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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…

Tennis – Romanian pair Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau has qualified to the quarter-finals of the doubles event after defeating Santiago Gonzalez/Miguel Angel Reyes (Mexico) 6-3, 7-6 (9). In the women’s singles event, Monica Niculescu has…

Gymnastics - Romanian artistic gymnast Catalina Ponor has advanced to the women's beam final at the ongoing Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games and will compete for a medal on August 15. Ponor won a score of 14.900 in qualification 2 round,…

The first day of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was a bad day for many Romanian athletes, on the other hand some of them have succeeded to qualify to the next round of the competitions. Gymnastics – Marian Dragulescu, 35, has…

After looking out of sorts in the first set, Begu dragged herself back into the contest to halt Babos' charge in the second. A break in the ninth game saw her take the match the distance and despite falling 2-0 behind in the decider she…

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep completed her best month of the 2016 season with a second title in three weeks at the Rogers Cup - knocking out the likes of Svetlana Kuznetsova, Angelique Kerber, and Madison Keys en route to her third…

Romanian pair Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau will play against Argentinians Federico Delbonis/Guillermo Duran in the men's doubles competition of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Mergea/Tecau, seeded fifth in the men's doubles, are Romania's…

Romanian tennis player Irina Begu has qualified to the USD 226,750 WTA tournament in Florianopolis (Brazil) on Thursday, after defeating Monica Puig (Puerto Rico, 37th WTA) 6-3, 6-3. Begu (25, 31st WTA) won the match in one hour and 23…

Top seed Jelena Jankovic was sent crashing out of the Brasil Tennis Cup at the hands of Romania's Ana Bogdan (photo) in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5. Jankovic struggled as much with the conditions in southern Brazil as she did against her…