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Romanian swimmer Robert Glinţă won the third place in the 50 meters backstroke final, on Sunday, in Budapest, at the FINA Champions Swim Series, organized by the International Swimming Federation. Glinţă was timed in 24 seconds and…

Romanian swimmer Robert Glinta, 22, has won on Sunday a second medal in the 50 backstroke event, in the first FINA Champions Swim Series circuit, worth USD 3 million, of the International Swimming Federation. He registered 24.59 seconds,…

After 60 days of continuous effort, Romanian Avram Iancu has managed to break a new record on October 31, 2018 by swimming the Black Sea, no less than 680km from Sulina to Istanbul without protection neoprene bathing suit. The…

Journalist Franck Ballanger, the husband of the newly appointed Minister of Sports in the French Government, Roxana Maracineanu, will not report on sports anymore for Radio France, due to conflict of interests, his head editor Guy Lagache…

World Champion in 200 meters backstroke in 1998 and Olympic vice-champion in 2000, Roxana Mărăcineanu, born in 1975 in Bucharest, has been appointed Minister of Sports in the French Government on Tuesday, replacing Laura Flessel. Roxana…

Romania's team, consisting of Ionuţ Butoi, Dorin Petruţ and Nicusor-Augustin Pegulescu, has won the gold medal at the Invictus Games Toronto 2017, and Ionuţ Butoi also won the silver medal in the archery finals, compound, informs a press…

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…

Fencing - Romania’s women’s epee team has won the gold medals in Rio after defeating China in the final 44-38. The team included Ana Maria Popescu (Branza), Simona Gherman, Simona Pop and Loredana Dinu. This is the first medal for…

Handball – Romania defeated Montenegro 25-21, the first victory in Group A after losing to Angola and Brazil, keeping qualification chances alive. The next match is against Spain on Friday, 20.40h, Bucharest time. Standings: 1. Brazil –…

Tennis – Romanian pair Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau, 5th seeded, has qualified to the semi-finals of the doubles event after defeating Bruno Soares/Marcelo Melo (Brazil) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. The two will face the pair Jack Sock/Steve…