April 7, 2025. Sport news round-up / last 24 hours

Sports news has been dominated by football, with spectacular matches, talks about possible transfers and administrative controversies. Romanian football drew attention with the Rapid - Dinamo derby, but also tensions between Rapid supporters and the club's management. On the international scene, Răzvan Lucescu leads PAOK to another Greek championship victory, while Cosmin Olăroiu looks set to be the new coach of the United Arab Emirates. In Spain, the scandal at FC Barcelona at the end of the match against Betis stands out. In tennis, Flavio Cobolli won the Bucharest "Țiriac Open" trophy and Max Verstappen continues to dominate Formula 1, winning the Japanese Grand Prix.

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• Rapid/Dinamo: The derby between Rapid and Dinamo was decided by Koljic's 32nd-minute goal, which gave the Rapidians a 1-0 win. Dinamo are on their third consecutive defeat and coach Zeljko Kopic admits that it is the best that could be achieved with this batch of players.
• Rapid Bucharest: Open conflict between the supporters of Rapidi and the management of the "alb-vișiniilors". After the reprimand they received from the management, the supporters displayed at the match against Dinamo, several banners protesting against Victor Angelescu. The fans had also prepared a protest against Dan Șucu, but their banners were stopped at the entrance of the stadium, which made the situation even more tense.
• FCSB: Adrian Porumboiu, a former FIFA referee, believes that FCSB should not have been awarded a penalty in the match against U Cluj, contradicting Digi Sport analyst Marius Avram.
• Hermannstadt/Gloria Buzău: Surprise in Sibiu where Gloria Buzău managed to beat Hermannstadt 2-0. Following this success, the team coached by Ilie Stan gave the "red lanterna rossaie" to Unirii Slobozia.

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• Barcelona/Raphinha: Barcelona finished 1-1 draw with Betis and could not capitalize on Real Madrid's misstep. The match was also marked by Raphinha's gesture at the end of the match, as he defied coach Flick and roughed up Catalan captain Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
• PAOK/Răzvan Lucescu: PAOK won the derby with Olympiakos 2-1 after a tense match in which Lucescu's team played with 10 men from the 74th minute.
• Parma/Cristian Chivu: The Italian press praised coach Cristi Chivu after Parma came back from 0-2 down against Inter to draw the match with the Serie A leaders. The coach was rated a 7.
• Cosmin Olăroiu: Cosmin Olăroiu is the new coach of the United Arab Emirates. Gulf media reports that the coach has reached an agreement with the Arabs to take over the UAE national team at the end of May.