Sports Flash
A roundup of the latest performances obtained by the Romanian athletes
Florin Orban, 17.10.2024, 13:52
U-BT Cluj-Napoca obtained their first win this season in the men’s basketball competition EuroCup. U-BT clinched a 103-67 win against German side Veolia Towers Hamburg, in the competition’s Group B. The Romanian champions came back from three defeats in the row. American Zavier Simpson was the best player of the Romanian side with 28 points and 8 decisive passes. U-BT Cluj-Napoca will be next taking on Hapoel Bank Yahav of Jerusalem in an away game to be held in Bulgaria.
CSM Oradea, a Romanian basketball side, playing in FIBA Europe Cup, on Wednesday secured an away win against Parnu Sadam of Estonia, 84-72. The Romanian international of US descent, Kris Richard, had a considerable hand in CSM’s win with 29 points scored and 5 recovers. The other Romanian side in the group, FC Argeş, lost 62-65 to Polish side Spojnia Stargard. Oradea tops the ranking with two wins out of two games and will be up against FC Argeş on 23 October.
In the Challenge Cup, the Romanian women’s volleyball side, CSM Lugoj, qualified for the round of 32 after a 3-0 home win against Selmy Brno of Czechia on Wednesday.
The Romanians also won the first match 3-0. CSM will be playing the Hungarian side Székesfehérvár. CSM Târgovişte has also qualified for the same stage of the competition after a 3-1 away win against Ostrava of the Czech Republic. CSM Târgovişte will be up against another Czech side, Olymp Praga.
Wednesday saw the derby of the National Women’s Handball League pitching CSM and Rapid Bucharest two of Romania’s representatives in the Champions League. CSM won the game 29 – 24. Rapid had a good start and got the upper hand, 8-5. However, the champions managed a good comeback and secured a 15-12 win. Slovenian player, Elizabeth Omoregie, was CSM’s best scorer with 9 goals while Serbian player Andjela Janjusevic scored 7 goals for Rapid.
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