Sports flash
The latest from women's handball and football
Eugen Nasta, 12.09.2024, 13:45
Romanian women’s handball team Gloria Bistritsa grabbed a 24-22 away win against Rapid Bucharest. The fixture counted as the derby of the National Women’s Handball League’s third round. Florentin Pera’ s trainees had the lead all throughout the game, so much so that in the first half Gloria Bistritsa were six goals clear of Rapid. Gloria Bistritsa’s top player was Brazilian goal keeper Renata Lais De Arruda, with 18 saves. Gloria’s most efficient scorer was another Brazilian, Tamires Morena, with 5 goals scored. Rapid’s top scorer was the French Aissatou Kouyaté, who scored 5 goals. Gloria is fresh from another great win they grabbed on Saturday in the Champions League, against CSM Bucharest. In the domestic championship, 2023 title holders, CSM, in Bucharest on Wednesday grabbed a 38-24 win against Magura Cisnadie.
In news from football, Emil Săndoi is Politehnica Iaşi’s newly-appointed head coach. Sandoi’s debut match is this coming Sunday’s fixture pitting Politehnica Iasi against Universitatea Craiova, the team where Emil Sandoi made a name for himself in domestic football. The match counts towards the Romanian Super League’s 9th round. The round’s debut fixtures on Friday will see Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe playing FC Botosani on home turf, while in Bucharest, in a match hosted by the Triumphal Arch Arena, Dinamo Bucharest faces Unirea Slobozia.
The Romanian athletes who in 2024 walked home with medals won in the Olympic and Paralympic games, on Wednesday were decorated by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis. Among them, swimmer David Popovici and rowers Ancuţa Bodnar, Simona Radiş, Andrei Cornea and Marian Enache. A couple of sports officials and head coaches have also received distinctions. The many-time rowing champion and currently the president of the National Sports Agency, Elisabeta Lipa, was granted the Star of Romania Order in the rank of Grand Officer. The Olympic fencing champion in 2000, the President of the Olympic and Sports Committee, Mihai Covaliu, was granted the Star of Romania National Order in the rank of Knight.
