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Erste Liga is Central and Eastern Europe’s leading
ice hockey interclub competition. It has reached its final stage. The winner of
the Liga’s 2023 edition is ACSH Gheorghieni from Romania. It was for the fifth
time running when a Romanian team won the trophy. We recall that in 2009, the
winners were Hockey Club Csíkszereda. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc walked away
with the trophy in 2011, 2021 and 2022. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc were defeated in three finals, while Corona
Brasov lost two finals.

Proving their mettle in the Liga’s 2023
edition were ten teams, of which seven were from Hungary and three from
Romania, namely the winner of the previous edition, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc, Corona
Braşov and ACSH Gheorghieni. All three Romanian teams went past the first stage
and advanced to the quarterfinals, where Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc were unable
to defeat Corona Brasov. There were two semifinals, an all-Hungarian one, with
a 4-3 aggregate win of Ferencvaros Budapest against Jégkorong Akademia, and all-Romanian
one, with another 4-3 aggregate win of ACSH Gheorghieni against Corona Brasov.
In the final, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc defeated Ferencváros, 4-3 on aggregate. Ferencvaros won the first two games in
Romania. In the wake of the two other games played in Budapest, the two clubs
shared their wins. However, the last three games were won by ACSH Gheorghieni. In this past Friday’s game played in Gheorghieni, the
Romanian team won, 2-1. The Hungarian player Peter Vincze drew
first blood for the host team, then Ferencváros’s British player Oliver
Betteridge levelled the score. The fate of the game was sealed by Finnish
player Matias Petteri Haaranen, who has been a Romanian citizen since the summer
of 2022.

Still feeling elated after their Erste Liga’s
excellent run, ACSH Gheorghieni resumed their domestic championship fixtures;
the impact was painful for ACSH Gheorghieni. On Monday, ACSH Gheorghieni were defeated by the National Championship’s
Group A leader, Steaua Bucharest, 3 to 10.

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5 April 2023
Radio Romania International Sports Club

Erste Liga is Central and Eastern Europe’s leading
ice hockey interclub competition. It has reached its final stage. The winner of
the Liga’s 2023 edition is ACSH Gheorghieni from Romania. It was for the fifth
time running when a Romanian team won the trophy. We recall that in 2009, the
winners were Hockey Club Csíkszereda. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc walked away
with the trophy in 2011, 2021 and 2022. Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc were defeated in three finals, while Corona
Brasov lost two finals.

Proving their mettle in the Liga’s 2023
edition were ten teams, of which seven were from Hungary and three from
Romania, namely the winner of the previous edition, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc, Corona
Braşov and ACSH Gheorghieni. All three Romanian teams went past the first stage
and advanced to the quarterfinals, where Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc were unable
to defeat Corona Brasov. There were two semifinals, an all-Hungarian one, with
a 4-3 aggregate win of Ferencvaros Budapest against Jégkorong Akademia, and all-Romanian
one, with another 4-3 aggregate win of ACSH Gheorghieni against Corona Brasov.
In the final, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc defeated Ferencváros, 4-3 on aggregate. Ferencvaros won the first two games in
Romania. In the wake of the two other games played in Budapest, the two clubs
shared their wins. However, the last three games were won by ACSH Gheorghieni. In this past Friday’s game played in Gheorghieni, the
Romanian team won, 2-1. The Hungarian player Peter Vincze drew
first blood for the host team, then Ferencváros’s British player Oliver
Betteridge levelled the score. The fate of the game was sealed by Finnish
player Matias Petteri Haaranen, who has been a Romanian citizen since the summer
of 2022.

Still feeling elated after their Erste Liga’s
excellent run, ACSH Gheorghieni resumed their domestic championship fixtures;
the impact was painful for ACSH Gheorghieni. On Monday, ACSH Gheorghieni were defeated by the National Championship’s
Group A leader, Steaua Bucharest, 3 to 10.

