Basketball

Gheorghe Dumitru Muresan is a retired pro level basketball player of Romanian origin, who is also popularly referred to as just ‘Ghita’. Born on February 14, 1971, he grew up to become phenomenal 7 feet 7.5 inches tall, and went on to play…

Romania’s national men’s basketball team defeated Kosova away 79-75 Sunday evening, in Pristina, in a match counting for the prequalification group B of FIBA EuroBasket 2021. The Romanian team won the second and fourth quarters. The…

More than 9,000 spectators attended Tuesday evening the basketball match between Romania and Hungary, counting for Group C of the European Championship - FIBA Eurobasket 2017, which takes place in Cluj Napoca. The match was won by the…

Romanian athlete Alina Rotaru has won the long jump event gold medal on Thursday, at the Summer Universiade Games in Taipei, Taiwan. Rotaru’s jump was of 6.65 metres, followed by Nekratia Panayi (Cyprus) 6.42 metres and Anna Buehler…

Bucharest Mayor General Gabriela Firea has announced on Monday that works have begun on the Mihai Flamaropol skating rink. It will have a capacity of 3,100 seats and it will be inaugurated in less than two years, Firea announced, ziare.com…

Romania has won the race against the Czech Republic for hosting the table tennis European Championship for juniors in 2018; the competition will be held in Cluj-Napoca, the city that will also host next year the European Championship for…

ACS Energia Targu Jiu men’s basketball team defeated away Petrolina AEK Larnaca (Cyprus) of 75-71 (20-24, 15-19, 17-16, 23-12) on Tuesday night in a match counting for FIBA Europe Cup, Group K. Energia achieved victory thanks to an…

PM Victor Ponta left for Turkey on Monday to undergo a left knee surgery, official sources told local media. Vice premier Gabriel Oprea will replace the prime minister while he is away. Victor Ponta’s lawyer went to the National…

Prime Minister Victor Ponta was on Thursday at the Central Military Hospital in Bucharest for a knee control. Following investigations the doctors recommended surgery, official sources said. Following investigations, the doctors…

The South team has defeated the North team 114-111 (23-38, 30-29, 28-12, 33-32), on Sunday in the men's basketball All Star Game, hosted by Dinamo Polyvalent Hall in Bucharest. Prime Minister Victor Ponta and Youth and Sports Minister…