Constantina Dita

Approximately 450 Romanian and foreign volunteers will participate in raising, in five days, 10 homes for 10 families in the Vaideeni commune of southern Valcea County that are going through difficult times, in a charitable action that started on Monday in the Valcea County locality with the support of an international organization with the mission to end precarious living conditions.

Over 8,000 people from over 50 countries are expected to compete in this year's Bucharest International Marathon, which is half marathon and half relay races.

Parents of children under four years of age can run the 800-metre-long "Diapers Jog", while children aged five to 12 will also have their dedicated races.

2008 Olympic Games women's marathon champion Constantina Dita on Sunday morning ran in the 4th edition of the Marathon of Gratitude held in Targu-Jiu, the capital of the southern Gorj County, dedicated to Romania's WWI heroes, sculptor Constantin Brancusi and to the marathoner, also born in the county.

For the first time since their inception, the Balkan Athletics Championships can be watched live online, on the official website of the Romanian Athletics Federation (FRA), www.fra.ro, the 73rd edition, also the first time when all 15 member states of the Association of the Balkan Athletic Federations are participating, taking place i