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Romania had a disappointing campaign at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam, where the national team produced a series of modest performances.
Florin Orban, 22.10.2026, 13:45
Dinamo Bucharest recorded a commanding 37-23 victory over Denmark’s Aarhus on home turf on Wednesday in Group E of the EHF Men’s Champions League. The result marked the Romanian champions’ first win of the current Champions League season. Cuban international Victor Iturizza led the scoring charts for Dinamo with five goals. The two sides had drawn 25-25 in Denmark a month ago after the Romanian team narrowly missed out on victory. Dinamo currently occupies third place in the group standings. The top two teams progress to the main round, while the sides finishing third and fourth will continue their European campaign in the EHF European League. In the final round of fixtures on October 29, Dinamo will travel to face bottom-placed Montpellier. When the teams met in Bucharest in September, the French side emerged victorious with a 27-23 win.
Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea lost to Czech Sara Bejlek, 7-6, 6-4, on Wednesday in the round of 16 of the WTA 500 tournament in Ningbo, China, which carries total prize money of 1.206 million US dollars. Cîrstea leaves the competition with 17,800 dollars in prize money and 60 WTA ranking points.
In EuroCup basketball, Europe’s second-tier club competition, U-BT Cluj-Napoca sustained an 89-72 home defeat to England’s London Lions on Wednesday. The Romanian side has now recorded its second loss in four Group B matches and currently sits sixth in the standings. In the fifth round, on October 27, U-BT will travel to Germany to take on Skyliners Frankfurt. The top four teams from the eight-team group will advance to the round of 16.
Meanwhile, in the FIBA Europe Cup, Europe’s third-tier club competition, CSM CSU Oradea defeated Latvia’s VEF Riga 92-84 in a Group H encounter. Romania’s runners-up are currently second in the standings. At the end of the group phase, the top two teams will progress to the next stage of the competition. Oradea’s next fixture is scheduled for October 28, away to Azerbaijan’s Neftchi Baku.
At the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam, the women’s team competition concluded on Wednesday with China claiming the world title, ahead of the United States and Japan. Romania finished in 19th place. For the first time in the history of the competition, no Romanian gymnast succeeded in qualifying for an individual final. (VP)
