Romania\u2019s women\u2019s handball team delivered a commanding performance in Bistri\u021ba on Sunday, defeating Slovakia 32\u201319. The match was a key fixture in Group A of the EHF EURO Cup 2026 qualifiers. Sorina Grozav led the scoring for the Romanian side with seven goals. In the group\u2019s other Saturday fixture, Norway cruised to a 32\u201316 victory over Poland. Norway currently leads the standings with 8 points, followed by Romania on 6, Poland with 2, and Slovakia yet to get off the mark. The final qualifying matches are set for next month: Romania will host Norway in Bucharest on April 8, before traveling to Radom to face Poland on April 12. The top two teams will secure their spots in the final tournament. This competition is reserved for the five host nations of this year’s European Championship\u2014Poland, Romania, Czechia, Slovakia, and Turkey\u2014who are exempt from the standard EURO 2026 qualifiers, joined here by Norway, Denmark and Hungary.<\/p>\n
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In rugby, Romania sustained a 53\u201330 defeat at the hands of Georgia in Tbilisi on Sunday. Despite the scoreline, the \u201cOaks\u201d put in their strongest performance of the 2026 Rugby Europe Championship, crossing for three tries. Captain Cristi Boboc of Steaua Bucharest scored twice, while Damian Bonaparte, the South African-born Dinamo player, added a third. Romania will now head to Madrid this weekend to face Spain in the third-place play-off of the Championship.<\/p>\n
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Romanian representation at the WTA 1000 event in Indian Wells has come to an end. In the third round of the $9.4 million tournament, world number one and top seed Aryna Sabalenka defeated Jaqueline Cristian 6\u20134, 6\u20131. Meanwhile, 14th<\/sup> seed Linda Noskov\u00e1 of Czechia fought back to overcome Sorana C\u00eerstea 6\u20137, 6\u20134, 6\u20134. For their efforts in California, both C\u00eerstea and Cristian will take home nearly $62,000 and 65 WTA points.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Universitatea Craiova have finished the regular season of the Romanian Superliga in first place. In Sunday\u2019s marquee “derby” of the 30th<\/sup> and final round, the Oltenians played out a 1\u20131 draw in Bucharest against second-placed Rapid. Elsewhere in the final round, Csikszereda secured a 1\u20130 home win over Farul Constan\u021ba in Miercurea Ciuc on Friday. On Saturday, Metaloglobus Bucharest and UTA Arad drew 2\u20132 in Clinceni. Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti earned a 1\u20130 away win at FC Boto\u0219ani, and Universitatea Cluj claimed a 3\u20131 victory against FCSB in Bucharest. On Sunday, Hermannstadt defeated O\u021belul 2\u20130 in Gala\u021bi, while FC Arge\u0219 and Unirea Slobozia played to a goalless draw in Mioveni. On Monday, CFR CLuj face Dinamo Bucharest at home.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Joining Craiova in the Championship play-offs are Rapid, Dinamo, both Cluj sides (CFR and Universitatea), and FC Arge\u0219. Notably, defending champions FCSB will compete in the relegation play-out phase after finishing 7th<\/sup>, four points behind the play-off spots. (VP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Romania\u2019s women\u2019s handball team delivered a commanding performance in Bistri\u021ba on Sunday, defeating Slovakia 32\u201319. The match was a key fixture in Group A of the EHF EURO Cup 2026 qualifiers. Sorina Grozav led the scoring for the Romanian side with seven goals. In the group\u2019s other Saturday fixture, Norway cruised to a 32\u201316 victory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":723688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40940],"tags":[186998],"coauthors":[113302],"class_list":["post-991617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-sports-roundu"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n