Sports roundup
The latest news from rugby, swimming and football.
Florin Orban, 08.07.2024, 13:45
Romania’s men’s national rugby team began their North American tour with a win. They defeated the United States in Chicago 22-20 to win the Pershing Cup, a trophy awarded to the winner of the direct matches between the two sides. In their second match on the North American continent, Romania will play Canada in Ottawa at the weekend.
The Romanian men’s water polo team ended their international friendly tournament in Belgrade with a win. They defeated Germany 16-12 on Sunday in their final test match ahead of the Paris Olympic Games. Romania also won against France and Germany, but lost to Serbia, Montenegro and Australia. The players will meet on Wednesday at the Olympic centre in Izvorani, near Bucharest, to continue their training, before leaving for Paris on 21st July.
The Romanian delegation ranked 4th in a team ranking at the European Junior Swimming Championships that came to an end on Sunday in Vilnius, Lithuania. Romania won a total of 7 medals, namely four gold, two silver and one bronze. Robert-Andrei Badea won the men’s 200 m and 400 m individual medley finals, Vlad-Ştefan Mihalache won the men’s 200 m butterfly final, while Daria-Măriuca Silişteanu won the women’s 100 m backstroke final. The silver medals went to Rebecca-Aimée Diaconescu in the women’s 200 m freestyle final and to Aissia-Claudia Prisecariu in the women’s 200 m backstroke final.
Romanian football teams are this week playing a number of European international matches. On Tuesday, FCSB are playing Virtus of San Marino away, but they cannot count on two important players, Vlad Chiricheș and Marius Ștefănescu, who are suspended. The former was eliminated in the previous match against the Danish side Nordsjælland, which FCSB lost 2-nil, in the Conference League third qualifying round; while Ștefănescu, who has just joined the team, was eliminated in a match for his former side Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe against the Norwegian side Bodo Glimt in the Conference Leage play-offs, and which Sepsi lost 3-2.
