Sports flash

Romanian men's basketball team CSM CSU Oradea this past Wednesday grabbed a 95-84 home win against German opponents Brose Bamberg, in a Group L fixture as part of FIBA Europe Cup. CSM CSU Oradea have thus snatched the second consecutive group win and are still in the race for the quarterfinal's qualifiers. In the other Group L match, Cypriot team Keravnos sustained a 65-78 home defeat by Poland's Anwil Włocławek. Anwil Włocławek are still at the top of the table in Group L, with 7 points. CSM CSU Oradea and Brose Bamberg follow, in descending order, with 6 and 5 points, respectively. This coming Wednesday, CSM CSU Oradea play an away game agia9nst the Polish team, in the last but one round as part of the FIBA Europe Cup's Group stage. The first two teams in the group advance to the competition's quarterfinals.

In women's basketball, in a fixture counting towards EuroCup, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe sustained a 76-91 defeat by French team LDLC ASVEL, in Lyon. The match counted towards the first leg as part of the competition's round of 16. Holders Sepsi are highly unlikely to secure a win in the return leg, to be played in Sfantu Gheorghe this coming Wednesday.  

Romanian men's volleyball team Arcada Galati, in a fixture counting towards the CEV Cup' playoff stage, sustained a 1-3 defeat by Italian opponents Piacenza this past Wednesday. We recall the Italians also secured a first-leg, 3-nil win in Galați.

The Australian Open in Melbourne has reached the semi-finals stage. The last Romanian standing is to prove her mettle on Friday. Elena-Gabriela Ruse, pairing up with Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk, will try to advance to the competition's finals. Ruse and Kostyuk go against the top-seeded, all-Czech pair made of Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Synyakova. Elena-Gabriela Ruse and Marta Kostyuk have hit their career-best in a Grand Slam tournament. (EN)