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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup


    Gold, silver and bronze for Romania at the World Kayak-canoe Championships. In Duisburg, Germany, athletes from Romania stepped onto the podium three times. On Friday, Catalin Chirila became gold medalist in the single canoe race of 500 meters. On Saturday, he reaped silver in the Olympic 1,000 meter race and also qualified for the Olympic Games in Paris next year. In the double canoe race of 1000 meters, Oleg Nuţă and Ilie Sprincean won the bronze medal on Saturday, while ranking sixth in the 500 meter finals on Sunday, a result which secured them plane tickets to Paris. Romania has so far had 10 athletes qualified for the upcoming Olympics.


    Unfortunately Romania has left the European Womens Volleyball Championships after being outperformed 3-1 by France in the round of 16. However, being among Europes first 16 volleyball sides is a performance as compared to our sides latest shows. Two years ago Romania came last but one in the aforementioned competition, ranking 23rd. The best Romanian performance in this event happened in 1963, when our players became bronze medalists on their own ground.


    Lets have a look at the latest from womens handball. CSM Bucharest won Romanias Supercup after a 31-22 win against Rapid Bucharest on Sunday. Cristina Neagu scored most of the goals for CSM, six. In the Supercups second final, Dunarea Braila outperformed CSM Targu Jiu 35-33.


    US Open, the years last Grand Slam tournament, kicks off at Flushing Meadows with five Romanian players on the main draw. Among them Elena Gabriela Ruse, who qualified after a 7-6, 6-3 win against Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine. The others are Sorana Cirstea, Irina Begu, Ana Bogdan and Patricia Tig.


    Last weekend saw the football games counting towards the seventh leg of Romanias Superleague. On Friday in Galati, local side Otelul and FC Voluntari ended their game in a draw, 2-all. Rapid Bucharest secured an away 5-3 win against FCU Craiova 1948 while in Cluj, western Romania, local side CFR clinched a 3-1 win against FC Botosani. In Bucharest, local side Dinamo ended in a one-all draw their match against Petrolul Ploiesti. On Sunday in Ovidiu, southern Romania, local side Farul Constanţa obtained a 2-0 against Universitatea Craiova.


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    Sports Roundup


    Romanian athlete Alina Rotaru-Kottmann has walked away with bronze from the long jump event at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. In the finals held on Sunday, Alinas longest jump measured 6 meters and 88 centimeters, which is the best result so far obtained by this athlete who is currently competing for Steaua Bucharest sports club.


    The gold medal was won by Ivana Vuleta of Serbia, with 7 meters and 14 centimeters, the worlds best performance this year. Tara Davis Woodhall of the USA came third with a jump of 6 meters and 91 centimeters.


    Romanias Super-cup in mens handball went to Dinamo Bucharest. On Sunday in Bucharest, Dinamo secured a 25-20 win against CSM Constanta. Ukrainian Andrii Akimenko was the best scorer of the victors with 6 goals. Dinamo also won the trophy in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022. In the small finals Minaur Baia Mare outperformed CSU Suceava 47-43.


    Romanias rugby side has ended its training matches for the World Cup starting in France in September. In the last game, the Romanians lost to Italy in San Benedetto del Tronto 57-7. Romania played without a man since the ninth minute after Adrian Motoc had been given an early shower. In the other two test-matches, Romania lost to the United States in Bucharest 31-17 and to Georgia 56-6 in Tbilisi. The Romanian fifteen will be first taking on Ireland in Bordeaux on September 9th.


    Last weekend saw the matches of the sixth leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. On Friday, Petrolul outperformed FCU Craiova 1948 4-3, while Universitatea Craiova defeated UTA Arad 3-0. On Saturday, FC Botosani ended in a goaless draw their home match against Otelul Galati, while Dinamo Bucharest outperformed FC Voluntari 3-2. On Sunday, in Bucharest, Rapid secured a 3-1 win against Farul Constanta, while FCSB clinched 2-1 victory against Poli Iasi


    On Monday Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe takes on Hermannstadt and Universitatea Cluj plays CFR Cluj. FCSB comes first in the ranking with 15 points out of 5 matches, followed by Universitatea Craiova with 14 points out of 6 matches.


