2015. We recall that back then Andreea Chitu, in the 52-kilogram category and Corina Căprioriu, in the 57-kilogram category, walked away with the silver medal.

In the Champions League in womens handball, on Sunday, CSM Bucharest play a Group A away game against Danish team Odense. CSM are 3rd-placed in Group A with 5 points, while Odense are 4th-placed with 2 points. In Group B, Rapid Bucharest play a home game against another Danish squad, Team Esbjerg. Romanian title holders Rapid are 2nd-placed in the group, with 5 points, on a par with the group leader, Metz Handball, while Esbjerg are 4th-placed, with 4 points.

In news from football, matches counting towards the Romanian Superleagues 13th round are scheduled at the weekend. On Friday, FC Voluntari play CS Mioveni, while FC Argeș go against Universitatea Craiova. On Saturday, Universitatea Cluj receive the visit of FC Hermannstadt, the revelation of the domestic championships first rounds. In Bucharest, Rapid are pitted against FC Botoșani. On Sunday, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe play a home game against Farul Constanța, while in Ploiesti, the local side Petrolul face FCSB. On Monday, FC U Craiova play Chindia Targoviste, while UTA take on CFR Cluj. After 12 rounds, Farul is at the top of the table, with 27 points. Rapid is the runner-up team, with 24 points, while 3rd-placed are Hermannstadt, with 22. Defending champions CFR Cluj are 4th-placed, with 19 points. (EN)

7 October 2022
Sports weekend

The World Judo Championships are underway in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Romanian news agency AGERPRES quoted the president of the Romanian Judo Federation, Cozmin Gusa, as saying that the delegations stated aim was the winning of a medal, given that the Romanian delegation to the ongoing world championships was made of judokas of the young generation. A nine-strong Romanian delegation is in Tashkent, with six male events competitors and three other judokas competing in the womens events. Naturalized Cuban judoka, Ashely Gonzalez, former world champion and silver medalist in the London Olympics, in the 100-kilgram category, is 33 years old, whereas the other members of the Romanian delegation are around 20. Romania has not won a medal in the World Championship since 2015. We recall that back then Andreea Chitu, in the 52-kilogram category and Corina Căprioriu, in the 57-kilogram category, walked away with the silver medal.

In the Champions League in womens handball, on Sunday, CSM Bucharest play a Group A away game against Danish team Odense. CSM are 3rd-placed in Group A with 5 points, while Odense are 4th-placed with 2 points. In Group B, Rapid Bucharest play a home game against another Danish squad, Team Esbjerg. Romanian title holders Rapid are 2nd-placed in the group, with 5 points, on a par with the group leader, Metz Handball, while Esbjerg are 4th-placed, with 4 points.

In news from football, matches counting towards the Romanian Superleagues 13th round are scheduled at the weekend. On Friday, FC Voluntari play CS Mioveni, while FC Argeș go against Universitatea Craiova. On Saturday, Universitatea Cluj receive the visit of FC Hermannstadt, the revelation of the domestic championships first rounds. In Bucharest, Rapid are pitted against FC Botoșani. On Sunday, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe play a home game against Farul Constanța, while in Ploiesti, the local side Petrolul face FCSB. On Monday, FC U Craiova play Chindia Targoviste, while UTA take on CFR Cluj. After 12 rounds, Farul is at the top of the table, with 27 points. Rapid is the runner-up team, with 24 points, while 3rd-placed are Hermannstadt, with 22. Defending champions CFR Cluj are 4th-placed, with 19 points. (EN)

7 October 2022
SPORTS ROUNDUP

In Group A of the
Women’s Volleyball European Championships qualifiers, Romania defeated Israel
away from home on Sunday, 3-2. In another game in the same group, Croatia beat Faeroe
Islands, 3-0. In the final group ranking, Romania comes 1st with 14 points,
followed by Croatia, also with 14 points, Israel (8 points) and Faeroe Islands
with 0 points. Romania and Croatia have qualified to the final tournament hosted
next year by Belgium, Estonia, Germany and Italy.

The Women’s Handball Champions League kicked
off this weekend, with good news for the participating Romanian teams, which
got off on the right foot. In Group A, on Sunday CSM Bucharest played at home against
the Slovenian side Ljubljana, and won cu 30-28. In a Group B match on Saturday,
Rapid defeated Lokomotiv Zagreb of Croatia away from home, 31-27.

On Saturday, in the
Eastern Conference of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, the Romanian Wolves played
their first match at home, against the Israeli side Tel Aviv Heat. The guests
won 25-20. In the other game in the conference, the Georgian side Black Lion defeated
another Georgian team, Batumi, 29-3.

