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Romania’s Simona Halep on Saturday won the 5,439,350-USD Mutua Madrid Open’s women’s singles event, for the second consecutive time, after defeating France’s Kristina Mladenovic 7-5 6-7 (5) 6-2 in the final. No.3 Halep, 25, WTA’s 8th, who in 2016 had an easy win over Dominika Cibulkova in the final, needed two hours and 44 minutes […]

Europe’s newest men’s floor champion Marian Dragulescu on Sunday said he is proud to have become Romania’s most decorated gymnast of all time as the same day he won his 31st medal, silver in men’s vault event of the 7th European Individual Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca. “I have 31 medals now. I am Romania’s most […]

Romanian gymnast Catalina Ponor on Sunday won the gold medal, while her fellow gymnast Larisa Iordache won the bronze medal in the women’s beam final at the 7th European Individual Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca. Multiple-time Olympic, world and European championship Ponor, 29, was awarded 14.566 points, while Iordache, 20, got 13.966 points. The silver medal […]

Romanian Marian Dragulescu won on Saturday the gold medal in the men’s floor event of the European Gymnastics Championships, the first for team Romania in the competition running April 19 – 23 in Cluj-Napoca. The 36-year old multiple World and European champion scored 14.500 for his routine. Russian Dmitry Lankin landed the silver medal with […]

Former tennis great Ilie Nastase, Romania’s non-playing captain in the Fed Cup playoff, was expelled from the tie against Great Britain in Mamaia after a build-up of incidents and unsportsmanlike conduct, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said in a statement following the events on Saturday afternoon. According to British media, Nastase engaged in verbal abuse […]

After years of waiting, especially because of the prolonged deadline of finalizing the modernization works, the racing was resumed on the Hippodrome in Ploiesti, the only one in Romania with a trotting track. The event occurred right before Easter, to maintain the old tradition, when the first races were organized in April. On April 15, […]

Romania’s gymnasts Catalina Ponor (photo), Larisa Iordache, Olivia Cimpian and Ioana Crisan on Thursday advanced to the women’s beam, floor and all-around finals of the European Individual Gymnastics Championships going on in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Three-time Olympic gold-medallist Ponor initially finished 4th in the floor qualifications with 13.566 points, but the jury revisited the score and […]

Romanian gymnast Marian Dragulescu on Wednesday qualified to the men’s floor and vault finals of the ongoing European Individual Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca. Multiple world and European medallist Dragulescu put up a winning performance in the floor event, with judges awarding him 14.666 points, the second best score in the qualifications. In the vault event, […]

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Marius Dunca attended on Wednesday the opening ceremony of the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca, the first edition organised in Romania after 60 years. “It is an honor and a moment of pride for Romania to organize again, after 60 years, the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Gymnastics is […]

The 7th European Artistic Gymnastics Championships are starting today at the Polyvalent Hall in the Romanian northwestern city of Cluj-Napoca, 60 years after Romania hosted the competition for the first time. Competing will be 274 gymnasts, 168 in men’s events and 106 in women’s events, hailing from 37 countries. The first major gymnastics competition in […]