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  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    A new edition of the Dakar Rally came to an end in Saudi Arabia and Romania has made its presence felt in the competition this year as well. In the car race, the Romanian carmaker, Dacia, came fourth with driver Nasser Al-Attiyah at the steering wheel. The Qatari driver was pleased with the Dacia Sandrider, which enabled him to win a leg in the prestigious competition.

    At his 15th participation in the motorcycle section, biker Emanuel Gyenes came 20th in the ranking. He has again compelled recognition in the Original by Motul, section where participants compete without technical assistance and for his remarkable performance Radio Romania International has designated him Athlete of the Week.

    Emanuel Gyenes rode a KTM motorcycle during the competition and slept in a tent while temperature dropped under 10 Celsius at night. He would wake at 4 in the morning have breakfast and get his bike ready for the race. In the all-out ranking he came 20th, five hours, 16 minutes and 50 seconds after the winner, Daniel Sanders of Australia.

    In the Original by Motul category, before the last leg, the Romanian came one minute after Benjamin Melot of France. He managed an exceptional performance during the final race though and has added a second title after the one he secured five years ago.

    Emanuel Gyenes was born in Satu Mare, northern Romania on March 3rd 1984. He made his debut in the 2007 Dakar Rally, when he came 47th. He secured his best performance in the 2016 edition, when he ranked the 14th, which was also the best performance of a Romanian in the aforementioned race.

    After his performance in Saudi Arabia, he told the journalists in Bucharest that he would like to compete in the car section of the prestigious competition in the future.

    (bill)

  • Bianca Boeroiu, an Emmy Award Winner

    Bianca Boeroiu, an Emmy Award Winner

    Bianca Boeroiu, one of the most famous Romanian make-up artists, won the 2023 Emmy Award for Best Contemporary Make-up.

     

    She received the prestigious award for the make-up created for the series Wednesday, directed by Tim Burton, produced by Netflix and shot in Romania, with several Romanian artists and technicians as part of the team. Bianca has put her signature on numerous commercials and videos, and has ended up collaborating with famous actors such as Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton or John Malkovich. In Romania, she already has 3 GOPO awards and 9 nominations for films such as “When I Want to Whistle, I Whistle”, “Loverboy”, “A Step Behind the Seraphim”, “Happy Funerals”, “Aferim” and others. Bianca Boeroiu told us how she became involved in the making of the “Wednesday” series: “The collaboration with Tim Burton came after an interview I gave with the designer of this project. That’s how I ended up working in the team that did the actors’ make-up, along with colleagues from England and colleagues from Romania. I did the make-up for numerous characters, most of Wednesday’s colleagues, I’m referring especially to those from Nevermore Academy. I also did the make-up for the mayor of the city and that of a very important character, Eugene, one of the strangest students of Nevermore Academy and the president of the school’s beekeeping club. In fact, almost all the characters in this series had the make-up done by me, obviously excluding the famous actors who were taken care of by the designer of this project and the protagonist of the series, Jenna Ortega, who had her own make-up. As regards preparations for a project of this type, the director already has a vision for the characters. Of course, we also read the script, we have production meetings, then tests. If it is a period production, it is an extra challenge for us, but also for a contemporary film, as the make-up is very important. In the case of the “Wednesday” series, the characters were quite well outlined by the designer and director Tim Burton, but we also had our share of contribution.”

     

    Earlier this year, Bianca Boeroiu participated in the Emmy Awards ceremony: “I managed to get there and I am very glad that I did. It was an extraordinary experience, I hope to have the opportunity to get to such events again. Due to this award, I travelled for the first time to the United States of America, to Los Angeles, and I found it fascinating. I stayed for almost a week and met with friends and colleagues who are make-up specialists, with whom I have collaborated on other projects in Romania. It was an intense and emotional experience, I will never forget the moment when they pronounced “Wednesday” on stage, because the result is not known in advance, it is like at the Gopo Awards, when you open the envelope you find out if you have won or not. And this award really does increase your visibility. I have worked in international productions before, mostly European, I also had a Disney collaboration and I am open to other such proposals.”

     

    Ceramic art teacher, Bianca Boeroiu has been working for over 20 years at the National Children’s Palace in Bucharest and is currently working on a course support for these ceramics classes: “I graduated from the National University of Arts in Bucharest, Ceramics – Decorative Arts department and, immediately after graduating from college, I took this teaching position at the National Children’s Palace, something that I love doing and something I would never give it up, no matter how many offers I would receive as a make-up artist. It’s an area where I feel really good, children really give you an extraordinary energy and a lot of satisfaction. I have been attracted to make-up since I was little and a friend gave me this suggestion, to take a course in this direction. At first I was a little skeptical, I admit, I didn’t even know that there was a department at the University of Arts where you could learn this specialization. After I discovered it, things came naturally, that is, I did everything with great pleasure and enthusiasm and that’s how things came together. Since then I have been almost always involved in projects of this type, at first mostly Romanian, after which international collaborations followed.”

