Category Archives: Sports
Born to win, played to charm
“I was born to win, not to exist.” Happy birthday, Gheorghe Hagi!
Seconds on the fence…ing
Two Romanian women qualified to this year’s world fencing championship semifinals (épée), both against Chinese opponents. Ana-Maria Brânză is mostly trailing behind Sun Yujie, but manages to come back every time, eventually equalizing for 14-14 points, 6 seconds before time (which would have meant added time for one “golden touche”). But Ana is a hot [...]
Red Bull X-Alps 2011
One of the world’s toughest athletic competitions, The RED BULL X-ALPS, had a Romanian among the winners this year. Well done Toma! See more details here: Red Bull X-Alps 2011 – RED BULL X-ALPS WEBCLIP: BEST OF 2011.
The Deer
With the Champions League final approaching, here’s a nostalgic look back to history: “Only 25 men have ever played in and won a European Cup final for an eastern European team. Miodrag Belodedici is two of them. The Romanian libero, known as “the Deer” because of the elegance of his play, became the first player [...]
International horse show in Sighişoara, this week-end
Participating to a horse riding competition is logistically cumbersome – carrying a horse across thousands of kilometers across the continent(s) is no easy task. That’s why, especially in Eastern Europe, you get at most regional competitions, with participants from a few neighboring countries. That seems to have changed: 15 countries announced their participation at the [...]
The Art of Flight
Canada, Patagonia, Alaska, Romania, Wyoming, Austria. A select group for Romania to be part of as a destination for the Art of Flight 2011. Click on the picture below to watch the trailer:
Mixed feelings of a handballing nation
Mixed feelings for the Romanian handball movement on Sunday, as the Men’s World Championship concluded in Sweden. On one hand, the Romanian team ended up on an all-time-low 19th place, with France equalizing the Romanian record of 4 world titles. On the other hand, young Cristina Neagu was awarded the title for the world’s best [...]
Romanians win thriller game against Denmark
The last non-football sports competition of the year is usually the Handball European Championships, this year co-hosted by Denmark and Norway. Women’s handball is nowadays the only team sport where Romania is part of the world’s elite, so hopes were high for some metal (read: medal) harvest. The tournament started well, with a win against [...]
Andrei, the ultramarathon runner
Do you remember Andrei, our first interviewee? The interview was before he ran his first Marathon, which happened to be the North Pole Marathon. We promised to follow his footstps, and – he hasn’t stopped ever since on his goal to be the first Romanian to run a Marathon on all 7 continents. Turkey, Australia, [...]
Derby day in Bucharest
James Appell lives in London and writes a sports blog in an “informed, alternative way”. And enjoyable, I might add.True to that credo, here is an excellent photo-report from a football match in the… Romanian league, of all. How come? Handing over to James: “A weekend in Bucharest – hardly the most romantic of holidays, [...]
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