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5 April 2023
Sports flash

We begin with news from mens basketball. In Group A as part of the EuroCup, this past Wednesday, U BT Cluj-Napoca sustained a 91-71 defeat by German side Ulm. With a record of five wins and 13 wins, holders U BT Cluj-Napoca are 9th-placed the last but one position at the end of Europes second-tier competition. Only the first eight teams in descending order have advanced to the competitions round of last 16.

In the domestic basketball championship, this past Wednesday CSM CSU Oradea have succeeded their 22nd consecutive win, defeating CSU Sibiu, 91-70, away from home. The fixture counts towards the 1-10 group as part of the Mens Basketball National Leagues 26th round. With 31 points in 16 games, CSM CSU Oradea are at the top of the table. The runner-up team is U-BT Cluj-Napoca, with 28 points in 15 games.

With a defeat on aggregate in the second leg as part of the quarterfinal qualifier playoffs of the competition, Dinamo Bucharest was edged of the Champions League in mens handball. On Wednesday, holders Dinamo grabbed a 32-31 away win against German side THW Kiel. Last week in Bucharest, THW Kiel trounced Dinamo, 41-28. In the quarterfinals, THW Kiel go against French challengers Paris Saint-Germain.

In news from womens tennis, Irina Begu and Anhelina Kalinina were unable to go past the quarterfinals of the Miami WTA 1.000 tournament, an event with 8. 8 million dollars in prize money all told. The Romanian-Ukrainian pair sustained a 3-6, 7-6 defeat by US-Polish pair made of Bernarda Pera and Magda Linette. Begu and Kalinina received a cheque worth 62, 630 USD and were granted 215 WTA points in the doubles rankings.

In artistic gymnastics, the World Artistic Gymnastics Juniors championships are underway in Turkiyes Antalya. This past Wednesday when the competition kicked- started, Romanias mens delegation, made of David Puicea, Iustin Mihai and Norbert Marcu, came in 25th according to the nations competition.(EN)

30 March 2023
Sports flash

We begin with news from mens basketball. In Group A as part of the EuroCup, this past Wednesday, U BT Cluj-Napoca sustained a 91-71 defeat by German side Ulm. With a record of five wins and 13 wins, holders U BT Cluj-Napoca are 9th-placed the last but one position at the end of Europes second-tier competition. Only the first eight teams in descending order have advanced to the competitions round of last 16.

In the domestic basketball championship, this past Wednesday CSM CSU Oradea have succeeded their 22nd consecutive win, defeating CSU Sibiu, 91-70, away from home. The fixture counts towards the 1-10 group as part of the Mens Basketball National Leagues 26th round. With 31 points in 16 games, CSM CSU Oradea are at the top of the table. The runner-up team is U-BT Cluj-Napoca, with 28 points in 15 games.

With a defeat on aggregate in the second leg as part of the quarterfinal qualifier playoffs of the competition, Dinamo Bucharest was edged of the Champions League in mens handball. On Wednesday, holders Dinamo grabbed a 32-31 away win against German side THW Kiel. Last week in Bucharest, THW Kiel trounced Dinamo, 41-28. In the quarterfinals, THW Kiel go against French challengers Paris Saint-Germain.

In news from womens tennis, Irina Begu and Anhelina Kalinina were unable to go past the quarterfinals of the Miami WTA 1.000 tournament, an event with 8. 8 million dollars in prize money all told. The Romanian-Ukrainian pair sustained a 3-6, 7-6 defeat by US-Polish pair made of Bernarda Pera and Magda Linette. Begu and Kalinina received a cheque worth 62, 630 USD and were granted 215 WTA points in the doubles rankings.