     

    Bianca Boeroiu is also a member of the Union of Plastic Artists of Romania, her works winning the Debut Award in Ceramics at the Fire Arts Biennial.

  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week

    Romania has already registered its first woman
    athlete that secured the qualification to the Olympic Games in 2024. Her name is
    Delvine Meringor, and this past Sunday in the Barcelona Marathon Meringor came
    in third, clocking 2 hours, 20 minutes and 48 seconds. Delvine thus met the set
    target required for the qualification in Paris. For her noteworthy performance,
    Radio Romania International has designated Delvine Meringor the Athlete of the week.


    The competition in Barcelona was extremely
    heated, while its standard was really high. The Marathon records were broken in the men’s as well as in the women’s version of the competition. Bahrain’s Marius Kimutai
    clocked 2 hours, 5 minutes and 6 seconds, while the winner of the women’s
    marathon, Ethiopian runner Zeineba Yimer Worku clocked 2 hours, 19 minutes
    and 44 de seconds. The women’s runner-up marathon runner was Kenya’s Selly
    Chpeyego, who crossed the finish line 44 seconds earlier than
    Delvine Meringor. In the women’s version of the Barcelona Marathon, seven runners
    failed to meet the International Federation’s Olympic target set at 2 hours, 26
    minutes and 50 seconds. As of late, the Olympic set target has been very high,
    while the most recent such set target is only 6 seconds higher than the timing
    clocked by the Romanian race runner Constantina Dita, who in 2008 won gold in the Beijing
    Olympics.


    Delvine Meringor was born in Kenya, on August
    1st, 1992. Since August 2021 Meringor has been a Romanian citizen and
    is signed up by Steaua Bucharest, while her coach is Valentin Anghel. According
    to the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee and in keeping with a World Athletics
    resolution, Delvine can legally represent Romania at national level beginning July
    5th, 2024. (EN)

  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week

    Romania has already registered its first woman
    athlete that secured the qualification to the Olympic Games in 2024. Her name is
    Delvine Meringor, and this past Sunday in the Barcelona Marathon Meringor came
    in third, clocking 2 hours, 20 minutes and 48 seconds. Delvine thus met the set
    target required for the qualification in Paris. For her noteworthy performance,
    Radio Romania International has designated Delvine Meringor the Athlete of the week.


    The competition in Barcelona was extremely
    heated, while its standard was really high. The Marathon records were broken in the men’s as well as in the women’s version of the competition. Bahrain’s Marius Kimutai
    clocked 2 hours, 5 minutes and 6 seconds, while the winner of the women’s
    marathon, Ethiopian runner Zeineba Yimer Worku clocked 2 hours, 19 minutes
    and 44 de seconds. The women’s runner-up marathon runner was Kenya’s Selly
    Chpeyego, who crossed the finish line 44 seconds earlier than
    Delvine Meringor. In the women’s version of the Barcelona Marathon, seven runners
    failed to meet the International Federation’s Olympic target set at 2 hours, 26
    minutes and 50 seconds. As of late, the Olympic set target has been very high,
    while the most recent such set target is only 6 seconds higher than the timing
    clocked by the Romanian race runner Constantina Dita, who in 2008 won gold in the Beijing
    Olympics.


    Delvine Meringor was born in Kenya, on August
    1st, 1992. Since August 2021 Meringor has been a Romanian citizen and
    is signed up by Steaua Bucharest, while her coach is Valentin Anghel. According
    to the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee and in keeping with a World Athletics
    resolution, Delvine can legally represent Romania at national level beginning July
    5th, 2024. (EN)

  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week

    The womens clay court tennis tournament in Palermo seems to have always drawn women tennis players from Romania to take part in it. We should not forget the Romanian women tennis players have many supporters in Sicily, especially among the fellow Romanians who settled there. Also, the Romanians feel quite at home playing on a clay court. We recall that 30 years ago, in 1994 and 1995, another Romanian, Irina Sparlea won the trophy. In 2021, Elena‑Gabriela Ruse was a whisker away from winning, yet she was defeated by US challenger Danielle Collins. In 2022, Irina Begu emerged as the winner of the Palermo tournament as in the final the Romanian overpowered her opponent, Italys Lucia Bronzetti. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to designate Irina the Athlete of the week.



