Sports flash

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has advanced to the quarterfinals of the German Bad Homburg tournament, an event with 203, 240 Euro in prize money. Halep defeated Slovenian challenger Tamara Zidansek, 6-nil, 6-3. In the quarterfinal, Simona Halep faces US opponent Amanda Anisimova, who previously outclassed another US player, Anna Li, 6-nil, 6-2.

In a Group E debut fixture counting towards the Under-20 World Women's Handball Championship, in Celje, the Romanian women's national handball team defeated Angola, 26-23. In the other Group E match, The Czech Republic trounced Lithuania, 33-16. ON June 24, The Czech Republic takes on Angola, while Romanian is pitted against Lithuania. The first two teams in descending order will advance to the competition's main group stage.

In its first friendly match as part of the team's training stage in Austria, Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe, holders of Romanian Cup in football, defeated Hungarian Champions Ferencvaros TC, 3-nil..

Romanian football title holders CFR Cluj grabbed a 3-nil win against Serbian opponents Napredak Krusevac, in a friendly match they played as part of CFR's training stage in Austria. We recall that in its debut training match, CFR had defeated Slovenian vice-champions, FC Koper, 2-nil.

The Romanian Laurenţiu Reghecampf has been appointed head-coach of Neftci Baku, according to a message posted on Azeri vice-champion team's official site. 46-year-old Reghecampf has recently terminated his contract with Universitatea Craiova, the League One team that came in 3rd at the end of the previous football season.

The AROBS X-Man Romania 2022 National long-distance Triathlon Championship will kick-start on July 2. 300 athletes from seven countries will prove their mettle in the event. Among them, athletes from Romania, but also from Hungary, Belgium, New Zealand, Greece, Republic of Moldova, Serbia. The competition will be held along two routes, with different lengths. The Full Ironman distance includes 3.800 kilometers swimming, 180 kilometers cycling, 42.2 kilometers distance running. The Half Ironman version includes 1.900 kilometers swimming, 93 kilometers cycling and 21.6 kilometers running. Both routes can be taken individually, but also in teams.

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