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  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    The Romanian women’s handball side Dunarea Braila has
    qualified for the quarter finals of the EHF European League after a 36-32 home
    win against the Russians from Kuban Krasnodar in a decisive Group D game.
    Dunarea, which was hankering for a win in order to make it to the competition’s
    next stage, will be up in the quarters against the winner of Group C, Minaur
    Baia Mare, also from Romania.






    In the men’s competition, Minaur Baia Mare has qualified for
    the quarter finals after outperforming Ukrainian side Donbas Mariupol 34-26 in
    a return home game on Saturday. Minaur also won the first game 24-23. The other
    Romanian side in the competition, CSM Bucharest was stopped in its tracks by
    the Greek side AEK Athens 28-23 at home and 23-29 away.




    Romanian ice hockey side Corona Brasov lost to Hungarian
    side Ferencvaros Budapest 5-2 in a home game counting towards the regional
    competition Erste Liga. The Hungarians have managed to outperform all the
    Romanian sides in Erste Liga: SC Miercurea Ciuc, CS Gheorgheni and Corona
    Brasov.




    Last weekend saw the games counting towards the 24th
    leg of Romania’s domestic championship. On Friday, FC Arges defeated FC
    Voluntari 1-0 and Universitatea Craiova also secured a 1-0 home win against
    Hermannstadt. On Saturday in Sfantu Gheorghe, local side Sepsi ended in a
    nil-all draw their game against Academica Clinceni while in Bucharest local
    side FCSB clinched a 1-0 win against Chindia Targoviste.




    On Sunday, CFR Cluj obtained a 1-0 away win against Gaz
    Metan while Astra outperformed Dinamo Bucharest 2-0 in a home match. The leg’s
    last two matches on Monday are pitching UTA Arad against FC Botosani and
    Viitorul Constanta against Poli Iasi. FCSB and CFR Cluj are topping the table
    each with 51 points followed by Craiova with 47.




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  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    The Romanian women’s handball side Dunarea Braila has
    qualified for the quarter finals of the EHF European League after a 36-32 home
    win against the Russians from Kuban Krasnodar in a decisive Group D game.
    Dunarea, which was hankering for a win in order to make it to the competition’s
    next stage, will be up in the quarters against the winner of Group C, Minaur
    Baia Mare, also from Romania.






    In the men’s competition, Minaur Baia Mare has qualified for
    the quarter finals after outperforming Ukrainian side Donbas Mariupol 34-26 in
    a return home game on Saturday. Minaur also won the first game 24-23. The other
    Romanian side in the competition, CSM Bucharest was stopped in its tracks by
    the Greek side AEK Athens 28-23 at home and 23-29 away.




    Romanian ice hockey side Corona Brasov lost to Hungarian
    side Ferencvaros Budapest 5-2 in a home game counting towards the regional
    competition Erste Liga. The Hungarians have managed to outperform all the
    Romanian sides in Erste Liga: SC Miercurea Ciuc, CS Gheorgheni and Corona
    Brasov.




    Last weekend saw the games counting towards the 24th
    leg of Romania’s domestic championship. On Friday, FC Arges defeated FC
    Voluntari 1-0 and Universitatea Craiova also secured a 1-0 home win against
    Hermannstadt. On Saturday in Sfantu Gheorghe, local side Sepsi ended in a
    nil-all draw their game against Academica Clinceni while in Bucharest local
    side FCSB clinched a 1-0 win against Chindia Targoviste.




    On Sunday, CFR Cluj obtained a 1-0 away win against Gaz
    Metan while Astra outperformed Dinamo Bucharest 2-0 in a home match. The leg’s
    last two matches on Monday are pitching UTA Arad against FC Botosani and
    Viitorul Constanta against Poli Iasi. FCSB and CFR Cluj are topping the table
    each with 51 points followed by Craiova with 47.




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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Last week saw the matches of the Romanian Football Cup’s round of 16. On
    Tuesday, second leaguer Petrolul Ploiești clinched a 3-0 home win against Poli
    Iași. On Wednesday, Chindia Târgoviște defeated Farul Constanta 3-0 on the
    latter’s home turf. Another second leaguer, Universitatea Cluj secured a 2-1
    win against UTA Arad, while Dinamo Bucharest obtained a 1-0 victory against archrivals
    FCSB. On Thursday, Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu, also from Romania’s second
    football league, defeated at home Gaz Metan Mediaș 1-0 while Astra Giurgiu obtained
    a 2-1 away victory against Politehnica Timișoara. Universitatea Craiova outperformed
    FC Botoșani 1-0 in an away game. Second leaguer Dunarea Calarasi has qualified
    for the quarters after the withdrawal of Turris – Oltul Turnu Magurele.