    Irina Begu was 6th-seeded in Palermo. Her successful run includes a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win against Spains Marina Bassols Ribera, another three-set win against French opponent Océane Dodin, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the second round, and a more laid-back, two-set win against Diane Parry, also from France 6-1, 6-3. Irinas trail in Palermo also includes a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against the 4th-seeded player, Spains Sara Sorribes Tormo in the semi-finals; it was Irina Begus most difficult confrontation in the tournament, yet the Romanian braced up and won, after more than three hours of play. Irina Begu had no problem securing a two-set win against Italian challenger Lucia Bronzetti, 6-2, 6-2. For her exceptional feat in Sicily, Begu received 26, 770 Euro and 280 WTA points



    Irina Camelia Begu was born in Bucharest. She turns 32 in August this year. Her recent win in Palermo only adds to other noteworthy feats on her record. Irina also has four womens singles WTA tournaments she won in Tashkent, in 2012, in Seoul, in 2015, in Florianopolis, the USA, in 2016 and in Bucharest, in 2017. In the womens doubles, Irina Begu won nine tournaments, in Hobart in 2012, jointly with Monica Niculescu, in s-Hertogenbosch, in 2013, pairing up with Anabel Medina Garrigues and in Rio, in 2014, jointly with Maria Irigoyen. Also in 2014, in Seoul, Irina emerged as winner together with Lara Arruabarrena, then in 2017, jointly with Raluca Olaru, she won the tournament in Bucharest. Also in 2017, Irina Begu and sara Errani won the tournament in Tianjin. In 2018, Irina Camelia Begu won two other WTA tournaments, in Shenzhen, pairing up with Simona Halep, and again in Bucharest, this time alongside Andreea Mitu, also in 2018. Pairing up with Monica Niculescu, Irina Begu won the Thailand Open, in 2019.(EN)


  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week

    The womens clay court tennis tournament in Palermo seems to have always drawn women tennis players from Romania to take part in it. We should not forget the Romanian women tennis players have many supporters in Sicily, especially among the fellow Romanians who settled there. Also, the Romanians feel quite at home playing on a clay court. We recall that 30 years ago, in 1994 and 1995, another Romanian, Irina Sparlea won the trophy. In 2021, Elena‑Gabriela Ruse was a whisker away from winning, yet she was defeated by US challenger Danielle Collins. In 2022, Irina Begu emerged as the winner of the Palermo tournament as in the final the Romanian overpowered her opponent, Italys Lucia Bronzetti. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to designate Irina the Athlete of the week.



    Irina Begu was 6th-seeded in Palermo. Her successful run includes a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win against Spains Marina Bassols Ribera, another three-set win against French opponent Océane Dodin, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the second round, and a more laid-back, two-set win against Diane Parry, also from France 6-1, 6-3. Irinas trail in Palermo also includes a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against the 4th-seeded player, Spains Sara Sorribes Tormo in the semi-finals; it was Irina Begus most difficult confrontation in the tournament, yet the Romanian braced up and won, after more than three hours of play. Irina Begu had no problem securing a two-set win against Italian challenger Lucia Bronzetti, 6-2, 6-2. For her exceptional feat in Sicily, Begu received 26, 770 Euro and 280 WTA points



    Irina Camelia Begu was born in Bucharest. She turns 32 in August this year. Her recent win in Palermo only adds to other noteworthy feats on her record. Irina also has four womens singles WTA tournaments she won in Tashkent, in 2012, in Seoul, in 2015, in Florianopolis, the USA, in 2016 and in Bucharest, in 2017. In the womens doubles, Irina Begu won nine tournaments, in Hobart in 2012, jointly with Monica Niculescu, in s-Hertogenbosch, in 2013, pairing up with Anabel Medina Garrigues and in Rio, in 2014, jointly with Maria Irigoyen. Also in 2014, in Seoul, Irina emerged as winner together with Lara Arruabarrena, then in 2017, jointly with Raluca Olaru, she won the tournament in Bucharest. Also in 2017, Irina Begu and sara Errani won the tournament in Tianjin. In 2018, Irina Camelia Begu won two other WTA tournaments, in Shenzhen, pairing up with Simona Halep, and again in Bucharest, this time alongside Andreea Mitu, also in 2018. Pairing up with Monica Niculescu, Irina Begu won the Thailand Open, in 2019.(EN)


