Sports Flash

A look at the latest main sporting events

Florin Orban, 21.12.2023, 13:45

The Romanian womens basketball side Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe on Wednesday got their second and most clear win in the Euroleague. The Romanian champions secured an 88-58 home win against Polish side Lublin, in the competitions Group A. US player Morgan Green was the best player of the Romanian side with 19 points, 5 recoveries and 9 decisive contributions. The win has pushed Sepsi to the seventh position in the groups ranking. Before the game, Sepsi was at the bottom of group A.

The Romanians will next take on Valencia Basket Club on their own ground on January 10th.

In the mens group B of the Eurocup competition, Romanias side U-BT Cluj-Napoca lost to French side Bourg-en-Bresse, 98-89. With eight wins, U-BT ranks third in the 10-side group after Dreamland Gran Canaria and Bourg-en Bresse, each with 10 victories. U-BT will be taking on Buducnost Podgorica in an away game on December 27th.

Hungarian capital, Budapest, is hosting an international water polo tournament. Romanias male side lost to Spain 15-7. This has been their third failure in a row after those against Serbia, 5-15 and 8-15 to Hungary.

Romanias football Superleague has this week seen the matches of its 21st leg, the last this year. On Tuesday in Craiova, southern Romania, local side, FC U 1948, secured a 2-0 victory against Petrolul Ploiesti, while in Iaşi, north-eastern Romania, FCSB clinched a 3-1 win against local side Poli. Two matches ended in a draw on Wednesday, UTA Arad versus Universitatea Craiova 2 all and Farul Constanţa versus Rapid Bucharest, 0 all. Hermannstadt plays Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe on Thursday and CFR Cluj takes on Universitatea Cluj. The legs last two matches will be on Friday, when Oţelul Galaţi plays FC Botoşani and Dinamo Bucharest takes on FC Voluntari. FCSB ranks first in the standings with 44 points followed by Universitatea Craiova with 34. The Superleagues championship is to resume on January 19th.

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