    This weekend will see a series of football games counting towards the 23rd
    leg of Romania’s first football league. Only one game on Friday when FC Arges
    is pitted against Viitorul Constanta. On Saturday, Chindia is up against UTA in
    Buftea, southern Romania, while Dinamo Bucharest, at home, will be playing
    Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe. On Sunday, Astra Giurgiu will be playing in Iasi,
    northern Romania, local side Poli. Universitatea Craiova will be up against
    Academica Clinceni while the city of Medias will be hosting the game opposing
    Hermannstadt and FCSB.




    Monday will see the leg’s last two games: FC Botosani versus Gaz Metan
    and CFR Cluj against FC Voluntari. FCSB ranks first in the standings with 48
    points followed by CFR with 47.

    Romania’s water polo side
    is in the Netherlands attending a qualifying tournament for Tokyo Olympics. Our
    team is part of the C group together with Croatia, Olympic champions in 2012
    and vice-champions in 2016, Germany, Russia the Netherlands and France. Romania
    will take on Croatia on Sunday in their first game. The quarterfinals have been
    scheduled for February 19th the semis a day later and the finals on
    21st February. The first three sides are qualified for the Olympic
    Games.




    The Romanian women’s handball side CSM Bucharest will be playing French
    side Metz in the Champions League’ group A on Saturday. A day later in group B,
    SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea plays on their own ground another French side Brest
    Bretagne. These are the last games the Romanian sides will be playing in the
    group stage. Last week, the European Handball Federation amended the
    regulations allowing all the sides in the groups to qualify for the round of
    16. In the European League Dunărea Brăila will be up against Fleury Loiret of
    France. After four games Dunarea is ranking 3rd in their group.




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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Last week saw the matches of the Romanian Football Cup’s round of 16. On
    Tuesday, second leaguer Petrolul Ploiești clinched a 3-0 home win against Poli
    Iași. On Wednesday, Chindia Târgoviște defeated Farul Constanta 3-0 on the
    latter’s home turf. Another second leaguer, Universitatea Cluj secured a 2-1
    win against UTA Arad, while Dinamo Bucharest obtained a 1-0 victory against archrivals
    FCSB. On Thursday, Viitorul Pandurii Târgu Jiu, also from Romania’s second
    football league, defeated at home Gaz Metan Mediaș 1-0 while Astra Giurgiu obtained
    a 2-1 away victory against Politehnica Timișoara. Universitatea Craiova outperformed
    FC Botoșani 1-0 in an away game. Second leaguer Dunarea Calarasi has qualified
    for the quarters after the withdrawal of Turris – Oltul Turnu Magurele.




    This weekend will see a series of football games counting towards the 23rd
    leg of Romania’s first football league. Only one game on Friday when FC Arges
    is pitted against Viitorul Constanta. On Saturday, Chindia is up against UTA in
    Buftea, southern Romania, while Dinamo Bucharest, at home, will be playing
    Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe. On Sunday, Astra Giurgiu will be playing in Iasi,
    northern Romania, local side Poli. Universitatea Craiova will be up against
    Academica Clinceni while the city of Medias will be hosting the game opposing
    Hermannstadt and FCSB.




    Monday will see the leg’s last two games: FC Botosani versus Gaz Metan
    and CFR Cluj against FC Voluntari. FCSB ranks first in the standings with 48
    points followed by CFR with 47.

    Romania’s water polo side
    is in the Netherlands attending a qualifying tournament for Tokyo Olympics. Our
    team is part of the C group together with Croatia, Olympic champions in 2012
    and vice-champions in 2016, Germany, Russia the Netherlands and France. Romania
    will take on Croatia on Sunday in their first game. The quarterfinals have been
    scheduled for February 19th the semis a day later and the finals on
    21st February. The first three sides are qualified for the Olympic
    Games.




