Sports Flash
A roundup of the most important sporting events
Vlad Palcu, 19.09.2024, 13:45
Dinamo Bucharest men’s handball team on Wednesday grabbed its second consecutive win in this year’s edition of Champions League. The Romanian team defeated Polish champions Wisła Płock, 28-26 away from home, in a match counting towards Group A. Dinamo’s top scorer was the Czech player Stanislav Kašpárek, who scored five goals. We recall that in the debut of the Champions League campaign, Dinamo last Thursday defeated 37-28 the Danish team Fredericia at home. Next Thursday, the Romanian champions will play Eurofarm Pelister Bitola from North Macedonia on home turf.
In women’s handball, let’s note Wednesday saw matches counting for the fourth round of the National Women’s League. Romania’s champions CSM Bucharest defeated CSM Târgu Jiu away from home, score 28-25. Vice-champions Rapid Bucharest also prevailed away from home against Gloria Buzău, 32-22. Romania’s third representative in Champions League, Gloria Bistriţa-Năsăud, the revelation of the autumn campaign at European level, defeated SCM Universitatea Craiova narrowly, 26-25 at home, thanks to a goal scored on the last second of the game. In Champions League, on Saturday, Gloria will play the Slovenian team Krim Ljubljana at home, and CSM will play Podravka Koprivnica away from home. On Sunday, Rapid will face the German side Ludwigsburg at home, the finalist of the last edition of Champions League, when it performed under the name Bietigheim.
In news from basketball, in the first leg of the preliminary round of the women’s Euroleague, CSM Constanţa lost at home to the Spanish team Casademont Zaragoza, score 75-57. The Romanian champions were evenly matched with the Spanish side only in the first half of the match. The second leg will be played on Tuesday, in Zaragoza. The team that fails to qualify in the Euroleague group phase will continue in the second-tier European competition, the EuroCup.
We go out with news from football. Romanian squad player Radu Drăguşin played for the entire duration of the match that his team, Tottenham Hotspur, won 2-1 against second-tier team Coventry City. The game counted for the third round of the English League Cup (EFL Cup). (VP)