In the 10th
round of the Romanian football League One, on Friday FC Botoșani lost at home
to UTA Arad 1-2. On Saturday, Chindia Târgoviște lost to Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe 1-2,
FC Hermannstadt defeated Petrolul Ploiești 2-1 and FCU Craiova beat Rapid Bucharest
1-0. On Sunday, Farul Constanța beat FC Argeș 3-0 and CFR Cluj defeated CSU
Craiova 2-0. The round concludes on Monday night with games pitting CS Mioveni against
Universitatea Cluj and FCSB against FC Voluntari. Farul tops the current
ranking with 21 points, followed by Rapid (also 21) and FC Hermannstadt (19). (AMP)

12 September 2022
SPORTS ROUNDUP

In Group A of the
Women’s Volleyball European Championships qualifiers, Romania defeated Israel
away from home on Sunday, 3-2. In another game in the same group, Croatia beat Faeroe
Islands, 3-0. In the final group ranking, Romania comes 1st with 14 points,
followed by Croatia, also with 14 points, Israel (8 points) and Faeroe Islands
with 0 points. Romania and Croatia have qualified to the final tournament hosted
next year by Belgium, Estonia, Germany and Italy.

The Women’s Handball Champions League kicked
off this weekend, with good news for the participating Romanian teams, which
got off on the right foot. In Group A, on Sunday CSM Bucharest played at home against
the Slovenian side Ljubljana, and won cu 30-28. In a Group B match on Saturday,
Rapid defeated Lokomotiv Zagreb of Croatia away from home, 31-27.

On Saturday, in the
Eastern Conference of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, the Romanian Wolves played
their first match at home, against the Israeli side Tel Aviv Heat. The guests
won 25-20. In the other game in the conference, the Georgian side Black Lion defeated
another Georgian team, Batumi, 29-3.

In the 10th
round of the Romanian football League One, on Friday FC Botoșani lost at home
to UTA Arad 1-2. On Saturday, Chindia Târgoviște lost to Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe 1-2,
FC Hermannstadt defeated Petrolul Ploiești 2-1 and FCU Craiova beat Rapid Bucharest
1-0. On Sunday, Farul Constanța beat FC Argeș 3-0 and CFR Cluj defeated CSU
Craiova 2-0. The round concludes on Monday night with games pitting CS Mioveni against
Universitatea Cluj and FCSB against FC Voluntari. Farul tops the current
ranking with 21 points, followed by Rapid (also 21) and FC Hermannstadt (19). (AMP)

12 September 2022
Sports Flash

The Romanian athlete Alin Firfirică came out 7th in the discus throw finals of the World Athletics Championships hosted by the US city of Eugene, Oregon. Firfiricăs throw was 65.67 m, his best performance this season. The gold medal went to Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia, who broke the World Championships record with 71.13m. In the womens high jump event, Romanias Daniela Stanciu ranked 10th, with 1.93m, the same result she had in the qualifying round. The world title went to Australian Eleanor Patterson, for a 2.02m jump.

Romanias womens epee team, made up of Greta Vereş, Alexandra Predescu, Cristina Constantinescu and Bianca Benea, came out 11th on Wednesday in the World Fencing Championships in Cairo. In the mens sabre event, Romanias team, comprising Iulian Teodosiu, Răzvan Ursachi, George Dragomir and Codrin Cozmuleanu, lost to Turkey in the very first round and ranked 17th at the end of the competition. Romania has so far won 2 bronze medals in Cairo, both of them in individual events, thanks to Iulian Teodosiu in the sabre competition and Maria Boldor in womens foil.

The Romanian tennis player Irina Begu managed to qualify in the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 tournament in Palermo, with EUR 203,024 in prize money. On Wednesday she outplayed Océane Dodin of France, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, in a match that ended almost at midnight. Begu, seed no. 6, won the match after 2 hours and 4 minutes. The 2 athletes had played twice before, with one win each. The French player won the 2019 Wimbledon second round match, while Begu beat her in the first round of this years Australian Open. For her performance in Palermo, Irina Begu receives 60 WTA points.

The 2-times swimming world champion David Popovici and his coach, Adrian Rădulescu, were decorated by president Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday in a ceremony held at Cotroceni Palace. The head of state awarded the swimmer the “Star of Romania” National Order for his performance at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest this June. (AMP)

21 July 2022
Sports Flash

The Romanian athlete Alin Firfirică came out 7th in the discus throw finals of the World Athletics Championships hosted by the US city of Eugene, Oregon. Firfiricăs throw was 65.67 m, his best performance this season. The gold medal went to Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia, who broke the World Championships record with 71.13m. In the womens high jump event, Romanias Daniela Stanciu ranked 10th, with 1.93m, the same result she had in the qualifying round. The world title went to Australian Eleanor Patterson, for a 2.02m jump.

Romanias womens epee team, made up of Greta Vereş, Alexandra Predescu, Cristina Constantinescu and Bianca Benea, came out 11th on Wednesday in the World Fencing Championships in Cairo. In the mens sabre event, Romanias team, comprising Iulian Teodosiu, Răzvan Ursachi, George Dragomir and Codrin Cozmuleanu, lost to Turkey in the very first round and ranked 17th at the end of the competition. Romania has so far won 2 bronze medals in Cairo, both of them in individual events, thanks to Iulian Teodosiu in the sabre competition and Maria Boldor in womens foil.