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    Sports Flash


    Romanian football side Farul Constanta has qualified for the playoffs of the European football competition Conference League after a victory against the Estonian champions Flora Tallinn. On Wednesday, the team coached by the former Romanian football legend Gheorghe Hagi secured a 2-0 win in the away match against Tallinn. Rivaldinho put Farul in the lead in the fourth minute and Constantin Badescu added the victory goal in the 18th minute. Farul also won the first match at home 3-0 and will next take on the side, which loses the game pitching the Azerbaijani eleven Qarabag and the Finns from HJK Helsinki in the third preliminary round of the second continental competition Europa League.


    Qarabag won the first match 2-1. To qualify for the final tournament of a European competition would be a first for Farul. Also in the third preliminary round of Europa Conference League in Kazakhstan, local side Aktobe will be playing Romanian side Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe and in Denmark, the local team Nordsjaelland will be up against the Romanian eleven FCSB.


    Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea on Wednesday left the WTA 1000 tournament in Cincinnati, a tournament with roughly 2,800,000 dollars in prize money. She was defeated in the competitions second round, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 by eighth seeded Maria Sakkari of Greece. Sorana started off on the right foot and scored 4-0 in the first set, which she eventually won 6-2. However, Sakkari made a good comeback in the second set, which she won 6-3. In the decisive set, at five-all, the Greek challenger managed to make the difference with a break. Soranas qualification for the second round in Cincinnati brought her a check of 17,930 dollars and 60 WTA points.


    The technical board of Romanias national rugby side has set the lineup, which will represent the country at the World Cup in France. The teams skipper is Cristi Chirica, a player, who also led the Romanian fifteen in their game against the Tonga kingdom in a match held in Bucharest in November 2021. Chirica was also one of the main scorers of the Romanian fifteen in this years edition of Rugby Europe Championships with 5 tries. According to Agerpres news agency, out of the 33 players summoned, 9 are playing in France and 24 in Romania. 8 of them come from Steaua Bucharest, 6 from CSM Stiinta Baia Mare, five from Dinamo Bucharest and five from SCM USV Timisoara.


    On Saturday, the Romanian fifteen will be taking on Italy in their last test match ahead the World Cup. On September 9th, in the World Cup in France, the Romanian side will be playing Ireland in Bordeaux. Eight days later they will be up against defending champions South Africa and on September 8th against Scotland. They will play their last game in the world Cup against Tonga on October 8th.


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  • RRI Sports Club

    RRI Sports Club

    A new edition of the Romanian football championships, known as the Super-league, begins on Friday with the best 16 elevens vying for the title. The competition will have two parts, the first consists of the football season per se when all the sides will play each other.


    The first half of the season, which kicks off this weekend, has 15 legs and is due to end in November, the second half, with the same number of legs will end in March next year. The first six sides at the end of the first season will met in the play-offs for the title of Champions and for a place in the European Cups. They will play against each other during the first five legs, then they will meet again for the return matches. The champion side will go into the preliminaries of the Champions League and the runner up into the Conference League preliminaries. The third side in the ranking will be playing the best side in the play-out for a place in the Conference League.


    What is known in Romania as the play-out competition will bring together the sides on the 7th to the 16th positions at the end of the football season. They will be playing each other in 9 legs. The first two sides will play a tie match and the winner will be taking on the third side in the play-offs for a place in the Conference Leagues preliminaries. The sides on the 9th and 10th positions in the play-out will demote to the second Romanian football league, while those on the 7th and 8th positions will play a tie match against those on 3rd and 4th positions in an attempt to remain in the Super-league.


    The Super-leagues latest champion is Farul Constanţa, which will first take on Hermannstadt in Sibiu, central Romania. The newly-promoted Oţelul Galaţi will be playing UTA from Arad, while Poli Iaşi will be up against CFR Cluj on the latters home turf. Dinamo Bucharest, on their own turf will be playing Universitatea Craiova.


    In the end we remind you that you can revisit this report on the Internet at rri.ro as well as on Radio Romania Internationals Facebook profile.