In artistic gymnastics, the World Artistic Gymnastics Juniors championships are underway in Turkiyes Antalya. This past Wednesday when the competition kicked- started, Romanias mens delegation, made of David Puicea, Iustin Mihai and Norbert Marcu, came in 25th according to the nations competition.(EN)

30 March 2023
Sports flash

We begin with the latest from women’s
volleyball. In the semifinals of the CEV Cup, Europe’s second-tier competition,
Romania’s title holders CSM Volei Alba Blaj grabbed a first-leg 3-nil semifinal
win against vice-champions CSM Târgoviște. It took Volei Alba Blaj one hour and 23 minutes to win
the game, grabbing a 25-15 win in the first set. The second set was a little
bit more balanced, yet Alba Blaj also won the set, 25-18 this time. The third
set was a cliffhanger as Volei Alba Blaj won by the narrowest of margins,
25-23. The return leg is scheduled on March 23rd. In the second semi-final, the Italian team Palazzo Wanny Florence grabbed a 3-nil home win against Turkish opponents THY Istanbul.

21-year-old gymnast Gabriel
Burtănete came in 8th, the last position, in the vault
final as part of the World Cup held in Azeri capital Baku, with 13. 249 points. The gold
medal went to the 2021 world champion, Carlos Edriel Yulo of the Philippines, with 14.933
points. Representing Romania at the World Cup in Baku were brothers Gabriel and
Robert Burtănete, and Nicholas Ţarcă.

In the Singapore Smash 2023 table
tennis tournament’s round of 16, Elizabeta Samara sustained a nil-3 defeat by Austrian challenger
Sofia Polcanova. In the previous stage, Samara provided a surprise, defeating Olympic
champion, China’s Meng Chen, 3-2.

Romania’ s women’s rifle team came in 11th
at the European seniors’ and juniors’ Shooting Sports Championships held in Estonia’s
Tallin, in the 10 meter-air rifle event. Romania succeeded 937.7 points all
told in the qualifiers yet failed to earn a position among the competition’s
first 8 teams. The gold medals went to Norway, silver went to Serbia, while Poland
and Germany won the bronze medals. However, Romania won a silver medal, through
junior Luca Joldea, in the pistol event.(EN)

16 March 2023
Sports flash

We begin with the latest from women’s
volleyball. In the semifinals of the CEV Cup, Europe’s second-tier competition,
Romania’s title holders CSM Volei Alba Blaj grabbed a first-leg 3-nil semifinal
win against vice-champions CSM Târgoviște. It took Volei Alba Blaj one hour and 23 minutes to win
the game, grabbing a 25-15 win in the first set. The second set was a little
bit more balanced, yet Alba Blaj also won the set, 25-18 this time. The third
set was a cliffhanger as Volei Alba Blaj won by the narrowest of margins,
25-23. The return leg is scheduled on March 23rd. In the second semi-final, the Italian team Palazzo Wanny Florence grabbed a 3-nil home win against Turkish opponents THY Istanbul.

21-year-old gymnast Gabriel
Burtănete came in 8th, the last position, in the vault
final as part of the World Cup held in Azeri capital Baku, with 13. 249 points. The gold
medal went to the 2021 world champion, Carlos Edriel Yulo of the Philippines, with 14.933
points. Representing Romania at the World Cup in Baku were brothers Gabriel and
Robert Burtănete, and Nicholas Ţarcă.

In the Singapore Smash 2023 table
tennis tournament’s round of 16, Elizabeta Samara sustained a nil-3 defeat by Austrian challenger
Sofia Polcanova. In the previous stage, Samara provided a surprise, defeating Olympic
champion, China’s Meng Chen, 3-2.

Romania’ s women’s rifle team came in 11th
at the European seniors’ and juniors’ Shooting Sports Championships held in Estonia’s
Tallin, in the 10 meter-air rifle event. Romania succeeded 937.7 points all
told in the qualifiers yet failed to earn a position among the competition’s
first 8 teams. The gold medals went to Norway, silver went to Serbia, while Poland
and Germany won the bronze medals. However, Romania won a silver medal, through
junior Luca Joldea, in the pistol event.(EN)

16 March 2023
Sports flash

Romania has walked away with eight medals at the European Cadet and Juniors Fencing Championships that drew to a close in Estonian capital city Tallin on Tuesday. In the cadet version of the competition, the Romanian fencers won gold in the women’s teams sabre event and silver in the men’s teams event. Silver also went to Amalia Covaliu, in the individual women’s sabre event and to Casian Cidu, in the men’s event. Anastasia Fusea also stepped onto the third step of the podium in the women’s sabre event, winning bronze. In the Juniors’ version of the Championships, the tally was made of three medals. The men’s sabre team won gold, Amalia Stan won bronze in the women’s sabre event, and also bronze went to Casian Cidu, in the men’s sabre event. Romania entered 42 fencers in the competition, for all categories.

