Sports Roundup
A roundup of the weekend's main sporting events
Florin Orban, 14.09.2026, 13:45
The Hungarian cyclist Barnabás Vas, from Team United Shipping, has won the 2026 edition of Romania’s Tour. The Polish cyclist Radosław Frątczak, with Wibatech Lubelskie Perła Polski emerged as winner of the last leg, held in Bucharest on Sunday. . In the Tour’s final ranking, the best Romanian performance was obtained by Constantin Răileanu, who came second.
Romania won five medals in the World’s University Weightlifting Championships held in Doha, last week. On Tuesday, Cosmina Pana won silver in the clean and jerk and total events of the 53 kilogram category. In the men’s competition on Sunday, Paul Ionita stepped onto the podium’s third step in the clean and jerk, snatch and total.
Cluj, in western Romania, is hosting the matches of group D of the European Volleyball Championship, EuroVolley 2026, a competition hosted by Italy, Bulgaria, Finland and Romania. On Sunday our team lost 2 – 3 to Germany. Earlier they had conceded defeat to Latvia, 1 – 3 but outperformed Switzerland 3-1.
Last weekend also saw the second leg of the Champions League in women’s handball. On Saturday in group A, CSM outperformed Buducnost Podgorica 36 – 26 and now has 4 points out of 4 possible. Next Saturday, they will take on Borussia in Dortmund. On Sunday in France, Metz, the champions of the last edition thrashed Gloria Bistrita 40-26. The Romanian champions remain in group B with two points won in the first leg and will be taking on Danish side Odense on Sunday in a home game.
Matches for the ninth round of the Romanian football Superliga took place on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. On Friday, in Ovidiu, Farul Constanța defeated UTA Arad 4–2, while in Miercurea Ciuc, Dinamo București beat Csikszereda 3–1. On Saturday, in Sfântu Gheorghe, Sepsi defeated CFR Cluj 3–1, and in Bucharest, Rapid won 2–1 against FC Voluntari. On Sunday, the match in Mioveni between FC Argeș and FC Botoșani ended in a 1–1 draw, followed by Universitatea Craiova’s 1–0 victory over Corvinul Hunedoara in Arad. The final two matches of the round take place on Monday: Universitatea Cluj versus Oțelul Galați and FCSB versus Petrolul Ploiești. Dinamo leads the standings with 20 points, followed by Rapid with 18 and Craiova with 17.
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