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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The European Junior Swimming Championships have ended in Belgrade. Although
    without the multiple world champion David Popovici, who is no longer allowed to
    compete in junior competitions, the Romanian team has obtained good results and
    walked away with six medals. Three of these have been reaped by Vlad Stancu,
    silver in the 800 and 15 hundred meter races and bronze in the free-style 400
    meters race. Daria Silişteanu became silver medalist in the 100 meter
    backstroke race and bronze in the 50 meter race. Also from the Romanian
    delegation, Vlad Mihalache won silver in the 200 meter butterfly race. In the
    nations ranking, Romania came 14th with Italy, Hungary and Denmark
    on the first places.




    Romania went third in the World Rowing Cup in Lucerne after Britain and
    the Netherlands. Our athletes reaped six medals. The double scull team made up
    of Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis and the Romanian four made up of Mădălina
    Bereş, Maria Tivodariu, Magdalena Rusu and Amalia Bereş won gold. Four medals
    were silver and were won by the Romanian women’s double made up of Ioana
    Vrânceanu and Roxana Anghel, and by our men’s double made up of Marius Cozmiuc and
    Sergiu Bejan. The lightweight women’s double made up of Mariana-Laura Dumitru and
    Ionela Cozmiuc also became silver medalist and so did the men’s four made up of
    Mihai Chiruţă, Andrei-Sebastian Cornea, Ioan Prundeanu and Marian Enache.




    Romania’s Football Super Cup has been won for the second year in a row
    by Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. This Transylvanian side, which is also holder of
    Romania’s Cup, on Saturday outperformed Romania’s Champion side Farul
    Constanţa, one-nil. The only goal of the match was scored by Ion Gheorghe, in
    the first minute of the second half. Only Steaua Bucureşti, presently known as FCSB,
    Dinamo Bucharest and CFR Cluj have won the trophy for more than two times. Rapid
    Bucharest and Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe have also won two editions of the
    aforementioned competition.


    This weekend will see the resumption of the Romanian domestic football championships. Until then, the Romanian football side Farul Constanţa takes on Sheriff
    Tiraspol in the first preliminary round of the Champions League. The first
    match is due on Wednesday in Ovidiu, south-eastern Romania.




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  • Sports Roundup

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    UTA Arad will be present in the Romanian Football Superleague next year
    as well. In the second round of the play-off for a place in the first football
    league, UTA secured a 5-1 win against Gloria Buzau after a goaless draw in the
    first match. Dinamo Bucharest comes back to the first football league, after a
    6-1 win against FC Arges. The score was 4-2 in the first game. Poli Iasi and
    Otelul Galati have also become first leaguers.






    Romania’s national eleven has gathered in Mogosoaia, close to Bucharest
    for a training campaign before the EURO 2024 preliminaries. Our footballers are
    taking on Kosovo in Pristina on June 16 and will next fly to Switzerland for a
    match against the local side on June 19. After the victories obtained in March
    against Andorra and Belarus, Romania ranks second in the first group of the EURO
    2024 qualifiers, with the same number of points as Switzerland, namely six.






    Last weekend, Romanian diver Constantin Popovici won the first round of
    the Red Bull Cliff Diving held in Boston. The European en titre champion, Popovici
    has thus started off on the right foot in the 2023 season of the aforementioned
    contest. He obtained the highest number of points in the history of the
    competition 492.90 for the four dives and the highest number of points in one
    dive, 171. The other Romanian in the contest, Cătălin Preda, ranked eighth.




    Daniela Stanciu obtained a clear win in the high jump event of Romania’s
    International Athletics Championships held in Bucharest on Sunday. The Romanian
    managed a jump of one meter and 96 centimeters, equaling her personal record in
    2019. Federica Apostol also from Romania, came second with a jump of one meter
    and 84 centimeters.


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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    UTA Arad will be present in the Romanian Football Superleague next year
    as well. In the second round of the play-off for a place in the first football
    league, UTA secured a 5-1 win against Gloria Buzau after a goaless draw in the
    first match. Dinamo Bucharest comes back to the first football league, after a
    6-1 win against FC Arges. The score was 4-2 in the first game. Poli Iasi and
    Otelul Galati have also become first leaguers.