  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week

    The European Juniors’ swimming Championships, held in
    Otopeni, nearby Bucharest, have drawn to close this past Sunday. Staged as an
    absolute first in Romania, the competition brought 494 swimmers from 42
    countries to the start line, The 26-strong Romanian delegation, made of 14 men
    and 12 women, came in 3rd in the overall national competition
    rankings, The Romanians walked away with 9 medals, 5 of which were gold and 4
    silver. The delegations of Hungary and
    Poland were the only ones that outclassed Romania. The most substantial contribution
    to Romania’s medal tally was provided by swimmer David Popovici. David was a member
    of Romania’s gold-winning freestyle relay team and of Romania’s mixed relay
    team, which also scooped gold in the 4X100m freestyle event. Reason enough for radio
    Romania International to designate David the Athlete of the week.


    As a result of their scintillating run in Otopeni, David
    Popovici and the French Mary-Ambre Moluh were designated the championships’
    best swimmers, according to the number of points reflecting their results in
    the competition. Top of the table with 951 points was Popovici. Following in
    descending order were Ksawery Masiuk of Poland, with 941, and the Italian Lorenzo
    Galossi, with 897. In the women’s version of the championships, Moluh had 920 points.


    David Popovici was born in Bucharest on September 15,
    2004. He distinguished himself at the juniors’ competition in 2021, when at the
    European championships in Rome, David stepped onto the first step of the podium
    at the European Championships in Rome, in the 200, 100 and 50m freestyle event.
    David set a new world juniors’ record in the 50m event. Later, David broke the
    world records in the 100 and 200m freestyle events. David also succeeded to
    qualify for the Tokyo Olympics’, where he came in 4th in the 200m
    freestyle event. Back then David Popovici was two hundredths of a second away
    from stepping onto a step of the podium. In seniors’ competitions, David’s
    major feat occurred in November 2021. We recall that in Kazan, Russia, he
    became a European champion in the 200m freestyle event. At the world seniors’ championships
    held in Budapest in June this year, David was at the top of the table in the
    100 and 200m freestyle events. David’s next scheduled competition is the European
    Seniors’ Championship, held in Rome, between August 11 and 17. Then in early
    September David will be participating in the World Juniors’ Championships, held
    in Lima, Peru.


    (EN)

  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week

    The European Juniors’ swimming Championships, held in
    Otopeni, nearby Bucharest, have drawn to close this past Sunday. Staged as an
    absolute first in Romania, the competition brought 494 swimmers from 42
    countries to the start line, The 26-strong Romanian delegation, made of 14 men
    and 12 women, came in 3rd in the overall national competition
    rankings, The Romanians walked away with 9 medals, 5 of which were gold and 4
    silver. The delegations of Hungary and
    Poland were the only ones that outclassed Romania. The most substantial contribution
    to Romania’s medal tally was provided by swimmer David Popovici. David was a member
    of Romania’s gold-winning freestyle relay team and of Romania’s mixed relay
    team, which also scooped gold in the 4X100m freestyle event. Reason enough for radio
    Romania International to designate David the Athlete of the week.


    As a result of their scintillating run in Otopeni, David
    Popovici and the French Mary-Ambre Moluh were designated the championships’
    best swimmers, according to the number of points reflecting their results in
    the competition. Top of the table with 951 points was Popovici. Following in
    descending order were Ksawery Masiuk of Poland, with 941, and the Italian Lorenzo
    Galossi, with 897. In the women’s version of the championships, Moluh had 920 points.


    David Popovici was born in Bucharest on September 15,
    2004. He distinguished himself at the juniors’ competition in 2021, when at the
    European championships in Rome, David stepped onto the first step of the podium
    at the European Championships in Rome, in the 200, 100 and 50m freestyle event.
    David set a new world juniors’ record in the 50m event. Later, David broke the
    world records in the 100 and 200m freestyle events. David also succeeded to
    qualify for the Tokyo Olympics’, where he came in 4th in the 200m
    freestyle event. Back then David Popovici was two hundredths of a second away
    from stepping onto a step of the podium. In seniors’ competitions, David’s
    major feat occurred in November 2021. We recall that in Kazan, Russia, he
    became a European champion in the 200m freestyle event. At the world seniors’ championships
    held in Budapest in June this year, David was at the top of the table in the
    100 and 200m freestyle events. David’s next scheduled competition is the European
    Seniors’ Championship, held in Rome, between August 11 and 17. Then in early
    September David will be participating in the World Juniors’ Championships, held
    in Lima, Peru.