At the World Artistic Gymnastics Cup in Qatar’s Doha this past Wednesday, after the first day of the qualifiers, the Romanian gymnast Sabrina Maneca Voinea secured a place in the vault final. Qualifiers are also held on Thursday, while the finals are scheduled on Friday and Saturday.

In Turkyie’s Istanbul, the European Indoor Athletics Championships are held from Thursday and all through to Sunday. A 14-strong Romanian delegation takes part in the competition, with seven women and seven men competing. The Championships bring together almost 600 athletes from 47 countries. At the most recent edition of the indoor European championships held in the Polish city of Torun, in 2021, the best Romanian performance was provided by Daniela Stanciu who came in 5th in the high-jump event.

In news from football, matches counting towards Romanian Super League’s 28th round have been scheduled this week. On Tuesday, in Sibiu, Universitatea Cluj defeated FC Hermannstadt, 1-nil. In Ploiesti, Chindia Târgovişte held FC U Craiova to a blank draw, while in Ovidiu in the south-east, Farul Constanţa defeated Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, 2-nil. On Wednesday, FC Voluntari defeated Dacia Mioveni, 3-nil, away from home, Universitatea Craiova grabbed a home win against FC Argeş, 1-nil, while Rapid Bucureşti defeated FC Botoşani, 2-1, away from home, Farul are the leader, with 61 points, while CFR are 2nd-placed, with 56. (EN)

2 March 2023
Sports flash

Romania has walked away with eight medals at the European Cadet and Juniors Fencing Championships that drew to a close in Estonian capital city Tallin on Tuesday. In the cadet version of the competition, the Romanian fencers won gold in the women’s teams sabre event and silver in the men’s teams event. Silver also went to Amalia Covaliu, in the individual women’s sabre event and to Casian Cidu, in the men’s event. Anastasia Fusea also stepped onto the third step of the podium in the women’s sabre event, winning bronze. In the Juniors’ version of the Championships, the tally was made of three medals. The men’s sabre team won gold, Amalia Stan won bronze in the women’s sabre event, and also bronze went to Casian Cidu, in the men’s sabre event. Romania entered 42 fencers in the competition, for all categories.

At the World Artistic Gymnastics Cup in Qatar’s Doha this past Wednesday, after the first day of the qualifiers, the Romanian gymnast Sabrina Maneca Voinea secured a place in the vault final. Qualifiers are also held on Thursday, while the finals are scheduled on Friday and Saturday.

In Turkyie’s Istanbul, the European Indoor Athletics Championships are held from Thursday and all through to Sunday. A 14-strong Romanian delegation takes part in the competition, with seven women and seven men competing. The Championships bring together almost 600 athletes from 47 countries. At the most recent edition of the indoor European championships held in the Polish city of Torun, in 2021, the best Romanian performance was provided by Daniela Stanciu who came in 5th in the high-jump event.

In news from football, matches counting towards Romanian Super League’s 28th round have been scheduled this week. On Tuesday, in Sibiu, Universitatea Cluj defeated FC Hermannstadt, 1-nil. In Ploiesti, Chindia Târgovişte held FC U Craiova to a blank draw, while in Ovidiu in the south-east, Farul Constanţa defeated Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, 2-nil. On Wednesday, FC Voluntari defeated Dacia Mioveni, 3-nil, away from home, Universitatea Craiova grabbed a home win against FC Argeş, 1-nil, while Rapid Bucureşti defeated FC Botoşani, 2-1, away from home, Farul are the leader, with 61 points, while CFR are 2nd-placed, with 56. (EN)