    Romania’s national eleven has gathered in Mogosoaia, close to Bucharest
    for a training campaign before the EURO 2024 preliminaries. Our footballers are
    taking on Kosovo in Pristina on June 16 and will next fly to Switzerland for a
    match against the local side on June 19. After the victories obtained in March
    against Andorra and Belarus, Romania ranks second in the first group of the EURO
    2024 qualifiers, with the same number of points as Switzerland, namely six.






    Last weekend, Romanian diver Constantin Popovici won the first round of
    the Red Bull Cliff Diving held in Boston. The European en titre champion, Popovici
    has thus started off on the right foot in the 2023 season of the aforementioned
    contest. He obtained the highest number of points in the history of the
    competition 492.90 for the four dives and the highest number of points in one
    dive, 171. The other Romanian in the contest, Cătălin Preda, ranked eighth.




    Daniela Stanciu obtained a clear win in the high jump event of Romania’s
    International Athletics Championships held in Bucharest on Sunday. The Romanian
    managed a jump of one meter and 96 centimeters, equaling her personal record in
    2019. Federica Apostol also from Romania, came second with a jump of one meter
    and 84 centimeters.


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  • RRI Sport Club

    RRI Sport Club

    Several days ago, one of Romania’s best sports
    clubs, Dinamo Bucharest, celebrated 75 years of activity. On this occasion, the
    club, founded on May 14th 1948, under the auspices of the Romanian
    Interior Ministry, celebrated some of its greatest champions, which along the
    years won no less than 131 Olympic medals, of which 38 of gold, 44 silver and
    49 bronze.




    Among those mentioned there was Romania’s
    double Olympic champion Leon Rotman, gold medalist in the 1000 and 10,000 meter
    canoe races of the Melbourne Olympics in 1956, as well as the latest Olympic
    champion rower Ancuţa Bodnar – who got the Olympic gold in Tokyo 2021, together
    with Simona Radiş from Steaua Bucharest.




    Along the years, Dinamo Bucharest trained numerous
    champions such as the late Nicolae Linca, Romania’s only Olympic champion in
    boxing, or canoeist Ivan Patzaichin, who won four gold medals in Olympic
    contests. The list also includes the great women canoeists, Elisabeta Lipă and Georgeta
    Damian Andrunache, who each reaped five gold medals in the Olympics. Dinamo has
    also produced great teams which along the years compelled recognition in
    various international events. We recall the club’s handball, volleyball and
    rugby teams claimed the European Champions Cups and had a great contribution to
    Romania’s national sides.


    The Club also boasted a famous football side,
    which made it to the semifinals of the European Champions Cup in the 1983-1984
    football season. Six years later Dinamo made it to the semifinals of the UEFA
    Cup Winner’s Cup.


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  • RRI Sport Club

    RRI Sport Club

    Several days ago, one of Romania’s best sports
    clubs, Dinamo Bucharest, celebrated 75 years of activity. On this occasion, the
    club, founded on May 14th 1948, under the auspices of the Romanian
    Interior Ministry, celebrated some of its greatest champions, which along the
    years won no less than 131 Olympic medals, of which 38 of gold, 44 silver and
    49 bronze.




    Among those mentioned there was Romania’s
    double Olympic champion Leon Rotman, gold medalist in the 1000 and 10,000 meter
    canoe races of the Melbourne Olympics in 1956, as well as the latest Olympic
    champion rower Ancuţa Bodnar – who got the Olympic gold in Tokyo 2021, together
    with Simona Radiş from Steaua Bucharest.




    Along the years, Dinamo Bucharest trained numerous
    champions such as the late Nicolae Linca, Romania’s only Olympic champion in
    boxing, or canoeist Ivan Patzaichin, who won four gold medals in Olympic
    contests. The list also includes the great women canoeists, Elisabeta Lipă and Georgeta
    Damian Andrunache, who each reaped five gold medals in the Olympics. Dinamo has
    also produced great teams which along the years compelled recognition in
    various international events. We recall the club’s handball, volleyball and
    rugby teams claimed the European Champions Cups and had a great contribution to
    Romania’s national sides.


