{"id":1082807,"date":"2026-11-12T13:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=1082807"},"modified":"2026-11-12T10:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T08:30:28","slug":"sports-flash-278","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-flash-278-id1082807.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s women\u2019s national basketball team defeated North Macedonia 73\u201352 on Wednesday in Bucharest. This marked the Romanian squad&#8217;s opening game in Group C of the first pre-qualifying round for the 2029 European Championship. The next group fixture takes place on November 14 between North Macedonia and Estonia, while Romania returns to action on November 17 away against Estonia in Tallinn. Only the group winner advances to the second pre-qualifying stage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Turning to men\u2019s basketball, U-BT Cluj-Napoca suffered another defeat in EuroCup Group B. The Romanian champions fell 89\u201381 at home to T\u00fcrk Telekom Ankara and sit at the bottom of the group standings with two wins and five losses. Meanwhile, in the FIBA Europe Cup, CSM CSU Oradea beat Swiss side Fribourg Olympic Basket 86\u201380. The Romanian runners-up currently hold third place in Group H, just one point behind group leaders Mykonos of Greece.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">Moving on to handball, Gloria Bistri\u021ba continued its unbeaten run in the Romanian women\u2019s domestic league, securing a 34\u201324 away victory over CSM T\u00e2rgu Jiu on Wednesday. In the capital, CSM Bucharest, playing its first match under new head coach Iulia Curea, claimed a 38\u201326 win against Corona Bra\u0219ov. Both Gloria and CSM will be in Champions League action this weekend, marking the final round of Europe\u2019s premier club competition before the break for the European Championship.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">In fencing, Romania\u2019s \u0218tefan Popa came close to winning bronze in the men\u2019s individual \u00e9p\u00e9e event on Wednesday at the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar. He lost the bronze-medal bout 15\u201312 to Belgium\u2019s Wout van Laecke, finishing fourth overall. Romania sits 22nd in the Games&#8217; medal table with two gold and two silver medals. Swimmer Daria Sili\u0219teanu has captured three of those medals, gold in the 50-meter and 100-meter backstroke, and silver in the 100-meter butterfly, while track and field athlete Amelia Ioana Negulescu earned silver in the triple jump. 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