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Romania's women's team lost by 76-67 (20-18, 17-22, 17-20, 22-7) to European vice champion France a match in the Group A of the European Basketball Championship on Sunday, in the Constantin Jude Sports Hall of Timisoara.Romania and Hungary are co-hosts of EuroBasket 2015.AGERPRES

Romania's sabre team took the first place in the European Fencing Championships held in Montreux, Switzerland, on Tuesday, after defeating in the final the Estonian team by 45-35.

Fifth seed Diana Buzean and 3rd seed Irina Maria Bara, both from Romania, face each other on Saturday, in the final of the 10,000 dollar women's futures tennis tournament of Galati.

Buzean won 6-4, 6-2 the semifinal against fellow Romanian, 4th seed Cristina Dinu, and Bara left behind Italian Anna-Giulia Remondina, 7th seed, by 6-4, 6-0.

Romania will be represented in the European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, set to start on June 12 and conclude by June 28, by 147 athletes.

The Executive Committee of the Romanian Olympics and Sports Committee (COSR) has approved, on Thursday, the makeup of the Romanian delegation, that will be composed of 83 men and 64 women, set to compete in 22 distinct sporting categories.

Natalia Zukova of Ukraine is the new European champion in chess after the Georgian tournament that was marred by the unfounded accusations that Romanian chess player Mihaela Sandu had cheated during the competition.

Natalia Zukova finished first with 9.5 points of 11 possible.

The three teams of students and professors with the Faculty of Engineering of the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (ULBS) have ranked fifth, the best result of Romania in the history of participations in the Robotics European Championship - EUROBOT Robomovies 2015, which took place over May 21 - 24 in Yverdon-les-Bains (Switzerland), according to a release sent AGERPRES on Tuesday.