Fencing

Romania's women's sabre team won the bronze medals on Monday at the 2021 Junior and Cadet World Fencing Championships in Cairo, after beating Turkey 45-40 in the match for third place. The team coached by Cosmin Hancianu and composed of Ilinca Pantis, Felicia Iacob, Mihaela Chitu and Maria Matei led most of the time, with Turkey only being once in the lead (20-18).

Romanian athlete Marco Sovar won the gold medal in the men's sword event on Sunday at the Junior Fencing World Championships in Cairo, after defeating in the finals the South Korean Junseong Park, 15-13. The fencer legitimized at CS Dinamo was led 11-7, but managed to snap back and win, according to the website of the Romanian Fencing Federation.

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Turkish fencer Enver Yildirim on Saturday won a gold medal at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Satellite Tournament hosted by Bulgaria. 

Yildirim bagged the gold medal at the finals by beating French rival Francesco D'armiento 15-7, said the Turkish Fencing Federation in a statement. 

SWORD ATTACK IN SWEDEN Serbian professor claims: This is the attacker!

A masked man armed with a sword has killed a pupil and a teacher at a school in Sweden. A professor of Serbian language in city of Trollhattan, Aleksandar Boskovic, exclusively sent a photo of masked attacker to "Blic". The attacker killed one professor and one student, and seriously wounded three people.

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.

Police arrested former world champion boxer Mensur Peljto for alleged crimes against civilians and prisoners of war in his hometown Brcko during the 1990s conflict, BIRN was told.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Thursday congratulated the Romanian women's crew that conquered the gold medal in the epee event at the European Fencing Championships in Strasbourg.