2 March 2023
Sports flash

Romanian
Football Federation’s Discipline Committee on Wednesday placed a sanction
against FC U Craiova 1948 club, ruling, at the green table, that the former
team sustained a nil-3 defeat by Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe, in a game counting towards the
Romanian Super league’s 23rd round. Also, FC U Craiova 1948 club
gallery was banned from attending FC U Craiova 1948’s upcoming six regular fixtures,
on home turf or away. Hosted by the Sfantu Gheorghe stadium on January 29th,
the game pitting Sepsi against FC U Craiova had to be stopped on 26 minutes and later
suspended by the central referee, when the score was a blank draw, because FC U
Craiova’s fans shouted anti-Hungarian slogans.

U-BT Cluj-Napoca men’s basketball team on Wednesday
won the Romanian Cup, having won the match against CSM CSU Oradea in Constanța,
78 – 65. The latter team had the upper hand during the first quarter of the
game, yet U-BT Cluj Napoca came from behind towards the final, securing a 17-15
lead, In the second quarter of the game U-BT secured their advantage only to
consolidate it, in the third quarter of the game. The last part of the match
was a balanced one, yet CSM CSU Oradea were unable to level the score and win.
U-BT Cluj Napoca’s most efficient scorers were the American Patrick Richard,
with 15 points, 4 recoveries and 3 assists and the Brazilian Léonardo Meindl, with
14 points, 6 recoveries and 6 assists. CSM CSU Oradea’s best athletes were the
American Mark Ogden, cu 15 points and 4 recoveries and the American-born international
basketball player Kristopher Richard, with13 points, 3 recoveries and 6 assists.

In news from women’s basketball, Sepsi
Sfântu Gheorghe has a win-all record so far in the ongoing season, having grabbed
a 76-63 away win against CSM this past Wednesday, in a fixture counting towards
the National league’s 17th round. Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe are at the
top of the table, with 32 points in 16 matches. Following is Baschet Arad, with 29 de points in 16 matches.

In women’s volleyball, this past Wednesday Rapid
Bucharest grabbed a 3-1 home win against vice-champions CSM Targovişte, in the first
division’s 18th round. Also in Bucharest, CSM sustained a nil-3 home
defeat by Dinamo. Volei Alba Blaj
are at the top of the table, with 44 points in 14 matches. Dinamo and CSM
Targoviste follow, with 37 points each, also in 16 matches. (EN)

16 February 2023
Sports flash

Romanian
Football Federation’s Discipline Committee on Wednesday placed a sanction
against FC U Craiova 1948 club, ruling, at the green table, that the former
team sustained a nil-3 defeat by Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe, in a game counting towards the
Romanian Super league’s 23rd round. Also, FC U Craiova 1948 club
gallery was banned from attending FC U Craiova 1948’s upcoming six regular fixtures,
on home turf or away. Hosted by the Sfantu Gheorghe stadium on January 29th,
the game pitting Sepsi against FC U Craiova had to be stopped on 26 minutes and later
suspended by the central referee, when the score was a blank draw, because FC U
Craiova’s fans shouted anti-Hungarian slogans.

U-BT Cluj-Napoca men’s basketball team on Wednesday
won the Romanian Cup, having won the match against CSM CSU Oradea in Constanța,
78 – 65. The latter team had the upper hand during the first quarter of the
game, yet U-BT Cluj Napoca came from behind towards the final, securing a 17-15
lead, In the second quarter of the game U-BT secured their advantage only to
consolidate it, in the third quarter of the game. The last part of the match
was a balanced one, yet CSM CSU Oradea were unable to level the score and win.
U-BT Cluj Napoca’s most efficient scorers were the American Patrick Richard,
with 15 points, 4 recoveries and 3 assists and the Brazilian Léonardo Meindl, with
14 points, 6 recoveries and 6 assists. CSM CSU Oradea’s best athletes were the
American Mark Ogden, cu 15 points and 4 recoveries and the American-born international
basketball player Kristopher Richard, with13 points, 3 recoveries and 6 assists.

