June 11, 2024. Sports news round-up / last 24 hours

The EURO 2024 fever is starting to dominate sports news. Preparation matches, the teams' travel to the cities where they will play their first matches at the most important European sporting event of the summer and the reaction of supporters are generating most of the topics of the moment. At the same time, transfer talks and administrative moves at Romanian football clubs are events that are keeping the Romanian footballing world in suspense. In the background are the players' performances at Roland Garros and the evolution of the ATP rankings.

FOTBALL Domestic

• Romania's national team preparations for EURO 2024: Romania's national team has arrived in Germany for EURO 2024, being greeted by Romanian fans in Würzburg. The mood at the team is upbeat, but there was also a note of disappointment among some supporters who came to welcome the tricolor to Germany.
• Petrolul/Mehmet Topal: Mehmet Topal started training at Petrolul, marking a new stage for the team. The training was open to the public and the atmosphere created by the Petroli fans was incendiary.
• Rapid Bucharest: Viorel Moldovan is the new president of the giuleștenilor giuleștenilor. The former player signed with Rapid after turning down an offer from arch-rivals Dinamo. Majority shareholder Dan Șucu has announced ambitious plans to take Rapid to Europe.

FOTBAL INTERNATIONAL

• PREPARATIONS FOR EURO 2024: Robert Lewandowski was injured before the start of the tournament, causing concern among Polish supporters. The Netherlands and Turkey played warm-up friendlies.

Transfers

• FCSB: FCSB have entered the home straight for the transfer of players, rushing negotiations for three players they want for the training camp in Holland. The champions are awaiting a response from Fiorentina to their offer for Louis Munteanu, they have resumed the William Baeten track from FCU Craiova and Florin Tanase is very close to signing.

TENIS

• Roland Garros: Carlos Alcaraz won the title at Roland Garros, cementing his status as a rising star in world tennis. Outstanding performances also in women's tennis, where Anca Todoni made a spectacular leap up the WTA rankings to become Romania's player of the moment.
• Evolutions in the ATP rankings: Jannik Sinner became world number one, in a significant change in the ATP rankings.

Top Athletes and Teams

1. Romanian National Team/EURO
2. Petrolul/Mehmet Topal
3. Rapid Bucharest/Viorel Moldovan
4. FCSB
5. Anca Todoni

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