Sports Flash

Romanian handball side Dinamo Bucharest secured a dramatic 29-28 win against Croatian team PPD Zagreb on Wednesday in an away game counting towards the group A of the Champions League. Ukrainian Andrii Akimenko scored the victory goal for the Romanian champions through a 7-meter throw in the game's last second, while Nicusor Negru scored the largest number of goals for his side, 7. This has been Dinamo's second win in the present edition of the league. In Group A, they are ranking 6th, five points out of six matches.

Now let's have a look at women's handball competitions where the Romanian national side ended in a 29-all draw the game they played on Wednesday against Germany during their training campaign in Hungary. The best Romanian scorer was Cristina Neagu with 11 goals scored. The match was Romania's last test before the European Championships due to kick off in Slovenia, Montenegro and North Macedonia on Friday.

The Romanian men's basketball side SCM ''U'' Craiova has qualified for the second stage of FIBA Europe Cup. On Wednesday in Ploiesti, southern Romania, SCM secured a 74-60 win against the other Romanian side in Group H, CSO Voluntari. SCM has so far won all the four games they have played in FIBA Europe Cup and a new win would secure their first position in the group. In the other game of group H, German side Merlins Crailsheim obtained a 95-64 win against Norrkoping Dolphins of Sweden.

Also in FIBA Europe Cup, in group E, CSM CSU Oradea clinched a 77-69 home win against French side Cholet Basket. This has been CSM's third win in a row after a bad start against the French. Also on Wednesday, Belgian side Kangoeroes Mechelen obtained a home win against Bulgarian team Rilski Sportist Samokov, 105 - 74. Oradea and Mechelen are heading the group, each with 7 points being followed by Cholet with 6 and Samokov with 4.

In EuroCup, Group A, U-BT Cluj-Napoca has been outperformed by Lithuanian side Lietkabelis Panevėžys, 89-84. This has been the Romanian's second defeat in a row and their third in this EuroCup season. With a win and three defeats, Cluj ranks ninth in the group, which is the last but one position.  

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