A look at the main sports evens this past week
Romanian athlete Laura Georgeta Coman this past Saturday in Poland's Wroclav won the 10m air rifle European title It is the second gold medal Laura won in the European Shooting Sports Championships; we recall Laura won the first medal in Osijek, Croatia. In 2019. In Poland, Coman compelled recognition in the final with 251.2 points. She was followed by Russia's Anastasiya Galashina, who had one tenth of a point less than Coman. Third-placed was Andrea Arsovic of Serbia, with 228. 9 points.
Romanian men's national handball team Dinamo Bucharest has got through to the Champions League's round of 16. In the second leg of the playoff tie against Sporting Lisbon, Dinamo grabbed a 26 to 24 win in Bucharest, this past Sunday.
Dinamo had also won the first leg, in Portugal, 26 to 25. In the competition's round of 16, Dinamo is the only team with a win-all record in the ongoing season of the Champions League. Dinamo will face the runner-up team in Group A, French side Paris Saint-Germain. The first leg is scheduled over March 18 and 22nd in Bucharest, while the second leg is scheduled in Paris, over March 25 and 29.
In the women's version of the Champions League, two other Romanian teams will prove their mettle in the quarterfinals. One round ahead of the end of the main phase, none of the Romanian teams can waste the opportunity to come in 4th in the group stage, which is the last place that can book a ticket for the quarterfinals. In the weekend round this past Saturday, in main Group 2, SCM Ramnicu Valcea defeated Swedish opponents Savehof, 28 to 26. On Sunday, in main group 1, CSM Bucharest were defeated by French side Metz, 26 to 28, away from home. The last round is scheduled at the end of this week.
In the EHF Cup, Gloria Bistrita-Nasaud was defeated by Danish opponents Herning Ikast, 29 to 26 in the first leg of the quarterfinal, this past Sunday on home ground. The second leg is scheduled in Ikast on March 8.
In news from football, this past weekend saw matches being played, counting towards the first round of the Group1/Group 2 stage of the domestic championship. In Group 1 on Friday, Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe drew 1-all in the home game they played against Poli Iasi, while Academica Clinceni grabbed a 1-nil win against Dinamo Bucharest. In Ovidiu, in the south east, Viitorul Constanta ended the match against FC Voluntati in a blank draw. In Group 2, on Saturday, FC Botosani drew in the home game against FCSB, 2-all. On Sunday, Universitatea Craiova defeated Gaz Metan Medias on home turf, 2-1. In Group1, Universitatea Craiova are at the top of the table with 26 points, followed by CFR Cluj, also with 26 points.
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