The Romanian tennis player Irina Begu managed to qualify in the quarter-finals of the WTA 250 tournament in Palermo, with EUR 203,024 in prize money. On Wednesday she outplayed Océane Dodin of France, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, in a match that ended almost at midnight. Begu, seed no. 6, won the match after 2 hours and 4 minutes. The 2 athletes had played twice before, with one win each. The French player won the 2019 Wimbledon second round match, while Begu beat her in the first round of this years Australian Open. For her performance in Palermo, Irina Begu receives 60 WTA points.

The 2-times swimming world champion David Popovici and his coach, Adrian Rădulescu, were decorated by president Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday in a ceremony held at Cotroceni Palace. The head of state awarded the swimmer the “Star of Romania” National Order for his performance at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest this June. (AMP)

21 July 2022
Sports Weekend

The World Athletics Championships kick off this
weekend in Eugene, Oregon, USA. The competition will span the entire week, to
end on July 24. Romania’s delegation comprises 8 athletes, 4 women and 4 men.
Bianca Ghelber will compete in hammer throw, an event in which she came out 6th
at the Tokyo Olympics. Alexandru Novac, another Tokyo Olympics finalist, is
also expected to get good results in the javelin throw competition. The other
Romanian participants are Daniela Stanciu
in the high jump, Ana Veronica Rodean and Mihaela Acatrinei in the 20km race
walk, Andrei Rareş Toader in shot put, Alin Alexandru Firfirica in discus throw
and Marius Iulian Cocioran in the 35km race walk.

Romania’s delegation in the World Fencing
Championships in Cairo, which also begin this weekend, is made up of 18 athletes,
12 women and 6 men, who target a place among the top 4-6 nations. Romania has
complete teams in the men’s and women’s sabre events, and in the women’s foil
and epee events, plus 2 athletes in the men’s epee individual event. The men’s
sabre team, which ranked 5th in the European Championships hosted by
Antalya, Turkey this June, has the best chances to meet the goal set by the
Romanian Fencing Federation for the Cairo Championships. Sabreurs Răzvan
Ursachi and Iulian Teodosiu also stand good chances, after ranking 5th
and 6th in the European individual competition in Antalya. In the
latest World Championships, held in 2019 in Budapest, Romania’s Bianca Pascu
won the gold in the women’s individual sabre event. The most recent world titles for
Romania were won by the women’s epee team in 2010 and 2011, and the men’s sabre
team in 2009.

We end today’s sports segment with news from
football. This weekend sees the start of a new season of the Romanian top
football league, which as of this year will be called Superleague. On Friday,
FC Hermannstadt take on CS Mioveni and Universitatea Craiova play Sepsi Sfântu
Gheorghe. On Saturday, FC Argeș play on home turf against UTA Arad, while CFR Cluj
take on Rapid București. On Sunday, Farul Constanța play against FC U Craiova, and
FCSB against Universitatea Cluj. The last 2 matches in this first leg are
scheduled for Monday, pitting FC Botoșani against Chindia Târgoviște and
Petrolul Ploiești against FC Voluntari. (AMP)

15 July 2022
Sports Weekend

The World Athletics Championships kick off this
weekend in Eugene, Oregon, USA. The competition will span the entire week, to
end on July 24. Romania’s delegation comprises 8 athletes, 4 women and 4 men.
Bianca Ghelber will compete in hammer throw, an event in which she came out 6th
at the Tokyo Olympics. Alexandru Novac, another Tokyo Olympics finalist, is
also expected to get good results in the javelin throw competition. The other
Romanian participants are Daniela Stanciu
in the high jump, Ana Veronica Rodean and Mihaela Acatrinei in the 20km race
walk, Andrei Rareş Toader in shot put, Alin Alexandru Firfirica in discus throw
and Marius Iulian Cocioran in the 35km race walk.

Romania’s delegation in the World Fencing
Championships in Cairo, which also begin this weekend, is made up of 18 athletes,
12 women and 6 men, who target a place among the top 4-6 nations. Romania has
complete teams in the men’s and women’s sabre events, and in the women’s foil
and epee events, plus 2 athletes in the men’s epee individual event. The men’s
sabre team, which ranked 5th in the European Championships hosted by
Antalya, Turkey this June, has the best chances to meet the goal set by the
Romanian Fencing Federation for the Cairo Championships. Sabreurs Răzvan
Ursachi and Iulian Teodosiu also stand good chances, after ranking 5th
and 6th in the European individual competition in Antalya. In the
latest World Championships, held in 2019 in Budapest, Romania’s Bianca Pascu
won the gold in the women’s individual sabre event. The most recent world titles for
Romania were won by the women’s epee team in 2010 and 2011, and the men’s sabre
team in 2009.

We end today’s sports segment with news from
football. This weekend sees the start of a new season of the Romanian top
football league, which as of this year will be called Superleague. On Friday,
FC Hermannstadt take on CS Mioveni and Universitatea Craiova play Sepsi Sfântu
Gheorghe. On Saturday, FC Argeș play on home turf against UTA Arad, while CFR Cluj
take on Rapid București. On Sunday, Farul Constanța play against FC U Craiova, and
FCSB against Universitatea Cluj. The last 2 matches in this first leg are
scheduled for Monday, pitting FC Botoșani against Chindia Târgoviște and
Petrolul Ploiești against FC Voluntari. (AMP)

15 July 2022