Sports flash

The latest from women's handball, football and tennis

Florin Orban, 10.11.2022, 13:45

We begin
with news from women’s handball. As part
of the ongoing European Women’s Handball Championship, Romania has advanced to
the competition’s main group stage. On Wednesday in Skopje, Romania outclassed
the host country team, North Macedonia, 31 -23. With 10 goals, our national squad’s
top scorer was Cristina Neagu. Romanian keeper Daciana Hosu was the best
player of the match, with a buoyant 43.5% mean save percentage. Romanian has thus come
in 3rd in Group C. In main group II, head-coach Florentin Pera’s trainees
will join France and Montenegro, each with 4 points, the Netherlands
and Spain, with 2 points each, and Germany, which gained access to the main group
stage with zero points, the same as Romania. On Friday, Romania goes against
Spain. The first two teams in each main group will advance to the Championship’s
semifinals.

Matches counting towards the second round
as part of Romanian Cup in Football’s group stage are scheduled this week. On Tuesday,
in Group A, in Ploiesti, the local side Petrolul were held to a blank draw by
Unirea Slobozia. In Bucharest, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe won the game against Dinamo,
3 – 2. In Group B, CS Mioveni grabbed a 1-nil home win against FC Botoşani. On Wednesday, UTA Arad defeated Gloria Buzău, 3-1, away from home. Also on Wednesday, in Group C, in Bucharest, Farul
Constanţa defeated Rapid, 2-nil. In Group D, FC Hermannstadt
defeated Minaur Baia Mare 3-2 also away from home. In Ploiesti, Chindia Târgovişte
and FC Argeş drew, 1-all. In Zlatna,
Ocna Mureş and Universitatea Craiova drew, also 1-all. On Thursday, in Group A,
FC U Craiova go against Voluntari, and in Group B, Oţelul
Galaţi play FCSB. In Group C, Alexandria play Universitatea Cluj, while Dumbrăviţa
are pitted against CFR Cluj.

The Romania-Hungary confrontation, counting
towards the play-off stage as part of the Billie Jean King Cup in women’s tennis
is scheduled in Oradea this coming Friday and Saturday. Part of Romania’s team
are Ana Bogdan, Jaqueline Cristian, Gabriela Ruse, Monica Niculescu and
first-timer Anca-Alexia Todoni. The head of the Romanian delegation is
non-playing captain Horia Tecău. In the women’s singles, best-placed is Ana
Bogdan, WTA 48th, while in the women’s doubles, WTA 47th Monica
Niculescu is the best-placed among the Romanian tennis players. (EN)