June 3, 2025. Sports news round-up / last 24 hours

The Romanian and international sports scene was marked by an electrifying combination of tense events, spectacular decisions and impressive achievements. Domestic football was marked by changes of coaches, promotions and administrative controversies, while on the international scene PSG's triumph in the Champions League and possible coaching moves in the major championships attracted media attention. The transfers of Romanian players remain in the spotlight, while in tennis, Lois Boisson is making history on the clay at Roland Garros.

HOME FOOTBALL

• Unirea Slobozia/Adrian Mihalcea: Unirea Slobozia stayed in Romania's Superliga, after winning the stay/promotion play-off against FC Voluntari from Ilfoven. Coach Adi Mihalcea will leave the team and will most likely sign with another group in the first league.
• Farul Constanța/Ianis Zicu: After achieving a historic promotion with Metaloglobus, Ianis Zicu is in pole position to take Gică Hagi's place on the Farul Constanța bench. Anunțul a fost făcut de președintele "marinarilor", Gică Popescu.
• FCSB: FCSB has risen spectacularly in the UEFA rankings after this year's European Cup. The champions climbed 58 places to 84th, making them the highest-ranked Romanian side.

FOTBAL International

• PSG: Chaos in France after PSG won the UEFA Champions League. The celebration by PSG supporters turned into a full-blown street brawl, resulting in the deaths of two young men, the wounding of a policeman and dozens of cars set on fire.
• Inter Milan/Cristian Chivu: Cristian Chivu has reportedly been approached by Inter Milan management to become the nerazzuri's new coach. The Romanian coach's contract with Parma is due to expire, but the club's management are confident that he will sign a new deal and continue the work he has started with the team.
• Romania: Romania's national team is preparing for matches against Austria and Cyprus. After a failed start to these preliminaries, when they lost at home to Bosnia-Herzegovina, the tricolorii will travel to Vienna for the toughest test of the group, against Austria.

Transfers

• Valentin Mihăilă: Valentin Mihăilă will not continue at Parma. The player's agent, Giovani Becali is convinced that the player was looking for a better solution, where he can play and will receive a substantial salary.
• CFR/Drilon Islami: CFR have completed their second transfer of the summer, securing the signature of Kosovar Drilon Islami. The 24-year-old midfielder joins Dan Petrescu's side after two seasons with FK Priștina, with whom he won the cup in Kosovo.

TENIS

• Lois Boisson: Lois Boisson is producing surprise after surprise on the clay of Roland Garros. The 22-year-old Frenchwoman knocked out No. 3 favorite Jessica Pegula and is in the quarterfinals.
• Ion Țiriac: Ion Țiriac wants to build a super tennis base in Romania and promises a €100 million investment. However, the billionaire also has a condition for the Romanian state - that he be exempt from taxes.

Top Athletes and Teams

1. Unirea Slobozia/Adrian Mihalcea
2. FCSB
3. Cristian Chivu
4. Lois Boisson
5. Romania

***** Synthesis made using a monitoring feed provided by NewsVibe Romania. The top sports topics are identified from automated topic monitoring of mainstream media sources. The analysis, data and images presented were enhanced with the help of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence tools.