    The Romanian women’s handball side CSM Bucharest will be playing French
    side Metz in the Champions League’ group A on Saturday. A day later in group B,
    SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea plays on their own ground another French side Brest
    Bretagne. These are the last games the Romanian sides will be playing in the
    group stage. Last week, the European Handball Federation amended the
    regulations allowing all the sides in the groups to qualify for the round of
    16. In the European League Dunărea Brăila will be up against Fleury Loiret of
    France. After four games Dunarea is ranking 3rd in their group.




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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    This
    weekend will seethe games of the
    European women’s handball competitions. In the Champions League SCM Ramnicu
    Valcea takes on Russian side CSKA Moscow in a Group B home match. The Romanian
    champions are currently ranking sixth in the group with four points out of 8
    games, while the Russians are third with 15 points out of 9 matches. The
    Hungarian champions, Gyor, top the group’s table with 17 points out of 10
    matches without defeat in this edition of the aforementioned competition.
    Before their game with CSKA, Romanian side SCM obtained two consecutive
    wins.




    Now
    let’s have a look at the situation in the Champions League’s Group A. The match
    the Romanians from CSM Bucharest had to play against Russian side Rostov-Don on
    Saturday has been postponed because of the Coronavirus infections in the
    Russian side. CSM has lost its latest three matches including the return
    against Rostov and comes fourth in the group with 11 points out of 10 games.
    Rostov-Don tops the table with 15 points out of 9 matches.




    This
    weekend will be seeing the matches counting towards the 18th leg of
    Romania’s first football league. Two matches have been scheduled for Friday
    when Chindia Targoviste takes on Academica Clincheni and FCSB plays FC
    Voluntari. Three matches are due on Saturday: Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe plays Astra
    Giurgiu in a home match, UTA, on their own turf, takes on FC Arges, while
    Universitatea Craiova is up at home against Viitorul Constanta.




    On
    Sunday in Medias, local side Gaz Metan is playing Poli Iasi, while FC Botosani
    plays at home Dinamo Bucharest. Monday will see the leg’s last game when FC
    Hermannstadt plays CFR Cluj. FCSB ranks first in the standings with 38 points
    followed by CFR with 37.

  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    This
    weekend will seethe games of the
    European women’s handball competitions. In the Champions League SCM Ramnicu
    Valcea takes on Russian side CSKA Moscow in a Group B home match. The Romanian
    champions are currently ranking sixth in the group with four points out of 8
    games, while the Russians are third with 15 points out of 9 matches. The
    Hungarian champions, Gyor, top the group’s table with 17 points out of 10
    matches without defeat in this edition of the aforementioned competition.
    Before their game with CSKA, Romanian side SCM obtained two consecutive
    wins.




    Now
    let’s have a look at the situation in the Champions League’s Group A. The match
    the Romanians from CSM Bucharest had to play against Russian side Rostov-Don on
    Saturday has been postponed because of the Coronavirus infections in the
    Russian side. CSM has lost its latest three matches including the return
    against Rostov and comes fourth in the group with 11 points out of 10 games.
    Rostov-Don tops the table with 15 points out of 9 matches.




    This
    weekend will be seeing the matches counting towards the 18th leg of
    Romania’s first football league. Two matches have been scheduled for Friday
    when Chindia Targoviste takes on Academica Clincheni and FCSB plays FC
    Voluntari. Three matches are due on Saturday: Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe plays Astra
    Giurgiu in a home match, UTA, on their own turf, takes on FC Arges, while
    Universitatea Craiova is up at home against Viitorul Constanta.




    On
    Sunday in Medias, local side Gaz Metan is playing Poli Iasi, while FC Botosani
    plays at home Dinamo Bucharest. Monday will see the leg’s last game when FC
    Hermannstadt plays CFR Cluj. FCSB ranks first in the standings with 38 points
    followed by CFR with 37.

  • RRI Sports Club

    RRI Sports Club

    The
    competitional football season in Romania has officially ended. The championship’s
    last leg, number 15, kicked off on Saturday when Chindia Targoviste versus FC
    Arges ended in a two-all draw and in Medias, central Romania, Gaz Metan
    clinched a one-nil win against Viitorul Constanta. Also in Medias, but on
    Sunday, Poli Iasi secured a one-nil win against Hermannstadt. Two other games,
    FC Botosani vs. FC Voluntari and Academica Clincheni vs. Dinamo Bucharest ended
    in the same draw, one-all.