    The Club also boasted a famous football side,
    which made it to the semifinals of the European Champions Cup in the 1983-1984
    football season. Six years later Dinamo made it to the semifinals of the UEFA
    Cup Winner’s Cup.


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  • February 17, 2023 UPDATE

    February 17, 2023 UPDATE

    VISIT Marcel Ciolacu, president of the Chamber of Deputies in Bucharest
    on Friday said after the talks he had in Rome with the Italian Interior Minister
    Matteo Piantedosi that Romania had wanted an updated strategic partnership with
    Italy since 1997. The Romanian official underlined that this diplomatic binder
    is also meant to help the community of 1.2 million Romanians, for whom Italy
    has become a second home. Ciolacu has extended thanks to the Italian official
    whom he described as one of the strongest voices in support of Romania’s
    Schengen accession. On Thursday, the Romanian official held talks with the
    mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, about the staging of a bilateral economic
    forum in the Italian capital. Ciolacu met his Italian counterpart, Lorenzo
    Fontana, in Rome also on Thursday.






    CULTURE
    The city of Timişoara, in western Romania, has officially become for one year,
    the European Capital of Culture. Approximately 16,000 people are expected to
    participate in the 130 events taking place this weekend, on the occasion of the
    official opening of the program. The entire city will be animated by concerts,
    exhibitions, street performances, theater plays, film screenings and workshops,
    all under the slogan Shine your light – Light up your city!
    More than 100 Romanian and foreign officials, including about 40 ambassadors,
    the Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă and the European Commissioner Adina Vălean
    have confirmed their participation in the opening gala at the Palace of Culture
    in Timișoara. Moreover, Adina Vălean will hand the local authorities the
    Melina Mercouri award, worth 1.5 million Euros, which is awarded to
    cities that have fulfilled their commitments in the European Capitals of
    Culture program.






    HANDBALL Romania’s handball champions, Dinamo
    Bucharest on Thursday conceded an away defeat to French side Paris Saint
    Germain. The French secured a 33-26 win in the 12th leg of the
    Champions League. With 11 points, Dinamo has qualified for the competition’s
    next leg and is presently ranking fifth in a group dominated by PSG with 20
    points. The Romanians will be also playing Danish side GOG on February 23rd
    and SC Magdeburg of Germany on March 2nd. Only the first two sides
    in every group will qualify for the quarter finals, while the sides ranking
    between the third and sixth positions will go into play-offs.






    EARTHQUAKE A moderate
    earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale, occurred on Friday in
    Gorj county (southwest Romania), at a depth of 15 kilometers, according to the
    data of the National Institute for Earth Physics. The intensity of the
    earthquake was revised from 4.4 to 4.3 degrees, following the operator’s
    calculations. On Tuesday, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake occurred in Gorj county,
    the biggest ever produced in that area. The day before, the area was shaken by
    a 5.2 magnitude earthquake. On March 4, 1977, an earthquake with a magnitude of
    7.2, the worst to hit Romania, resulted in the death of 1,570 people, most of
    them in Bucharest, and caused property damage estimated at over two billion
    dollars at the time. The earthquake generated an economic and social crisis
    that, according to historians, the communist dictatorship of the time could not
    overcome until its collapse in 1989.


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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend


    In the first leg of the play-offs for the eighth-finals of the football Conference League, on Thursday, CFR Cluj lost to Lazio Rome, away from home, 0-1. The only goal of the match was scored by Ciro Immobile, in the first half overtime. The Italian side were down to ten men, after Patric was sent off for a foul on Ermal Krasniqi on 15 minutes. Dan Petrescus team nonetheless failed to take advantage of the situation. The second leg will be played next Thursday in Cluj-Napoca.



    Also in football, this weekend the 26th round of the Romanian Super League is played. After 2 matches on Friday, Chindia Târgovişte vs. Universitatea Cluj and CS Mioveni vs. Rapid Bucharest, on Saturday Hermannstadt take on UTA Arad on home turf, and Farul Constanţa face Petrolul Ploieşti. On Sunday, CFR play against FC Argeş, while FCSB meet Universitatea Craiova. The last 2 matches of this round are scheduled for Monday, pitting FC Botoşani against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe and FC U Craiova against FC Voluntari. Top of the tables at this time are Farul, with 52 points, followed by CFR, 2 points behind.