    (EN)

  • Sports flash

    Sports flash

    The Europa Conference League in football final was hosted by the Albanian capital city of Tirana. This past Wednesday, AS Rome defeated Dutch challengers Feyenoord Rotterdam, 1-nil. An all-Romanian crew of referees coordinated the game, with István Kovács as the main referee, while Vasile Florin Marinescu and Ovidiu Artene were his assistants.



    In Craiova on Friday, Universitatea Craiova face FC Botosani in a playoff fixture. The winning squad will be the third team that will represent Romania in the preliminaries of the Conference Leagues next edition. Universitatea Craiova came in 3rd according to League One s Group 2 rankings, while FC Botosani were the runner-up team in Group 1.



    Currently at the top of the table in Group 1, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe have won the Romanian Cup in football and have advanced directly to the Conference League qualifiers, so in the play- off fixture against Universitatea Craiova, FC Botosani are in for Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe.



    This past Wednesday, for the 18th time in the clubs history, Steaua Bucharest won the mens water polo championship. In the fourth match as part of the National Superleague, Steaua Bucharest grabbed a 12-4 away win against CSM Oradea. On aggregate, Aurelian Georgescus trainees have won, 3-1. The final was played according to the best in five teams system. In the first two fixtures as part of the final, in Bucharest, Steaua had won 10-8 and 11-9, respectively, after the penalty shootouts, while in Oradea, on Tuesday, Steaua won yet again, 9-8. Steaua have thus won their sixth consecutive title, bar the 2019-2020 season, which was cancelled because of the pandemic.



    In the second round as part of the Grand Slam tournament in Roland Garros, Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea this past Wednesday sustained a 3-6, 6-2, 6-nil defeat by Sloane Stephens of the US. For her run in Roland Garros, the Romanian will receive a cheque worth 84, 000 Euros and 70 WTA points.



    In the southern Romanian town of Alexandria on Wednesday, in a fixture counting towards Group C as part of the Golden League competition in volleyball, Romanian womens national team were defeated by the Ukrainian national squad, 1-3. Ukraine thus made up for the 2-3 defeat they sustained this past Tuesday, also in Alexandria. Hungary is also part of Group C and Romania is pitted against Hungary, on May 28 in Budapest. The first two teams in descending order book their ticket for the Golden Leagues final tournament. (EN)


  • Sports flash

    Sports flash

    The Europa Conference League in football final was hosted by the Albanian capital city of Tirana. This past Wednesday, AS Rome defeated Dutch challengers Feyenoord Rotterdam, 1-nil. An all-Romanian crew of referees coordinated the game, with István Kovács as the main referee, while Vasile Florin Marinescu and Ovidiu Artene were his assistants.



    In Craiova on Friday, Universitatea Craiova face FC Botosani in a playoff fixture. The winning squad will be the third team that will represent Romania in the preliminaries of the Conference Leagues next edition. Universitatea Craiova came in 3rd according to League One s Group 2 rankings, while FC Botosani were the runner-up team in Group 1.



    Currently at the top of the table in Group 1, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe have won the Romanian Cup in football and have advanced directly to the Conference League qualifiers, so in the play- off fixture against Universitatea Craiova, FC Botosani are in for Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe.



    This past Wednesday, for the 18th time in the clubs history, Steaua Bucharest won the mens water polo championship. In the fourth match as part of the National Superleague, Steaua Bucharest grabbed a 12-4 away win against CSM Oradea. On aggregate, Aurelian Georgescus trainees have won, 3-1. The final was played according to the best in five teams system. In the first two fixtures as part of the final, in Bucharest, Steaua had won 10-8 and 11-9, respectively, after the penalty shootouts, while in Oradea, on Tuesday, Steaua won yet again, 9-8. Steaua have thus won their sixth consecutive title, bar the 2019-2020 season, which was cancelled because of the pandemic.



    In the second round as part of the Grand Slam tournament in Roland Garros, Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea this past Wednesday sustained a 3-6, 6-2, 6-nil defeat by Sloane Stephens of the US. For her run in Roland Garros, the Romanian will receive a cheque worth 84, 000 Euros and 70 WTA points.



    In the southern Romanian town of Alexandria on Wednesday, in a fixture counting towards Group C as part of the Golden League competition in volleyball, Romanian womens national team were defeated by the Ukrainian national squad, 1-3. Ukraine thus made up for the 2-3 defeat they sustained this past Tuesday, also in Alexandria. Hungary is also part of Group C and Romania is pitted against Hungary, on May 28 in Budapest. The first two teams in descending order book their ticket for the Golden Leagues final tournament. (EN)


  • Sports weekend

    Sports weekend

    Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe are the winners of the title for the 2021-2022 edition of Romanian Cup in football. In the final they played In Bucharest on Thursday, Sepsi secured a 2-1 win against Fc Voluntari. Sepsis Marius Dstefanescu scored the two goals on 22 and 38 minutes. Scoring for FC Voluntari was Andres Dumitrescu, in extra time. Sepsis recent feat has secured the team from Sfantu Gheorghe the ticket for the second preliminary round as part of the Conference League.