    On Monday in Arad, western Romania Astra
    Giurgiu thrashed local side UTA 6-0, while in Mogosoaia, FCSB ended in a
    one-all draw their game against Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe. On Tuesday in Cluj, the
    game pitching local side CFR against Universitatea Craiova ended in a goaless
    draw. FCSB tops the table with 34 points followed by Universitatea Craiova with
    32 and CFR Cluj with 31.






    Unfortunately 2020 wasn’t a good year
    for the Romanian footballers. The national eleven managed only lackluster games
    in the Nations’ League, where they ranked only third in their group and blew
    their chances to play in the European Championship next year. The Romanians managed only one win against
    Austria, 3-2. They also won the match against Norway but only because the
    Covid-19 pandemic had prevented the Norwegians from coming to Bucharest. Our
    side managed two draws, one-all, against Northern Ireland, came a cropper 4-0
    in Norway and lost to Austria at home 0-1.






    In club competitions, the only
    Romanian side to have made a good figure internationally was CFR Cluj, which
    made it to the Europa League group stage, ranking third in group A.




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  • RRI Sports Club

    RRI Sports Club

    The
    competitional football season in Romania has officially ended. The championship’s
    last leg, number 15, kicked off on Saturday when Chindia Targoviste versus FC
    Arges ended in a two-all draw and in Medias, central Romania, Gaz Metan
    clinched a one-nil win against Viitorul Constanta. Also in Medias, but on
    Sunday, Poli Iasi secured a one-nil win against Hermannstadt. Two other games,
    FC Botosani vs. FC Voluntari and Academica Clincheni vs. Dinamo Bucharest ended
    in the same draw, one-all.






    On Monday in Arad, western Romania Astra
    Giurgiu thrashed local side UTA 6-0, while in Mogosoaia, FCSB ended in a
    one-all draw their game against Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe. On Tuesday in Cluj, the
    game pitching local side CFR against Universitatea Craiova ended in a goaless
    draw. FCSB tops the table with 34 points followed by Universitatea Craiova with
    32 and CFR Cluj with 31.






    Unfortunately 2020 wasn’t a good year
    for the Romanian footballers. The national eleven managed only lackluster games
    in the Nations’ League, where they ranked only third in their group and blew
    their chances to play in the European Championship next year. The Romanians managed only one win against
    Austria, 3-2. They also won the match against Norway but only because the
    Covid-19 pandemic had prevented the Norwegians from coming to Bucharest. Our
    side managed two draws, one-all, against Northern Ireland, came a cropper 4-0
    in Norway and lost to Austria at home 0-1.






    In club competitions, the only
    Romanian side to have made a good figure internationally was CFR Cluj, which
    made it to the Europa League group stage, ranking third in group A.




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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    The
    city of Cluj in western Romania is seeing the first tennis tournament staged in
    Romania since the restriction measures imposed by the need to contain the Covid
    pandemic were lifted. On Thursday in group A, Irina Bara secured a two-set win
    against Georgia Craciun 7-5, 6-4. Craciun has also lost to Gabriela Ruse 6-3,
    6-4. Bara and Ruse have thus qualified for the competition’s semifinals.






    In
    group B, Miriam Bulgaru has defeated Jaqueline Cristian 6-4, 3-6, 10-5 but has lost
    to Irina Begu 7-5, 6-1. This Friday will see the groups’ last games, Irina Bara
    versus Gabriela Ruse and Jaqueline Cristian versus Irina Begu. The semifinals
    have been scheduled for this Saturday.






    Now
    the latest from football. Dinamo Bucharest registered a fresh defeat on
    Thursday and remains at the bottom of the table. In a match counting towards
    the seventh leg of Romania’s first football league Dinamo was outperformed by
    Viitorul Constanta. In the same leg on Tuesday, Hermannstadt secured a 3-2 win
    against Poli Iasi. On Wednesday Academica Clinceni managed a 1-0 win against
    Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe and FC Voluntari won 2-0 at home against Chindia
    Targoviste.