    Two rounds before the end of the group stage in mens handball Champions League, Dinamo Bucharest has secured a spot in the play-offs for the quarter-finals. The Romanian champions, currently ranking 5th in Group A, are moving forward, after losing 33-26 to group leaders Paris Saint-Germain in France on Thursday. Next week they are taking on the Danish side Gudme in Bucharest.



    And in Rugby Europe Championship, Group B, Romania plays this Saturday away from home against Portugal. Both teams are already qualified for the competitions semis and are playing for the top place in the group, which secures them a home match in the semi-finals against the second-ranking team in Group A. (AMP)


  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend


    In the first leg of the play-offs for the eighth-finals of the football Conference League, on Thursday, CFR Cluj lost to Lazio Rome, away from home, 0-1. The only goal of the match was scored by Ciro Immobile, in the first half overtime. The Italian side were down to ten men, after Patric was sent off for a foul on Ermal Krasniqi on 15 minutes. Dan Petrescus team nonetheless failed to take advantage of the situation. The second leg will be played next Thursday in Cluj-Napoca.



    Also in football, this weekend the 26th round of the Romanian Super League is played. After 2 matches on Friday, Chindia Târgovişte vs. Universitatea Cluj and CS Mioveni vs. Rapid Bucharest, on Saturday Hermannstadt take on UTA Arad on home turf, and Farul Constanţa face Petrolul Ploieşti. On Sunday, CFR play against FC Argeş, while FCSB meet Universitatea Craiova. The last 2 matches of this round are scheduled for Monday, pitting FC Botoşani against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe and FC U Craiova against FC Voluntari. Top of the tables at this time are Farul, with 52 points, followed by CFR, 2 points behind.



    Two rounds before the end of the group stage in mens handball Champions League, Dinamo Bucharest has secured a spot in the play-offs for the quarter-finals. The Romanian champions, currently ranking 5th in Group A, are moving forward, after losing 33-26 to group leaders Paris Saint-Germain in France on Thursday. Next week they are taking on the Danish side Gudme in Bucharest.



    And in Rugby Europe Championship, Group B, Romania plays this Saturday away from home against Portugal. Both teams are already qualified for the competitions semis and are playing for the top place in the group, which secures them a home match in the semi-finals against the second-ranking team in Group A. (AMP)


  • December 18, 2022 UPDATE

    December 18, 2022 UPDATE

    COMMEMORATION Timisoara, a city in
    Western Romania, on Saturday kept a moment of silence in memory of the first
    victims of the Romanian anti-communist revolution 33 years ago. Following the
    orders given by dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, officers with the Interior and
    Defence Ministries opened fire on the peaceful protesters who had taken to the
    streets of this martyr-city. The anti-communist revolt broke out in Timisoara,
    on December 16th and extended to Bucharest on December 21st and also to other
    cities across Romania. Over one thousand people were killed and about 3
    thousand were wounded in clashes between the protesters and troops of the
    defence and interior ministries all over Romania, the only country in eastern
    Europe where the communist regime was changed through violence and
    bloodshed.








    SPORT Romanian swimmer David Popovici
    on Sunday won the silver medal in the 200 meter free-style race of the FINA
    World Swimming Championship 25 meters in Melbourne, Australia. The Romanian
    came second after South-Korean Sunwoo Hwang with Tom Dean of Britain coming
    third in the race. Popovici’s prize closet also includes a European title in
    the 200 meter free-style race, which he won in Kazan last year. In 2022 he
    walked away with gold in the 100 meter and 200 meter races both in the European
    and world championships.








    TALKS
    After heated debates on Saturday night, negotiators of the European Parliament
    and EU Council reached an agreement to overhaul the bloc’s carbon market,
    cutting planet-heating emissions faster and imposing new CO2 costs on fuels
    used in road transport and buildings. According to the Czech Environment
    Minister Marian Jurecka, the agreement will allow the EU to meet climate
    objectives within the main sectors of the economy while making sure the most
    vulnerable citizens and micro-enterprises are effectively supported in the
    climate transition.


