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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Steaua Bucharest
    started out on the right foot in Group 1 of the Water Polo Champions League
    qualifiers, held in Het Ravijn, the Netherlands. Romania’s champions defeated the
    host team ZPC Het Ravijn 15-9. In another game in the group, Primorac Kotor, of
    Montenegro, defeated Invictum Sarajevo, of Bosnia Herzegovina, 36-4. The group
    also includes the Hungarian side Vasas Budapest. Steaua is to play 2 matches on
    Saturday, against Invictum Sarajevo and Vasas Budapest, while on Sunday they
    will take on Primorac Kotor. The top 2 teams in the ranking qualify into the
    next stage of the competition, while the other teams will play in the EuroCup.




    Romania’s
    women’s handball team drew against Austria, 32-all on Thursday, the first day
    of the Carpathians Trophy, a competition hosted by the Romanian town of
    Bistriţa. In the debut match for manager Florentin Pera, the Romanian national
    team avoided a defeat with 2 goals scored in the very last minute of the game. Cristina
    Neagu was Romania’s top scorer, with 11 goals. In the first match of the day,
    Serbia beat Spain 30 – 28. Two matches are scheduled for Friday: Austria vs.
    Spain and Romania vs. Serbia. Romania is preparing for the EURO 2022, a
    competition to be held in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro this
    November. The Romanian team will play in Group C, against the Netherlands, France
    and North Macedonia.




    Matches are
    scheduled this weekend in the 12th round of Romania’s football Superleague.
    Universitatea Craiova take on FC Voluntari on Friday, while on Saturday FC
    Mioveni play against FC U Craiova at home, and CFR Cluj are facing Petrolul
    Ploieşti. On Sunday, FC Hermannstadt play against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, Farul
    Constanţa against UTA, and FCSB against FC Argeş, on the National Arena in
    Bucharest. On Monday, FC Botoşani take on Universitatea Cluj, and Chindia Târgovişte
    on Rapid Bucharest. At the moment, Farul and Rapid top the charts with 24
    points, followed by Hermannstadt, with 22. (AMP)

  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Steaua Bucharest
    started out on the right foot in Group 1 of the Water Polo Champions League
    qualifiers, held in Het Ravijn, the Netherlands. Romania’s champions defeated the
    host team ZPC Het Ravijn 15-9. In another game in the group, Primorac Kotor, of
    Montenegro, defeated Invictum Sarajevo, of Bosnia Herzegovina, 36-4. The group
    also includes the Hungarian side Vasas Budapest. Steaua is to play 2 matches on
    Saturday, against Invictum Sarajevo and Vasas Budapest, while on Sunday they
    will take on Primorac Kotor. The top 2 teams in the ranking qualify into the
    next stage of the competition, while the other teams will play in the EuroCup.




    Romania’s
    women’s handball team drew against Austria, 32-all on Thursday, the first day
    of the Carpathians Trophy, a competition hosted by the Romanian town of
    Bistriţa. In the debut match for manager Florentin Pera, the Romanian national
    team avoided a defeat with 2 goals scored in the very last minute of the game. Cristina
    Neagu was Romania’s top scorer, with 11 goals. In the first match of the day,
    Serbia beat Spain 30 – 28. Two matches are scheduled for Friday: Austria vs.
    Spain and Romania vs. Serbia. Romania is preparing for the EURO 2022, a
    competition to be held in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro this
    November. The Romanian team will play in Group C, against the Netherlands, France
    and North Macedonia.




    Matches are
    scheduled this weekend in the 12th round of Romania’s football Superleague.
    Universitatea Craiova take on FC Voluntari on Friday, while on Saturday FC
    Mioveni play against FC U Craiova at home, and CFR Cluj are facing Petrolul
    Ploieşti. On Sunday, FC Hermannstadt play against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, Farul
    Constanţa against UTA, and FCSB against FC Argeş, on the National Arena in
    Bucharest. On Monday, FC Botoşani take on Universitatea Cluj, and Chindia Târgovişte
    on Rapid Bucharest. At the moment, Farul and Rapid top the charts with 24
    points, followed by Hermannstadt, with 22. (AMP)

  • RRI Sport Club

    RRI Sport Club

    Three sides from Romania are to play on Thursday in the first round of the Conference Leagues play-offs, Europes third major football competition. Two of them, Universitatea Craiova and CFR Cluj will have away games whereas FCSB will be playing in Bucharest. Universitatea will be up against Israeli side Hapoel Beer-Sheva in a game starting at 20:30 Bucharest time. In the Romanian Superleague, the trainees of Mirel Radoi, who has just made his debut in the present edition of this championship, barely managed a 1-0 win against FC Mioveni, which is their first victory in the domestic championship so far.



    Romanias champions CFR Cluj will be playing NK Maribor in Slovenia at 21:15 Bucharest time. This is the second Romanian-Slovene match after the one in which Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe defeated Olimpija Ljubljana. On Sunday CFR lost their home match against FC Botosani 1-0.



    FCSB, a side coached by Nicolae Dică, will be up at home against Norwegian team Viking Stavanger in a match due to begin at 21:30 local time. FCSB had a shy start in the present edition of the domestic championship, and are presently ranking 12th after a victory, three draws and a defeat. However, they come after three wins in a row in the preliminaries of Conference League: one against Saburtalo and two against Dunajska Streda. In the Romanian Superleague on Sunday, FCSB secured a 3-2 home win against Chindia Targoviste.


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  • RRI Sport Club

    RRI Sport Club

    Three sides from Romania are to play on Thursday in the first round of the Conference Leagues play-offs, Europes third major football competition. Two of them, Universitatea Craiova and CFR Cluj will have away games whereas FCSB will be playing in Bucharest. Universitatea will be up against Israeli side Hapoel Beer-Sheva in a game starting at 20:30 Bucharest time. In the Romanian Superleague, the trainees of Mirel Radoi, who has just made his debut in the present edition of this championship, barely managed a 1-0 win against FC Mioveni, which is their first victory in the domestic championship so far.



    Romanias champions CFR Cluj will be playing NK Maribor in Slovenia at 21:15 Bucharest time. This is the second Romanian-Slovene match after the one in which Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe defeated Olimpija Ljubljana. On Sunday CFR lost their home match against FC Botosani 1-0.



    FCSB, a side coached by Nicolae Dică, will be up at home against Norwegian team Viking Stavanger in a match due to begin at 21:30 local time. FCSB had a shy start in the present edition of the domestic championship, and are presently ranking 12th after a victory, three draws and a defeat. However, they come after three wins in a row in the preliminaries of Conference League: one against Saburtalo and two against Dunajska Streda. In the Romanian Superleague on Sunday, FCSB secured a 3-2 home win against Chindia Targoviste.


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  • Sports Weekend

    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)

  • Sports Weekend

    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)