Sports Roundup

Romanian athlete Bianca Pascu on Saturday won bronze in the saber event of the World Fencing Championship. The Romanian was outperformed in the semifinals by Ukrainian Olga Harlan, who also became the gold medalist.

Sunday saw the end of the women's tennis Open, a WTA competition with 250 thousand dollars in prize money. The singles event was won by Elena Rybakina of Kazahstan, who outperformed Patricia Tig of Romania 6-2, 6-0 in the finals. The doubles contest was won by a pair made up of Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovenia and Kristina Pliskova of the Czech Republic who defeated the all-Romanian pair Jaqueline Cristian/Gabriela Ruse 6-4, 7-6.

Let's now have a look at the latest in football. Romanian international Nicolae Stanciu on Sunday scored his first official goal for Slavia Praga who secured a 5-1 away win against FK Teplice in the second leg of the Czech football championship. Also on Sunday, another Romanian, Bogdan Mitrea scored for his side, Spartak Trnava, which beat Sered 2-0 in a home match counting towards the first leg of the Slovakian championship.

Last weekend saw several games counting towards the second leg of the Romanian football championship. On Friday in Targu Mures, central Romania, local side Gaz Metan secured a 2-0 win against FC Hermannstadt. Then in Ploiesti, southern Romania, Viitorul Constanta defeated the newly promoted Chindia Targoviste 1-0. On Saturday, FC Botosani clinched a 4-1 home win against FC Voluntari and so did CFR Cluj against the newly promoted Academica Clinceni.

On Sunday Poli Iasi obtained a 1-0 win in their home match against Astra Giurgiu. The leg's derby was hosted by the National Arena in Bucharest where local side Dinamo Bucharest received Universitatea Craiova. The game ended 2-0 to the visitors and during the match, Dinamo's headcoach Eugen Neagoe fainted and had to be carried to a hospital.