    GAS Azerbaijan intends to slightly increase its gas exports to Europe in
    2023, the country’s president Ilham Aliyev has said as Brussels seeks to
    replace the diminishing energy supplies from Russia, Reuters reports. On
    Thursday, Gazprom announced its exports to countries outside the Community of
    Independent States dropped 45.1% between January 1st and December 15th
    as compared to the same period in 2021. If Russia completely stops gas
    deliveries to Europe and Chinese gas demand rebounded from the Covid-19
    restrictions, the EU could face a shortfall of 27 billion cubic meters of gas
    next year.






    REFUGEES According to sources with the Interior Ministry in Bucharest,
    since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th,
    4,396 Ukrainian nationals have applied for asylum in Romania. They are
    benefitting all the rights stipulated by the national legislation. According to
    a communiqué released on Sunday, since March 3rd, more than 98
    thousand residence permits have been issued for those who requested temporary
    protection, of which 21 in the past 24 hours.








    TOURISM According to data released by the National Institute for
    Statistics, foreign tourists traveling to Romania spent about 600 million Euros
    in the first nine months of the year. More than half of them came to Romania on
    business trips and almost three quarters of them arrived here by plane. 16.5%
    came by car and a little over 5% by bus.










    MESSAGE In his Christmas pastoral
    message, Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church urges believers to
    show merciful love and solidarity to everybody but mainly to those suffering
    from war. According to the Church’s Holy Fathers, selfish acts like greed, the
    love for money, power and pleasure have a negative effect on the spirit, says
    the Patriarch. This negative effect will be further affecting the relationships
    among people, causing tension, conflicts and even violence, mainly due to the injustice
    and suffering caused by the greed or will of some peoples to conquer others. At
    the same time, the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church has urged believers to
    pray for the Romanians abroad in order to keep the national unity of faith.








    HANDBALL Romania’s vice-champions in women’s handball CSM Bucharest
    clinched a 27-24 home win against trophy-holder Norwegian side Vipers
    Kristiansand in a group A match counting towards the Champions League. CSM end
    the year first in their group with 15 points. In group B, Romania’s champions
    Rapid Bucharest secured a 36-29 away victory against Storhamar Handball Elite
    also from Norway. The Romanians are ranking second in their group with the same
    number of points, 14, as the leader, Team Esbjerg of Denmark. In the men’s
    competition of the Champions League, Dinamo Bucharest obtained a 31-all home draw
    against Telekom Veszprem of Hungary. Dinamo rank fourth in their group with 11
    points. Bucharest is the only European capital with three sides in the
    continent’s most prestigious club tournament.






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  • Weekend sportiv

    Weekend sportiv

    Echipa română de handbal masculin Dinamo Bucureşti a învins, joi, formaţia poloneză Wisla Plock cu scorul de 32-27, într-un joc contând pentru Liga Campionilor, Grupa A. Meciul s-a desfăşurat la Bucureşti. După ce polonezii au deschis scorul, campioana României a condus pe tabela de marcaj pe toată durata partidei. Dinamo a reuşit astfel a treia victorie în grupă şi a doua consecutivă. Cei mai buni marcatori ai echipei bucureştene au fost sârbul Lazar Kukic, cu 7 goluri, şi Nicuşor Negru, cu 6. Au fost în formă şi cei doi portari, algerianul Khalifa Ghedbane şi iranianul naturalizat Saeid Heidarirad, ambii având câte cinci intervenţii reuşite.


    În aceeaşi grupă a Ligii, miercuri, formaţia franceză Paris Saint-Germain a învins echipa daneză Gudme cu 41-36. Joi, vicecampioana Ungariei, Veszprém, a dispus de gruparea croată PPD Zagreb cu 32-28, iar echipa germană Magdeburg a trecut de formaţia lusitană FC Porto cu 41 la 36. În clasament conduce Veszprém, cu 13 puncte. Urmează Paris Saint-Germain, cu 12. Dinamo se află pe locul cinci, cu 7 puncte. În următorul joc, pe 1 decembrie, elevii antrenorului Xavi Pascual se vor întâlni tot cu Wisla Plock, dar în deplasare.