    This
    weekend will see the matches pitching Gaz Metan Medias against Universitatea
    Craiova. On Saturday FCSB will be playing FC Botosani in a home game, which is
    decisive for their qualification for the Europa League. Astra Giurgiu doesn’t
    have a UEFA license and cannot play in the European cups irrespective of the
    place occupied at the end of the championship. In order to play in the European
    cups, FCSB also stand a chance in Romania’s Cup as they are nearly qualified
    for the finals.






    On
    Sunday, CFR Cluj on top of the table takes on Astra Giurgiu in an away game. In
    their matches against CFR this season Astra has secured a 3-2 home win and lost
    0-2 away. CFR has clinched a 2-1 home win against Astra in their first game.




    (translated
    by bill)

  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    The
    city of Cluj in western Romania is seeing the first tennis tournament staged in
    Romania since the restriction measures imposed by the need to contain the Covid
    pandemic were lifted. On Thursday in group A, Irina Bara secured a two-set win
    against Georgia Craciun 7-5, 6-4. Craciun has also lost to Gabriela Ruse 6-3,
    6-4. Bara and Ruse have thus qualified for the competition’s semifinals.






    In
    group B, Miriam Bulgaru has defeated Jaqueline Cristian 6-4, 3-6, 10-5 but has lost
    to Irina Begu 7-5, 6-1. This Friday will see the groups’ last games, Irina Bara
    versus Gabriela Ruse and Jaqueline Cristian versus Irina Begu. The semifinals
    have been scheduled for this Saturday.






    Now
    the latest from football. Dinamo Bucharest registered a fresh defeat on
    Thursday and remains at the bottom of the table. In a match counting towards
    the seventh leg of Romania’s first football league Dinamo was outperformed by
    Viitorul Constanta. In the same leg on Tuesday, Hermannstadt secured a 3-2 win
    against Poli Iasi. On Wednesday Academica Clinceni managed a 1-0 win against
    Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe and FC Voluntari won 2-0 at home against Chindia
    Targoviste.






    This
    weekend will see the matches pitching Gaz Metan Medias against Universitatea
    Craiova. On Saturday FCSB will be playing FC Botosani in a home game, which is
    decisive for their qualification for the Europa League. Astra Giurgiu doesn’t
    have a UEFA license and cannot play in the European cups irrespective of the
    place occupied at the end of the championship. In order to play in the European
    cups, FCSB also stand a chance in Romania’s Cup as they are nearly qualified
    for the finals.






    On
    Sunday, CFR Cluj on top of the table takes on Astra Giurgiu in an away game. In
    their matches against CFR this season Astra has secured a 3-2 home win and lost
    0-2 away. CFR has clinched a 2-1 home win against Astra in their first game.




    (translated
    by bill)

  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Romanian driver of Italian extraction Simone Tempestini on Saturday
    won the Arges Rally Race, the first leg of the National Rally Championship. The
    team made up of Simone Tempestini and Sergiu Itu on Skoda Fabia was followed by
    Dan Gîrtofan and Tudor Mârza, also driving a Skoda Fabia. Third came Valentin Porcişteanu and Dan Dobre
    on Mitsubishi Lancer. Tempestini and Itu have for the second year in a row won
    the Arges Rally Race.






    At the top of Romania’s first football
    league, several sides are fighting for the title of champion whereas others at
    the bottom of the table are struggling to avoid demotion. On Sunday, Universitatea
    Craiova secured a 3-2 win away against CFR Cluj.






    Bosnian
    Elvir Koljic put the visitors in the lead on the 9th minute firing
    home from outside the box. Valentin Mihaila lobbed CFR’s goalie Giderius
    Arlauskis making it 2-0 for the visitors on 55 minutes. Ciprian Chiriac managed
    a superb goal for the hosts on the 60th minute and Paulo Vinicius
    reduced from the difference with a header ten minutes later.


    Alexandru
    Cicaldau sealed the points for Craiova who have thus managed their third
    consecutive win with Cristiano Bergodi as trainer. They are now one point less
    than the leader, CFR Cluj.




    On Friday FC
    Botosani clinched a 2-0 away win against Gaz Metan Medias.


    Dinamo București is currently at the bottom
    of the table after a new defeat on their own ground in the sixth leg. FC
    Voluntari secured a 1-0 victory against them through a goal scored by Ion Gheorghe in the 75th
    minute.