In news from women’s basketball, Sepsi
Sfântu Gheorghe has a win-all record so far in the ongoing season, having grabbed
a 76-63 away win against CSM this past Wednesday, in a fixture counting towards
the National league’s 17th round. Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe are at the
top of the table, with 32 points in 16 matches. Following is Baschet Arad, with 29 de points in 16 matches.

In women’s volleyball, this past Wednesday Rapid
Bucharest grabbed a 3-1 home win against vice-champions CSM Targovişte, in the first
division’s 18th round. Also in Bucharest, CSM sustained a nil-3 home
defeat by Dinamo. Volei Alba Blaj
are at the top of the table, with 44 points in 14 matches. Dinamo and CSM
Targoviste follow, with 37 points each, also in 16 matches. (EN)

16 February 2023
Sports weekend

Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu this
coming Saturday will prove her mettle in the women’s doubles semi-finals
of the WTA 250 tournament in Lyon, an event with 225, 480 Euros in prize money. Pairing
up with Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic, In the quarterfinals, Niculescu
secured her qualification winning the match against the all-American pair made
of Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria, 5-7, 6-1, 10-7.

Romanian women’s handball team SCM Râmnicu
Vâlcea on Saturday play a home game against German opponents Thuringer. The
fixture counts towards the fourth round as part of the EHF European League’s group
stage. With 6 points in three games, Thuringer are at the top of the table in Group
D. With 2 points but with a better goal average, SCM Ramnicu Vâlcea are second-placed,
on a par with 3rd and 4rd-placed teams, Paris 92 of France and Hungary’s Vac.

The Champions League will see matches being
played, counting towards the last-but-one-round of the group stage. On Saturday,
Rapid Bucharest travel to France for a match against the Group B leader, Metz
Handball. For holders Rapid, the game is extremely important for their direct qualification
to the quarterfinals.

Two rounds ahead of the group stage, Metz Handball
have 21 points. Following in descending order are Hungarian team Gyor, Denmark’s
Esbjerg and Rapid Bucharest, with 18 points each. On Sunday and on home turf, in
Group A CSM Bucharest play also a French team, Brest Bretagne. Romania’s
vice-champion team have already secured their ticket to the quarterfinals, also
being the leaders in the rankings, with 21 points. Following in descending order
are Norway’s Vipers Kristiansand, with 19 points. Playing straight to the Champions
League’s quarterfinals are only the first two teams in each group. According to
a round-robin system, 3rd,
4th, 5th and 6th-placed teams compete in the League’s play-off stage.

Matches counting
towards the 24th round of the Romanian football Superleague are scheduled at
the weekend. On Friday, Chindia Târgovişte play UTA Arad and FC U Craiova face Universitatea
Cluj. On Saturday in Sibiu, the local side Hermannstadt receive the visit of FC
Arges, while in Bucharest Rapid play FC Voluntari. On Sunday, Mioveni play a home game against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. The 24th
round’s derby will see CFR Cluj traveling to Bucharest for a fixture against
FCSB. On Monday, Petrolul Ploiesti play
FC Botosani, away from home, while in Ovidiu, in the south-east, Farul
Constanta face Universitatea Craiova. With 50 points, CFR Cluj are at the top
of the table, while Farul Constanta are the runner-up team, with 48.(EN)

3 February 2023
Sports weekend

Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu this
coming Saturday will prove her mettle in the women’s doubles semi-finals
of the WTA 250 tournament in Lyon, an event with 225, 480 Euros in prize money. Pairing
up with Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic, In the quarterfinals, Niculescu
secured her qualification winning the match against the all-American pair made
of Kaitlyn Christian and Sabrina Santamaria, 5-7, 6-1, 10-7.

Romanian women’s handball team SCM Râmnicu
Vâlcea on Saturday play a home game against German opponents Thuringer. The
fixture counts towards the fourth round as part of the EHF European League’s group
stage. With 6 points in three games, Thuringer are at the top of the table in Group
D. With 2 points but with a better goal average, SCM Ramnicu Vâlcea are second-placed,
on a par with 3rd and 4rd-placed teams, Paris 92 of France and Hungary’s Vac.

