{"id":960036,"date":"2025-12-08T13:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=960036"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:18:12","slug":"a-look-at-the-latest-sporting-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/a-look-at-the-latest-sporting-events-id960036.html","title":{"rendered":"A look at the latest sporting events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania has left the World Women\u2019s Handball Championships. Ovidiu Mihaila\u2019s trainees came third in the main group and blew their chances to a place in the quarter finals. Out of their group Denmark and Hungary, the two sides that outperformed Romania, will go farther in the competition.<\/p>\n<p>In their last two matches in the aforementioned competition, Romania outperformed Senegal 37-17 and Switzerland 36-24. Romania has thus ranked 9<sup>th<\/sup> in the standings, which is the best performance of the Romanian women\u2019s handball in the past 10 years. The best Romanian player in the competition proved to be Sorina Grozav with 46 goals scored.<\/p>\n<p>We continue with rugby. The Romanian Wolves selection was outperformed by Portuguese side Lusitanos 35-7 in Bucharest on Saturday. The game counted towards the last but one leg of Rugby Europe Super Cup. \u015etefan Rare\u015f M\u00eerzac scored a try for the Wolves in the 73<sup>rd<\/sup> minute, which was converted by \u015etefan Cojocariu. The Portuguese fifteen scored five tries and converted three in a game, which was the last in the career of Florin Surugiu, the skipper of the Romanian Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish side Castilla y Leon tops the competition with 20 points, whereas the Romanians, at the bottom of the ranking with no points, will be taking on Brussels Devils on December 13<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend saw the 19<sup>th<\/sup> leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. On Friday in Galati, local side, Otelul, outperformed \u00a0Unirea Slobozia 3-0. On Saturday, FC Arge\u015f clinched a 2-0 win against Csikszereda in an away game, while archrivals FCSB and Dinamo ended in a goaless draw their match on the National Arena in Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday in Cluj, local side Universitatea clinched a 3-0 win against Hermannstadt, then in Clinceni, southern Romania, Metaloglobus secured a 2-1 win against Farul Constan\u0163a. The leg\u2019s most important match pitching in Craiova the local side Universitatea against CFR Cluj, ended in a draw, one-all. Monday sees the leg\u2019s last games: UTA versus Petrolul and FC Boto\u015fani versus Rapid Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p>(bill)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania has left the World Women\u2019s Handball Championships. Ovidiu Mihaila\u2019s trainees came third in the main group and blew their chances to a place in the quarter finals. Out of their group Denmark and Hungary, the two sides that outperformed Romania, will go farther in the competition. 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