Romania\u2019s men\u2019s national rugby team began their North American tour with a win. They defeated the United States in Chicago 22-20 to win the Pershing Cup, a trophy awarded to the winner of the direct matches between the two sides. In their second match on the North American continent, Romania will play Canada in Ottawa at the weekend.<\/p>\n
The Romanian men\u2019s water polo team ended their international friendly tournament in Belgrade with a win. They defeated Germany 16-12 on Sunday in their final test match ahead of the Paris Olympic Games. Romania also won against France and Germany, but lost to Serbia, Montenegro and Australia. The players will meet on Wednesday at the Olympic centre in Izvorani, near Bucharest, to continue their training, before leaving for Paris on 21st<\/sup> July.<\/p>\n The Romanian delegation ranked 4th<\/sup> in a team ranking at the European Junior Swimming Championships that came to an end on Sunday in Vilnius, Lithuania. Romania won a total of 7 medals, namely four gold, two silver and one bronze. Robert-Andrei Badea won the men\u2019s 200 m and 400 m individual medley finals, Vlad-\u015etefan Mihalache won the men\u2019s 200 m butterfly final, while Daria-M\u0103riuca Sili\u015fteanu won the women\u2019s 100 m backstroke final. The silver medals went to Rebecca-Aim\u00e9e Diaconescu in the women\u2019s 200 m freestyle final and to Aissia-Claudia Prisecariu in the women\u2019s 200 m backstroke final.<\/p>\n Romanian football teams are this week playing a number of European international matches. On Tuesday, FCSB are playing Virtus of San Marino away, but they cannot count on two important players, Vlad Chiriche\u0219 and Marius \u0218tef\u0103nescu, who are suspended. The former was eliminated in the previous match against the Danish side Nordsj\u00e6lland, which FCSB lost 2-nil, in the Conference League third qualifying round; while \u0218tef\u0103nescu, who has just joined the team, was eliminated in a match for his former side Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe against the Norwegian side Bodo Glimt in the Conference Leage play-offs, and which Sepsi lost 3-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Romania\u2019s men\u2019s national rugby team began their North American tour with a win. They defeated the United States in Chicago 22-20 to win the Pershing Cup, a trophy awarded to the winner of the direct matches between the two sides. In their second match on the North American continent, Romania will play Canada in Ottawa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":564169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40940],"tags":[28907],"coauthors":[113302],"class_list":["post-788673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-sports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n