    Also on
    Friday Academica Clinceni outperformed FC Hermannstadt 1-0 on the latter’s own
    turf. On Saturday, in Ploiești, southern Romania, Chindia Târgoviște lost to Politehnica
    Iași 0-2 but the day’s most spectacular game was in Sfântu Gheorghe central
    Romania, where local side Sepsi and Viitorul Constanța ended their match in a
    3-all draw.




    (translated by
    bill)

  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Romanian driver of Italian extraction Simone Tempestini on Saturday
    won the Arges Rally Race, the first leg of the National Rally Championship. The
    team made up of Simone Tempestini and Sergiu Itu on Skoda Fabia was followed by
    Dan Gîrtofan and Tudor Mârza, also driving a Skoda Fabia. Third came Valentin Porcişteanu and Dan Dobre
    on Mitsubishi Lancer. Tempestini and Itu have for the second year in a row won
    the Arges Rally Race.






    At the top of Romania’s first football
    league, several sides are fighting for the title of champion whereas others at
    the bottom of the table are struggling to avoid demotion. On Sunday, Universitatea
    Craiova secured a 3-2 win away against CFR Cluj.






    Bosnian
    Elvir Koljic put the visitors in the lead on the 9th minute firing
    home from outside the box. Valentin Mihaila lobbed CFR’s goalie Giderius
    Arlauskis making it 2-0 for the visitors on 55 minutes. Ciprian Chiriac managed
    a superb goal for the hosts on the 60th minute and Paulo Vinicius
    reduced from the difference with a header ten minutes later.


    Alexandru
    Cicaldau sealed the points for Craiova who have thus managed their third
    consecutive win with Cristiano Bergodi as trainer. They are now one point less
    than the leader, CFR Cluj.




    On Friday FC
    Botosani clinched a 2-0 away win against Gaz Metan Medias.


    Dinamo București is currently at the bottom
    of the table after a new defeat on their own ground in the sixth leg. FC
    Voluntari secured a 1-0 victory against them through a goal scored by Ion Gheorghe in the 75th
    minute.






    Also on
    Friday Academica Clinceni outperformed FC Hermannstadt 1-0 on the latter’s own
    turf. On Saturday, in Ploiești, southern Romania, Chindia Târgoviște lost to Politehnica
    Iași 0-2 but the day’s most spectacular game was in Sfântu Gheorghe central
    Romania, where local side Sepsi and Viitorul Constanța ended their match in a
    3-all draw.




    (translated by
    bill)

  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    We
    begin with good news from handball. The Romanian women’s side CSM has received
    a wildcard to participate in the next edition of the Champions League due to
    unfold in a new format. Only SCM Ramnicu Valcea initially qualified for the
    League after they had ended on the first position in the championships. Brest
    Bretagne, TSK Moscow, Ferencvaros Budapest, Bietigheim, Podravca Koprivnica and
    Krim Ljubljana have also received wildcards.






    Romanian men’s side Dinamo
    Bucharest also hoped for a wildcard for the Champions League, as they had been
    edged out of the present edition without any defeat. However, their dreams have
    been shattered by the European Federation whose decision allows Dinamo to play
    in the new continental competition the European Handball League directly in the
    groups’ stage.






    The Dutch Martine Smeets,
    one of the world’s best left wings, has been transferred to CSM Bucharest. A
    world champion and bronze medalist in the European Championship with the Dutch
    side, Smeets comes after a season at French team Metz. She is the fourth player
    to have joined the Romanian side for the future season, after French Siraba
    Dembele, Spanish Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa and Barbara Lazovic of Slovenia. On
    the other hand Norwegian player Nora Mork has announced her departure from CSM
    Bucharest.




    Last weekend saw the matches
    counting towards the championship of Romania’s first football league. On Friday
    Universitatea Craiova secured a 2-1 win against Astra Giurgiu and CFR Cluj on
    Saturday clinched a 2-0 away win against FC Botosani. On Sunday in Bucharest
    FCSB and Gaz Metan Medias ended in a draw their game, two-all. CFR tops the
    table in the first league with 36 points followed by Craiova with 29.






    On Sunday FC Voluntari
    secured a 1-0 home win against Poli Iasi while Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe managed a
    3-1 away win against Dinamo Bucharest.

