The latest from tennis, women's handball and football
The year's first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open saw Romanian tennis player Irina Bara sustaining a 3-6, 1-6 defeat by Spain's Nuria Parrizas Diaz, in the first round of the tournament. Bara was handed a cheque worth 103.000 AUD and earned 40 WTA points.
In a fixture counting towards Champions League's Group A, the Romanian women's handball team, holders CSM Bucharest on Saturday grabbed an away win against Montenegro's Buducnost Podgorica, 28-20. Also on Saturday, in another Group A match, Rostov Don outclassed Borussia Dortmund, 31-25. With 15 points on their record sheet, Team Esbjerg are at the top of the table in Group A, while CSM are 4th-placed, with 10 points on their record sheet.
Also in women's handball, in a EHF European League fixture on Saturday, Magura Cisnadie sustained a 28-31 Group C away defeat by Danish challengers Herning-Ikast Handbold. In another Group C match, Norway's Storhamar defeated Russian opponents Lada Togliatti, 34-29. In Group C, Magura Cisnadie are the runner-up team, with 2 points on their record sheet.
In a EHF European League Group D home fixture on Sunday, SCM Ramnicu Valcea trounced Hungarian side Vac, 39-29. In another Group D match, Chambray Touraine sustained a home defeat by Danish side Viborg, 24-27.
The third Romanian team competing in the EHF European League, Minaur Baia Mare, sustained a 20-39 defeat by German opponents Bietigheim, away from home. With 2 points on their record sheet, Minaur are the runner-up team in Group B.
In the all-time derby as part of Belgium's domestic football championship, Standard Liege were held to a 1-all draw by Anderlecht Brussels, in a 22nd round match. Scoring for Standard was Romanian international footballers Denis Dragus. With 24 points, Standard are 14th-placed in the domestic championship's as-it-stands table.
In the Erste Liga regional ice hockey competition, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc defeated Hungarian challengers Titanok, 8-6. ACSH Gheorghieni grabbed a 4-1 win against another Hungarian opponent, FTC Telekom. Romania's champion team Braşov Wolves won the fixture against Hungary's DVTK Jegesmedvek by the narrowest of margins, 5-4. In Erste Liga, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc are at the top of the table, with 79 points.
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