Sports Roundup

A roundup of the weekend's main sporting events

Florin Orban, 15.01.2024, 13:45

Julia Sauter, Romanias representative at the European Figure Skating Championship hosted by the Lithuanian city of Kaunas came 9th in the womens contest, obtaining the best Romanian performance ever in such a continental championship. The contest was won by Lorena Hendrickx of Belgium.

On Tuesday, Romanias male side will be taking on Serbia in a fight for the 7th position at the European Water polo Championship underway in Croatia. On Sunday in the first match for the fifth and eighth positions, our athletes conceded an 18-11 defeat to Montenegro. Qualification for the quarter finals has ensured the Romanian side the tickets for the World Championships in Qatar.

At the European Handball Championships underway in Germany, Romania on Sunday registered their second failure, being defeated by Spain 36- 24 in a Group B match. They also lost to Austria 24- 31 on Friday. The mens handball side of Romania has been attending the aforementioned championship after a break of 28 years.

Both womens teams representing Romania in the Champions League conceded defeats on Sunday. In Bucharest, local side Rapid lost to French side Metz 31-34, and after 10 games is ranking 7th in group B. Romanias champions, CSM Bucharest, were defeated by another French side, Brest Bretagne in an away game 24-21 and is currently ranking 4th in group A.

In the EHF European League, on Saturday in group C, Gloria Bistriţa secured a 35 – 27 win against German side Bensheim / Auerbach and is ranking second in the groups standings. Gloria boasts four points out of two games, just like the French side, Nantes, which ranks first thanks to a better goal average.

Also in Germany, in group B, Dunarea Braila lost to Thüringer 32 – 28. With two points, Dunarea comes second in the group after the German side.

Another Romanian side CSM Târgu Jiu lost their home game to Spanish side Malaga, 35-25 and stays at the bottom of the group Ds table with no point.

Romanian footballer Radu Drăguşin made his debut in Premier League at his new side Tottenham Hotspur. The Romanian back played in the last eleven minutes of the game his side played against Manchester United on Old Trafford, which ended in a draw, two-all. Drăguşin last week signed up with Tottenham for six years and his transfer sum from the Italian side Genoa stood at 30 million Euros, the highest for a Romanian footballer.

(Bill)