    (translated by bill)

  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    We
    begin with good news from handball. The Romanian women’s side CSM has received
    a wildcard to participate in the next edition of the Champions League due to
    unfold in a new format. Only SCM Ramnicu Valcea initially qualified for the
    League after they had ended on the first position in the championships. Brest
    Bretagne, TSK Moscow, Ferencvaros Budapest, Bietigheim, Podravca Koprivnica and
    Krim Ljubljana have also received wildcards.






    Romanian men’s side Dinamo
    Bucharest also hoped for a wildcard for the Champions League, as they had been
    edged out of the present edition without any defeat. However, their dreams have
    been shattered by the European Federation whose decision allows Dinamo to play
    in the new continental competition the European Handball League directly in the
    groups’ stage.






    The Dutch Martine Smeets,
    one of the world’s best left wings, has been transferred to CSM Bucharest. A
    world champion and bronze medalist in the European Championship with the Dutch
    side, Smeets comes after a season at French team Metz. She is the fourth player
    to have joined the Romanian side for the future season, after French Siraba
    Dembele, Spanish Alexandrina Cabral Barbosa and Barbara Lazovic of Slovenia. On
    the other hand Norwegian player Nora Mork has announced her departure from CSM
    Bucharest.




    Last weekend saw the matches
    counting towards the championship of Romania’s first football league. On Friday
    Universitatea Craiova secured a 2-1 win against Astra Giurgiu and CFR Cluj on
    Saturday clinched a 2-0 away win against FC Botosani. On Sunday in Bucharest
    FCSB and Gaz Metan Medias ended in a draw their game, two-all. CFR tops the
    table in the first league with 36 points followed by Craiova with 29.






    On Sunday FC Voluntari
    secured a 1-0 home win against Poli Iasi while Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe managed a
    3-1 away win against Dinamo Bucharest.

    (translated by bill)

  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    Saturday saw the Champions League’s
    games in women’s handball. In group B, CSM Bucharest secured a 35-19 home win
    against Polish side Perla Lublin and is currently topping the group table with 5
    points. Next comes Russian side Rostov-Don with 4 points.






    In group C, SCM Ramnicu Valcea lost
    to Buducnost Podgorica of Montenegro 19-23. The Romanian champions are ranking
    third in the group with only 2 points. Brest Bretagne ranks first with 6 points
    followed by Buducnost with 4.






    In the EHF Cup, Corona Brasov
    conceded a 32-33 defeat to Bera Bera of San Sebastian but has qualified for the
    competition’s next stage thanks to the 35-30 home win last week. Another
    Romanian side Magura Cisnadie lost their away match to Ukrainian side
    Galychanka 14-19, but have qualified on aggregate as they won the first match
    at home 31-23.






    In men’s handball competitions,
    Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest ended in a 26-all draw their away game against
    Polish side Wisla Plock in the Champions League’s Group D. Nicusor Negru scored
    five goals for the Romanian side during the match. In the other group’s
    matches, Swedish side Kristianstad clinched a 36-28 win against Cehovskie
    Medvedi, while Danish side Gudme defeated Kadetten Schaffhausen of Switzerland
    35-30.






    With no defeat so far Dinamo is
    currently ranking first in the group followed by Gudme with the same number of
    points, eight, but with a lower goal average.


    Romanian ice hokey side Sport Club
    Miercurea Ciuc have consolidated their leading position in the regional Erste
    competition after a 5-2 win against Ujpest in Budapest on Sunday. Sport Club
    ranks first in the standings with 36 points followed by Ferencvaros Budapest
    with 29.






    Last weekend saw the games of the
    13th leg of Romania’s first football league. On Friday in Targu
    Mures, central Romania, FC Hermannstadt and FC Voluntari ended in a nil-all
    draw their match, while in Bucharest, local side Dinamo secured a 2-0 win
    against Gaz Metan Medias. On Saturday, CFR Cluj clinched a 2-0 home win against
    Universitatea Craiova.






    On Sunday in Calarasi, southern
    Romania, the match pitching Academica Clincheni against Viitorul Constanta
    ended in a goaless draw, while in Sfantu Gheorghe, local side Sepsi conceded a
    3-2 defeat to Astra Giurgiu. In Ploiesti, southern Romania, FCSB clinched a 2-1
    win against Chindia Targoviste. CFR Cluj ranks first in the standings with 27
    points followed by Viitorul with 25.






    (translated by bill)