    Matches counting towards the last round as part of League Ones Group 2 in football are scheduled at the weekend. On Friday, Universitatea Craiova take on Farul Constanța. On Sunday in Buzău, FCSB face CFR Cluj, while on Monday, FC Argeș play a home game in Pitesti against FC Voluntari. For the fifth time running and for the eighth time in the clubs history, CFR are already champions. FCSB are the runner up team and will play straight into the second round of the Conference league qualifiers. Third-placed are Universitatea Craiova. If they want to secure a place in the Conference league preliminaries, Universitatea will have to take on 2nd-placed team in Group 1, FC Botosani.



    According to the drawing of lots held in Paris on Thursday, Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, 19th-seeded in the grand Slam tournament of Roland Garros, in the first round goes against Croatias Ana Konjuh. 26th-seeded Sorana Cîrstea plays Tatjana Maria of Germany. Gabriela Ruse is in for a difficult confrontation against Belgiums Elise Mertens, 31st-seeded in Roland Garros. Irina Begu will face Italian opponent Jasmine Paolini, while Ana Bogdan takes on the 15th-seeded tennis player in Roland Garros, Victoria Azarenka.



    This coming weekend, in the World Cup rowing competition held in the Czech city of Racice, Cătălin Chirilă and Mălina Trifescu are the only Romanian rowers taking part in the competitions. Chirica competes in the 500m and 1,000 single scull races. Malina Trifescu competes in the womens canoe single event, also in the 500m and 1,000m races. After Racice, the Romanian delegation travels to Polands Poznan, where another World Cup competition is held, next weekend. In Poznan, Chirila competes in the 500, 1,000 and 5,000m races, while Trifescu will compete in the 200 and 500m races.


    (EN)



  • Sports weekend

    Sports weekend

    Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe are the winners of the title for the 2021-2022 edition of Romanian Cup in football. In the final they played In Bucharest on Thursday, Sepsi secured a 2-1 win against Fc Voluntari. Sepsis Marius Dstefanescu scored the two goals on 22 and 38 minutes. Scoring for FC Voluntari was Andres Dumitrescu, in extra time. Sepsis recent feat has secured the team from Sfantu Gheorghe the ticket for the second preliminary round as part of the Conference League.



    Matches counting towards the last round as part of League Ones Group 2 in football are scheduled at the weekend. On Friday, Universitatea Craiova take on Farul Constanța. On Sunday in Buzău, FCSB face CFR Cluj, while on Monday, FC Argeș play a home game in Pitesti against FC Voluntari. For the fifth time running and for the eighth time in the clubs history, CFR are already champions. FCSB are the runner up team and will play straight into the second round of the Conference league qualifiers. Third-placed are Universitatea Craiova. If they want to secure a place in the Conference league preliminaries, Universitatea will have to take on 2nd-placed team in Group 1, FC Botosani.



    According to the drawing of lots held in Paris on Thursday, Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, 19th-seeded in the grand Slam tournament of Roland Garros, in the first round goes against Croatias Ana Konjuh. 26th-seeded Sorana Cîrstea plays Tatjana Maria of Germany. Gabriela Ruse is in for a difficult confrontation against Belgiums Elise Mertens, 31st-seeded in Roland Garros. Irina Begu will face Italian opponent Jasmine Paolini, while Ana Bogdan takes on the 15th-seeded tennis player in Roland Garros, Victoria Azarenka.



    This coming weekend, in the World Cup rowing competition held in the Czech city of Racice, Cătălin Chirilă and Mălina Trifescu are the only Romanian rowers taking part in the competitions. Chirica competes in the 500m and 1,000 single scull races. Malina Trifescu competes in the womens canoe single event, also in the 500m and 1,000m races. After Racice, the Romanian delegation travels to Polands Poznan, where another World Cup competition is held, next weekend. In Poznan, Chirila competes in the 500, 1,000 and 5,000m races, while Trifescu will compete in the 200 and 500m races.


