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President Klaus Iohannis has decorated on Monday former football legend, Ilie Balaci, with the National Order “Faithful Service” in the rank of Knight, post-mortem, for his talent for promoting for decades the value of football and the spirit of fair ...

Romanian tennis player, Simona Halep, 1st WTA, leads the rankings for 51 weeks, thus climbing in the WTA all-time top 10, equalizing Victoria Azarenka. Halep has back problems and is not playing at the WTA Finals in Singapore. She will ...

The Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into the death of the former footballer Ilie Balaci, Health Minister Sorina Pintea (photo 1)announced on Monday that she has sent a specialist team to the Ambulance in Craiova. Ilie Balaci (photo ...

Former football legend Ilie Balaci has died on Sunday at the age of 62, the Universitatea Craiova football club has announced on its Facebook page. ”On a mournful autumn day, Ilie Balaci has left us to play in the angels’ ...

CSM Bucharest defeated Norwegian team Vipers Kristiansand away 29-27 (14-14) on Saturday, in Group D of the Women’s Handball Champions League. Serbian coach Dragan Djukic, appointed on Thursday at the helm of the Bucharest team, had his debut with the ...

Romanian tennis player, Simona Halep, 1st WTA, has been named the WTA Player of the Year on Friday, in a ceremony held in Singapore. Past tribulations would only make redemption taste sweeter for Simona Halep in 2018. The Romanian’s career ...

Serbian Dragan Djukic has been appointed on Thursday as main coach of the CSM Bucharest women’s handball team, thus replacing Magnus Johansson (Sweden), the club’s website informs. Dragan Djukic, a coach with extensive experience in European handball, as trained important ...

World No.1 Simona Halep has been forced to withdraw from the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global due to an ongoing back injury. Halep sustained the injury during a pre-tournament practice session in late September at the ...

Romania’s U-21 national team has qualified to the European Championship final tournament in Italy, in 2019, after defeating Liechtenstein 4-0 (3-0) Tuesday evening, in Ploiesti, in the last match of qualifying Group 8. Romania needed only one point to qualify. ...

UEFA has announced on Tuesday that it has opened a disciplinary procedure after the Romania vs. Serbia match (0-0), which took place on November 14, at the National Arena in Bucharest. The accusations taken into consideration by UEFA are the ...