    Trecem la baschet. La Timişoara, în Grupa C a preliminariilor FIBA EuroBasket 2023, Naţionala feminină a României a fost învinsă, joi, de formaţia Ungariei, cu scorul de 99-40. Agerpres notează că echipa României, care a aliniat şase debutante, nu a făcut faţă mult mai valoroasei formaţii maghiare, iar diferenţa s-a văzut cel mai bine în primul sfert, când tricolorele au marcat doar patru puncte, iar Ungaria 32. În celălalt meci al grupei, la Huelva, Spania a trecut de Islanda cu 120 la 54. Echipa iberică se află pe primul loc în grupă, cu 6 puncte. Urmează Ungaria, care are un punct mai puţin. România se află pe locul 3, cu 4 puncte, iar Islanda, pe 4, cu trei puncte. Duminică, selecţionata română va întâlni Islanda, la Reykjavik.



    În weekend au loc partide în competiţia regională Erste Liga la hochei pe gheaţă. Echipele române se vor confrunta, acasă, cu grupări din Ungaria. Sâmbătă, Corona Braşov are meci cu Ujpest Budapesta, SC Miercurea Ciuc întâlneşte o altă formaţie din Budapesta, Jégkorong Akadémia, iar HC Gheorgheni se luptă cu Ferencváros.






  • Weekend sportiv

    Weekend sportiv

    Echipa română de handbal masculin Dinamo Bucureşti a învins, joi, formaţia poloneză Wisla Plock cu scorul de 32-27, într-un joc contând pentru Liga Campionilor, Grupa A. Meciul s-a desfăşurat la Bucureşti. După ce polonezii au deschis scorul, campioana României a condus pe tabela de marcaj pe toată durata partidei. Dinamo a reuşit astfel a treia victorie în grupă şi a doua consecutivă. Cei mai buni marcatori ai echipei bucureştene au fost sârbul Lazar Kukic, cu 7 goluri, şi Nicuşor Negru, cu 6. Au fost în formă şi cei doi portari, algerianul Khalifa Ghedbane şi iranianul naturalizat Saeid Heidarirad, ambii având câte cinci intervenţii reuşite.


    În aceeaşi grupă a Ligii, miercuri, formaţia franceză Paris Saint-Germain a învins echipa daneză Gudme cu 41-36. Joi, vicecampioana Ungariei, Veszprém, a dispus de gruparea croată PPD Zagreb cu 32-28, iar echipa germană Magdeburg a trecut de formaţia lusitană FC Porto cu 41 la 36. În clasament conduce Veszprém, cu 13 puncte. Urmează Paris Saint-Germain, cu 12. Dinamo se află pe locul cinci, cu 7 puncte. În următorul joc, pe 1 decembrie, elevii antrenorului Xavi Pascual se vor întâlni tot cu Wisla Plock, dar în deplasare.



    Trecem la baschet. La Timişoara, în Grupa C a preliminariilor FIBA EuroBasket 2023, Naţionala feminină a României a fost învinsă, joi, de formaţia Ungariei, cu scorul de 99-40. Agerpres notează că echipa României, care a aliniat şase debutante, nu a făcut faţă mult mai valoroasei formaţii maghiare, iar diferenţa s-a văzut cel mai bine în primul sfert, când tricolorele au marcat doar patru puncte, iar Ungaria 32. În celălalt meci al grupei, la Huelva, Spania a trecut de Islanda cu 120 la 54. Echipa iberică se află pe primul loc în grupă, cu 6 puncte. Urmează Ungaria, care are un punct mai puţin. România se află pe locul 3, cu 4 puncte, iar Islanda, pe 4, cu trei puncte. Duminică, selecţionata română va întâlni Islanda, la Reykjavik.



    În weekend au loc partide în competiţia regională Erste Liga la hochei pe gheaţă. Echipele române se vor confrunta, acasă, cu grupări din Ungaria. Sâmbătă, Corona Braşov are meci cu Ujpest Budapesta, SC Miercurea Ciuc întâlneşte o altă formaţie din Budapesta, Jégkorong Akadémia, iar HC Gheorgheni se luptă cu Ferencváros.