    (EN)



  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup


    Romanian ice-hockey
    team Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc on Sunday won the Erste Liga regional competition.
    Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc emerged as winners of the trophy for the second year
    running, having secured a 4-1 win in the final against Ferencvaros Budapest. In
    the fifth game of the final, which actually decided Sport Club’s winning of the
    trophy, the latter team grabbed a 5-3 home win against their Hungarian challengers.
    Having played the final for the fourth consecutive year, Sport Club won the
    trophy twice, in 2011 and 2021. In 2020, then the Erste Liga’s finalists, Sport
    Club Miercurea Ciuc and Ferencvaros Budapest were both pronounced champions
    because of the Covid-19 crisis. In 2019, Ferencvaros Budapest won the final
    against Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc, 4-1.


    CFR Cluj football
    team have lost their first domestic championship fixture in the last six months.
    Top-of-the-table CFR this past Sunday sustained a 2-3 away defeat by Universitatea
    Craiova. The game counted as a fourth-round fixture in Group 1. Universitatea
    Craiova’s Alexandru Creţu on 18 minutes drew first blood on the pitch. On 43
    minutes, CFR’s Mihai Bordeianu provided the equalizer. Then 12 minutes into the
    second half, CFR took the lead thanks to Claudiu Petrila’s goal. Universitatea
    Craiova’s Jovan Markovic levelled the score on 69 minutes. A couple of seconds
    from time, Universitatea’s Croat footballer, Ante Roguljic, put his team into
    the lead and sealed the fate of the game. We recall that in Bucharest, in the
    previous round, Universitatea Craiova secured a 2-nil away win against
    runner-up team FCSB. Also in Group 1, on Saturday, in Pitesti, in the south,
    Farul Constanta secured a 2-nil away win against the local team FC Arges. CFR
    Cluj are still at the top pf the table, with 45 points. Following are FCSB,
    with 37, and Universitatea Craiova, with 36 points.




    In
    Group 2, on Friday, in Clinceni, Chindia Târgovişte secured a 3-nil away win
    against local side Academica. In Bucharest, FC U Craiova outclassed Dinamo, 2-1.
    On Saturday in Arad, in the west, Rapid Bucharest secured
    a 2-nil away win against local side UTA. On Sunday, FC Botoşani sustained a
    nil-1 home defeat by Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. Rapid Bucharest are at the top of
    the table, with cu 32 points. Following are Sepsi, with 30, and FC Botoşani,
    with 29 points. With a minus of 13 points, bottom-of-the-table team Gaz Metan Medias
    stands no chance to avoid relegation, and so is Academica Clinceni, with a mere
    3 points on its record sheet. As of late, both teams have been repeatedly
    downgraded because of unpaid debts. In another move, three teams are trying
    really hard to avoid the two positions that take them to the playoffs. They are
    Dinamo, with 13 points, CS Mioveni, with 19, and Chindia Târgovişte, with 22 points.

    (EN)


  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup


    Romanian ice-hockey
    team Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc on Sunday won the Erste Liga regional competition.
    Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc emerged as winners of the trophy for the second year
    running, having secured a 4-1 win in the final against Ferencvaros Budapest. In
    the fifth game of the final, which actually decided Sport Club’s winning of the
    trophy, the latter team grabbed a 5-3 home win against their Hungarian challengers.
    Having played the final for the fourth consecutive year, Sport Club won the
    trophy twice, in 2011 and 2021. In 2020, then the Erste Liga’s finalists, Sport
    Club Miercurea Ciuc and Ferencvaros Budapest were both pronounced champions
    because of the Covid-19 crisis. In 2019, Ferencvaros Budapest won the final
    against Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc, 4-1.


    CFR Cluj football
    team have lost their first domestic championship fixture in the last six months.
    Top-of-the-table CFR this past Sunday sustained a 2-3 away defeat by Universitatea
    Craiova. The game counted as a fourth-round fixture in Group 1. Universitatea
    Craiova’s Alexandru Creţu on 18 minutes drew first blood on the pitch. On 43
    minutes, CFR’s Mihai Bordeianu provided the equalizer. Then 12 minutes into the
    second half, CFR took the lead thanks to Claudiu Petrila’s goal. Universitatea
    Craiova’s Jovan Markovic levelled the score on 69 minutes. A couple of seconds
    from time, Universitatea’s Croat footballer, Ante Roguljic, put his team into
    the lead and sealed the fate of the game. We recall that in Bucharest, in the
    previous round, Universitatea Craiova secured a 2-nil away win against
    runner-up team FCSB. Also in Group 1, on Saturday, in Pitesti, in the south,
    Farul Constanta secured a 2-nil away win against the local team FC Arges. CFR
    Cluj are still at the top pf the table, with 45 points. Following are FCSB,
    with 37, and Universitatea Craiova, with 36 points.