The Champions League will see matches being
played, counting towards the last-but-one-round of the group stage. On Saturday,
Rapid Bucharest travel to France for a match against the Group B leader, Metz
Handball. For holders Rapid, the game is extremely important for their direct qualification
to the quarterfinals.

Two rounds ahead of the group stage, Metz Handball
have 21 points. Following in descending order are Hungarian team Gyor, Denmark’s
Esbjerg and Rapid Bucharest, with 18 points each. On Sunday and on home turf, in
Group A CSM Bucharest play also a French team, Brest Bretagne. Romania’s
vice-champion team have already secured their ticket to the quarterfinals, also
being the leaders in the rankings, with 21 points. Following in descending order
are Norway’s Vipers Kristiansand, with 19 points. Playing straight to the Champions
League’s quarterfinals are only the first two teams in each group. According to
a round-robin system, 3rd,
4th, 5th and 6th-placed teams compete in the League’s play-off stage.

Matches counting
towards the 24th round of the Romanian football Superleague are scheduled at
the weekend. On Friday, Chindia Târgovişte play UTA Arad and FC U Craiova face Universitatea
Cluj. On Saturday in Sibiu, the local side Hermannstadt receive the visit of FC
Arges, while in Bucharest Rapid play FC Voluntari. On Sunday, Mioveni play a home game against Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. The 24th
round’s derby will see CFR Cluj traveling to Bucharest for a fixture against
FCSB. On Monday, Petrolul Ploiesti play
FC Botosani, away from home, while in Ovidiu, in the south-east, Farul
Constanta face Universitatea Craiova. With 50 points, CFR Cluj are at the top
of the table, while Farul Constanta are the runner-up team, with 48.(EN)

3 February 2023
Sports flash

Romanian
men’s basketball team CSM CSU Oradea this past Wednesday
grabbed a 95-84 home win against German opponents Brose Bamberg, in a Group L
fixture as part of FIBA Europe Cup. CSM CSU Oradea have
thus snatched the second consecutive group win and are still in the race for
the quarterfinal’s qualifiers. In the other Group L match, Cypriot team Keravnos
sustained a 65-78 home defeat by Poland’s Anwil Włocławek. Anwil Włocławek are still
at the top of the table in Group L, with 7 points. CSM CSU Oradea and Brose
Bamberg follow, in descending order, with 6 and 5 points, respectively. This
coming Wednesday, CSM CSU Oradea play an away game agia9nst the Polish team, in
the last but one round as part of the FIBA Europe Cup’s Group stage. The first
two teams in the group advance to the competition’s quarterfinals.

In women’s basketball, in a fixture
counting towards EuroCup, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe sustained a 76-91 defeat by
French team LDLC ASVEL, in Lyon. The match counted towards the first leg as part
of the competition’s round of 16. Holders Sepsi are highly unlikely to secure a
win in the return leg, to be played in Sfantu Gheorghe this coming Wednesday.

Romanian men’s volleyball team Arcada Galati,
in a fixture counting towards the CEV Cup’ playoff stage, sustained a 1-3 defeat
by Italian opponents Piacenza this past Wednesday. We recall the Italians also
secured a first-leg, 3-nil win in Galați.

The Australian Open in
Melbourne has reached the semi-finals stage. The last Romanian standing is to
prove her mettle on Friday. Elena-Gabriela Ruse, pairing up with Ukraine’s Marta
Kostyuk, will try to advance to the competition’s finals. Ruse and Kostyuk go
against the top-seeded, all-Czech pair made of Barbora
Krejcikova and Katerina Synyakova. Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Marta Kostyuk have
hit their career-best in a Grand Slam tournament. (EN)

