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Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, WTA’s 4th, presented the trophy won in the tournament of Wimbledon, the second Grand Slam of her career after Roland Garros, on Wednesday evening, within a ceremony organised on the National Arena of the Capital, which saw approximately 20,000 Bucharesters in attendance. Youth, parents with…

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President Klaus Iohannis has decided to award the highest distinction of the Romanian state, Romania’s Star, in rank of Knight, to tennis player Simona Halep for winning the Wimbledon 2019 women’s singles tournament. “As a result of an extraordinary performance at the Wimbledon tennis tournament as well as in recognition…

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Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number three, on Friday advanced to the women’s singles final at the 7,021,128-USD Madrid Open tournament after defeating Swiss Belinda Bencic, world number 18, in the semi-final 6-2 6-7 6-0. Halep, who will return to number one if winning the trophy, got a hard-fought…

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Romania’s national women handball team clearly defeated Norway, the title’s holder, 31-23 (18-12) on Wednesday night in Brest, France, in its last match in Group D of the European Women’s Handball Championship – EHF EURO 2018 in France The tricolours have had an outstanding match, gaining their first victory against…

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The Mayor of Bucharest, Gabriela Firea said on Sunday after the Euro 2020 qualification groups’ draw ceremony, that two viewing locations and fan zones were established in Bucharest, in the National Park and the Summer Theatre, both located in sector 2. Gabriela Firea participated in Dublin, alongside Romanian Football Federation President Razvan Burleanu, and Florin Sari (manager of the Operational Working Group for the organization of the UEFA Euro 20 final tournament in Bucharest), in the draw of qualification groups of Euro 2020. “I was very excited to attend the draw ceremony of the teams with which the national team of Romania will play. It was an honor to represent the Capital in this ceremony, and my presence here makes it even more determined to make sure that Bucharest will be ready to successfully meet the role to host Euro 2020. Recently, we have established two viewing and fan zone locations: the National Park and the Summer Theatre, both located in Sector 2. I wish success to the national team and I invite the supporters of Romania to show in 2019 , not only that they support their team but also that they know what it is like to be a welcoming host for those who will play here and for their fans,” Firea said, according to a Bucharest City Hall release. Following the draw, Romania is part of Group F and will play against Spain, Sweden, Norway, the Faroe Islands and Malta.

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Romanian servicemen have won the first medal for Romania at the Sydney Invictus Games, in the indoor rowing event. Dumitru Paraschiva finished third in the 4-minute endurance event, while Ciprian Iriciuc finished fourth out of 21 competitors. “Invictus Games Sydney 2018 – first medal for Romania. The indoor rowing event has just ended, and our servicemen are happy not only for having participated but also for managing to bring home a medal. In the 4-minute endurance event, Dumitru Paraschiva finished on 3rd place, while Ciprian Iriciuc finished 4th out of 21 competitors. In the 1-minute sprint event, Dumitru finished on 5th place, and Ciprian on 11th place out of 47 competitors. Dear comrades, congratulations for your participation and thank you for your effort!”, reads the message posted on Invictus Romania team’s Facebook page. Romania is represented at the Invictus Paralympics in Sydney, Australia, by 15 servicemen injured in theatres of operations. The games started on Saturday and the Romanian team is taking part for the second time in these competitions, after participating in the Toronto Invictus Games last year. The competition brings together approximately 500 servicemen from all over the world, who were injured in various theatres of operations, and was established in 2014 by United Kingdom’s Prince Harry. On October 20-27, the Romanian team will compete in archery, cycling, athletics, rowing, swimming, volleyball and long-jump events.

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The Romanian team consisting of Ionela-Livia Lehaci and Gianina-Elena Beleaga on Saturday won the gold medal in the Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls (LW2x) race at 2017 World Rowing Championships at Sarasota-Bradenton. Lehaci and Beleaga clocked in at 06:55.880, surpassing the teams of New Zealand (Zoe McBride, Jackie Kiddle), 06:56.090 and the US (Emily Schmieg, Michelle […]

The Romanian Gymnastics Federation (FRG) is celebrating its 111th anniversary today, according to a post on the FRG Facebook page. ”111 Years of Existence! The Romanian Gymnastics Federation has earned its place of honour in the history of Romanian sports while leaving an imprint on gymnastics worldwide. The medals won by generations of champions have […]

The Romanian-Dutch duo Horia Tecau/Jean-Julien Rojer won the men’s double title of the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the year, after defeating the pairing made up of Spanish Feliciano Lopez/Marc Lopez, with a score of 6-4, 6-3, in the final that took place on Friday on the Flushing Meadows arenas in New York. […]

Romanian gymnast Larisa Iordache has won on Wednesday the gold medal in the floor event of the women’s artistic gymnastics competition of the ongoing 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei. Iordache scored 13.800 and outranked Japanese Asuka Teramoto, 13.766 and Russian Lilia Ahaimova, 13.533. Larisa Iordache has already won three medals at the 2017 Summer Universiade […]