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Romania's Halep advances to round two of Indian Wells Masters
Romania's tennis player Simona Halep has advanced to the second round of the women's singles event of the 5,381,235 US dollar Indian Wells Maters tournament in California, the US, after defeating US Varvara Lepchenko (N 26) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
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Zimonjic/Matkowski through to Indian Wells second round
INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic and Marcin Matkowski of Poland have got off to a winning start at the Indian Wells Masters tournament by beating the Swiss pair of Roger Federer and Michael Lammer 6-3, 3-6, 11-9 early Sunday.
Romania's bid to organize 2021 Summer Universiade was officially launched
The Student Sport Association and the Vasile Tomoiaga Association officially launched, on Tuesday, Romania's bid to organize the 2021 Summer Universiade, in an event held at the Faculty of Law in Bucharest also attended by President Klaus Iohannis.
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Athletics: With two bronze medals, Romania ranks 22nd in the indoor European Championship
Romania ranks 22nd in the final classification of the nations at the European Athletics Indoor Championship in Prague, with two bronze medals.
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Out of 49 participating countries, Romania won its medals with Florentina Marincu (long jump) and Marian Oprea (triple jump).
Superkombat: Amansio Paraschiv first Romanian world champion of New Heroes' middleweights
Amansio Paraschiv of Ploiesti (north of Bucharest) became the world champion of the New Heroes middleweight class on Sunday, in an anniversary gala in his home city, defeating Albanian Julian Imeri in front of 4,000 fans.
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Tennis: Romania defeats Israel in Davis Cup
Romania has 3-0 against Israel in the tennis Davis Cup, after the doubles match between Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau and cup Bar Tzuf Botzer/Edan Leshem ended 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday.
Team Romania around non-playing captain Andrei Pavel (centre)
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Iohannis: I'll support Romania's Davis Cup team from the stands at one of the matches
President Klaus Iohannis announced on Friday on his Facebook account that he will be in the stands of the venue to watch one of the Davis Cup tennis matches opposing the teams of Romania and Israel, to be played in Sibiu.
Romania Davis Cup team
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Tennis - Davis Cup: Romania takes 2-0 lead over Israel after victory of Marius Copil
Romania's team is leading Israel 2-0 after the first day of the Davis Cup, thanks to the win of Marius Copil, who defeated Dudi Sela 6-7 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-2, Friday evening, in the Transilvania Hall in Sibiu (rd 272 km north-west of Bucharest), in the first round of the competition, Group I of the Europe and Africa zone.
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German Foreign Minister on official visit to Romania on Monday
The German Foreign Affairs minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier will pay an official visit to Romania on Monday, where he will be received by President Klaus Iohannis, Prime minister Victor Ponta and will hold talks with his counterpart, Bogdan Aurescu, a press release by the German Embassy in Bucharest informs AGERPRES on Friday.
Romania has to break the ice in events for older athletes, says retired champion Szabo
AGERPRES special correspondent Teodora Oprea reports: Aboard a TAROM flight on Thursday carrying her to the 33rd edition of the European Indoor Athletics Championships, to be hosted by Prague City, March 5-8, Romania's Minister of Youth and Sports Gabriela Szabo, a retired multiple-time athletics champion herself, said Romania will hopefully break the ice in the events for older athletes.
Player Halep, President Iohannis invited to cheer for Romania's Davis Cup team
Andrei Pavel, the captain of Romania's Davis Cup tennis team said Tuesday the team would be honoured to be cheered on by tennis player Simona Halep, currently number three in the world's professional ranking, and by Romania's President Klaus Iohannis, an amateur tennis player himself, in their meet with Israel.
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Merkel, about Romania's accession to Schengen this year: I cannot make any statements for now
AGERPRES special correspondent Florentina Peia reports: German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said she cannot make any statements for now concerning a possible accession of Romania to the Schengen area this year.
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Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova Defeated at 1/8 Finals in Dubai
Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova was defeated in the 1/8 finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Wednesday.
Pironkova was defeated by top seeded Simona Halep from Romania with 4:6, 3:6, daily Dnevnik reports.
The Bulgarian performed well, but was seemingly exhausted from the previous two matches, which lasted for more than two hours each.
Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova Reaches 1/8 Finals in Dubai
Bulgaria's best female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova reached the 1/8 finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
For the first time Pironkova reached the third round of the tournament after winning against Shuai Peng from China with 3:6, 6:4, 7:6 (5) on Tuesday.