    In
    Group 2, on Friday, in Clinceni, Chindia Târgovişte secured a 3-nil away win
    against local side Academica. In Bucharest, FC U Craiova outclassed Dinamo, 2-1.
    On Saturday in Arad, in the west, Rapid Bucharest secured
    a 2-nil away win against local side UTA. On Sunday, FC Botoşani sustained a
    nil-1 home defeat by Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. Rapid Bucharest are at the top of
    the table, with cu 32 points. Following are Sepsi, with 30, and FC Botoşani,
    with 29 points. With a minus of 13 points, bottom-of-the-table team Gaz Metan Medias
    stands no chance to avoid relegation, and so is Academica Clinceni, with a mere
    3 points on its record sheet. As of late, both teams have been repeatedly
    downgraded because of unpaid debts. In another move, three teams are trying
    really hard to avoid the two positions that take them to the playoffs. They are
    Dinamo, with 13 points, CS Mioveni, with 19, and Chindia Târgovişte, with 22 points.

    (EN)


  • December 7, 2020 UPDATE

    December 7, 2020 UPDATE

    Elections – The Social Democratic Party – PSD has won Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Romania with 30.16% of the votes for the Senate and 29.71% for the Chamber of Deputies, followed by the National Liberal Party – PNL with 25.62% votes for the Senate and 25.21% for the Chamber of Deputies, the Central Electoral Bureau announced on Monday, after centralizing results from 95.25% of the polling stations. 3rd placed is the Save Romania Union – PLUS Alliance – USR-PLUS with 15.21% of the votes for the Senate and 14.73% for the Chamber of Deputies. The Alliance for Romanians’ Union got 8.69% votes for the Senate and 8.6% for the Chamber of Deputies while the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania UDMR got 6.21% votes for the Senate and 6.05% for the Chamber of Deputies. There is no outright winner of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, and the centre-right parties total 50% of the votes cast, President Klaus Iohannis stated on Monday. He announced that in the coming days he would call the parliamentary parties for consultations. In another move, the Liberal PM Ludovic Orban has resigned. Romanians in the Diaspora voted over the course of two days, on Saturday and Sunday, the highest voter turnout being reported in Italy, Moldova, Spain, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Germany and France. The new Parliament will have 465 MPs – 136 Senators and 329 Deputies. Sundays voter turnout stood at 27% of the total number of voters registered on permanent electoral lists, the lowest in the last 30 years.



    COVID-19 Ro – Another 3,660 new infections with SARS-CoV-2 and 127 related deaths were reported in last 24 hours, the Group for Strategic Communication announced on Monday. The total number of infections has thus climbed to 517 thousand, while the death toll stands at 12,447. 1,280 people are currently in intensive care. 80% of people infected with COVID-19 have recovered. Several towns and villages in Romania are still in quarantine. In Sibiu County, where the infection rate is 5 per thousand inhabitants, authorities have decided to extend the quarantine for another week in Sibiu and 6 villages.



    Moldova – Thousands protested on Sunday in the Moldovan capital-city Chişinău, calling for the dissolution of Parliament, at present controlled by a pro-Russian majority. The Moldovan Parliament recently voted for limiting the presidents prerogatives and strengthening the status of the Russian language. The rally was staged following a public appeal launched by the pro-European President elect, Maia Sandu. Sandus call was answered by the leaders of the opposition parties and also of the non-parliamentary political parties. Protesters accused Parliament and the Government of promoting corruption and of the misappropriation of public funds, also calling for snap elections. Maia Sandu said Sundays protest was not advocating any ideology or political party, but was simply aimed at voicing the will of the people, who grew tired of corruption and want a better life. The acting president, Igor Dodon, as well as members of the Socialist Party in Parliament, have refused to comment on the allegations.



    Brexit – Representatives of Great Britain and the European Union continue negotiations in Brussels with a view to reaching consensus on a post-Brexit agreement, the absence of which would have serious economic consequences for both sides. On Sunday evening, the chief negotiators conveyed diverging messages on how talks are progressing. EU officials said they are close to solving one the major obstacles, related to the fishing rights agreement, whereas the British side dismissed the information. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to make an assessment on Monday night on the progress reported so far in striking a trade agreement, which both the British and the European Parliament must ratify before taking effect on January 1, 2021. Londons future relation with Brussels is also expected to rank high on the agenda of the summit in Brussels, to be held on Thursday and Friday. The UK is still subject to EU legislation following its official withdrawal on January 31, 2020. (Tr. V. Palcu, L. Simion)