26 January 2023
Sports flash

Romanian
men’s basketball team CSM CSU Oradea this past Wednesday
grabbed a 95-84 home win against German opponents Brose Bamberg, in a Group L
fixture as part of FIBA Europe Cup. CSM CSU Oradea have
thus snatched the second consecutive group win and are still in the race for
the quarterfinal’s qualifiers. In the other Group L match, Cypriot team Keravnos
sustained a 65-78 home defeat by Poland’s Anwil Włocławek. Anwil Włocławek are still
at the top of the table in Group L, with 7 points. CSM CSU Oradea and Brose
Bamberg follow, in descending order, with 6 and 5 points, respectively. This
coming Wednesday, CSM CSU Oradea play an away game agia9nst the Polish team, in
the last but one round as part of the FIBA Europe Cup’s Group stage. The first
two teams in the group advance to the competition’s quarterfinals.

In women’s basketball, in a fixture
counting towards EuroCup, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe sustained a 76-91 defeat by
French team LDLC ASVEL, in Lyon. The match counted towards the first leg as part
of the competition’s round of 16. Holders Sepsi are highly unlikely to secure a
win in the return leg, to be played in Sfantu Gheorghe this coming Wednesday.

Romanian men’s volleyball team Arcada Galati,
in a fixture counting towards the CEV Cup’ playoff stage, sustained a 1-3 defeat
by Italian opponents Piacenza this past Wednesday. We recall the Italians also
secured a first-leg, 3-nil win in Galați.

The Australian Open in
Melbourne has reached the semi-finals stage. The last Romanian standing is to
prove her mettle on Friday. Elena-Gabriela Ruse, pairing up with Ukraine’s Marta
Kostyuk, will try to advance to the competition’s finals. Ruse and Kostyuk go
against the top-seeded, all-Czech pair made of Barbora
Krejcikova and Katerina Synyakova. Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Marta Kostyuk have
hit their career-best in a Grand Slam tournament. (EN)

26 January 2023
Radio Romania International Sports club

Romanian tennis player Elena Gabriela Ruse this
past Wednesday advanced to the women’s doubles semifinals as part of the year’s
first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open. In the quarterfinals, Elena Gabriela
Ruse and Ukraine’s Marta Kostiuk defeated Australia’s Storm Hunter and 4th-seeded
tennis player, Belgium’s Elise Mertens, 7-6, 2-6, 6-4.

It took Elena Gabriela Ruse and Marta
Kostiuk two and a half hours of play to win the confrontation. The two succeeded
their peak performance in a Grand Slam tournament. Elena Gabriela Ruse and Marta
Kostiuk had a rather sluggish start as the scoreboard displayed a 2-nil advantage
for Hunter and Mertens. Yet Ruse and Kostiuk came from behind and forced the
tiebreak, securing a first-set, 8-6 win as Hunter and Mertens had a 5-2 lead earlier
into the game. In the second set, Hunter and Mertens had no problem securing a
6-2 win, even though Ruse and Kostiuk had won the first two games of the set. In the third set,
which was the decisive one, Ruse and Kostiuk began with a break, then later during
the game secured a 5-2 advantage and eventually won the set, 6-4.

Having advanced to the Australian Open’s quarterfinals,
Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Marta Kostiuk received 210,000 AUD and were granted
780 WTA points, according to the women’s double rankings, In the semifinals,
Ruse and Kostiuk are pitted against top-seeded opponents, Australian Open title
holders, the all-Czech pair made of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova,

The other Romania tennis players competing in
Melbourne have all been eliminated from competition. In the women’s singles, it
was only Irina Begu who reached as far as the second round. We recall this past
Thursday Begu was defeated by Laura Siegemund of Germany. In the women’s
doubles, apart from Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Monica Niculescu also had a
satisfactory run, pairing up with Swiss player Viktorija Golubic. Monica and Victorija
were unable to go past the round of 16 as they were defeated by Hunter and Mertens,
the pair that laser was eliminated by Ruse and Kostiuk. Niculescu and Golubic will
be rewarded with a cheque worth 67,250 AUD and 240 WTA points. (EN)

25 January 2023