Sports Roundup

A roundup of the main sporting events

Florin Orban, 18.03.2019, 13:43

Romanian-born
Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu won the Indian Wells tournament in the
United States, a competition with 9 million dollars in prize money. Andreescu
won 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 against Germany’s Angelique Kerber. After this win Andreescu
will be 24th ranked in WTA standings.

Romania’s rugby
team on Sunday defeated Belgium away from home 43-17. This was the last match
played by the Oaks in the 2018-2019 Rugby Europe International Championship.
Four tries were scored for Romania, by Johan Van Heerden, Vlad Nistor, Vladut
Zaharia and Ovidiu Cojocaru, respectively. Daniel Plai converted 4 penalty
kicks, two tries and a penalty try. Also on Sunday, in Koln, Spain defeated
Germany 33-10. Romania ranks 3rd in the league standings after
Georgia and Spain.

Our country
grabbed two silver medals at the Under-22 European Boxing Championships hosted
by Vladikavkaz, Russia. Cosmin Petre Girleanu lost the 49-kg category against
Russia’s Volodia Mnatsakanian, while Alina Gabriela Ene reached the finals of
the +81kg category, where she lost to Kristina Tkaceva of Russia.

We end with news
from football. The first three teams ranked in Group 1 won their matches played
this weekend. On Friday, Universitatea Craiova won 1-nil against Sepsi Sfantu
Gheorghe. On Saturday, CFR Cluj defeated 1-nil Viitorul Constanta away from
home. On Sunday, FCSB won 2-nil against Astra Giurgiu. CFR tops the standings
with 33 points, followed by Craiova with 29 and FCSB with 28 points. In Group
2, on Saturday, Poli Iasi won 2-1 against Dunarea Calarasi. On Sunday, Gaz
Metan Medias won 2-1 against Dinamo Bucharest. On Monday,
Concordia Chiajna is playing FC Hermannstadt while FC Voluntari will take on FC
Botosani.