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June 11, 2025. Sports news round-up / last 24 hours
Gabriel Dumitrache
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Tuesday's sports news on Tuesday was dominated by national football matches, important for the World Cup preliminaries, spectacular moves on the transfer market, but also administrative conflicts or inflammatory statements. Romanian football is rekindling hopes of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, while the SuperLiga continues to be the scene of negotiations, resignations and high-profile comebacks. In parallel, Romanian basketball is putting on a show in the final of the National League, while on the international scene, tensions in Italian football and the decisions of top coaches complete the picture.
FOTBALL Domestic
- FCSB/Dennis Politic: FCSB has officially presented Dennis Politic, the player transferred from Dinamo. On the day he signed with the champion, the left winger thanked the fans and colleagues of his former team for the two years spent in "Ștefan cel Mare"
- FRF: Tense moments at the General Assembly of the FRF. Adrian Mititelu clashed with Răzvan Burleanu but also with some of the members present, whom he called "some profiteers". Interrupted by Mititelu during the meeting, the head of the FRF gave the floor to the owner of FC Craiova at the end of the meeting and suggested to those present that they could choose between staying and listening to the insults of the Oltean or going and prepare for the match of the "tricolor" against Cyprus.
FOTBALL International
- Romania: Romania beat Cyprus 2-0 in the 2026 World Cup preliminaries to accumulate six points, level with Austria, who have two games in hand, and behind leaders Bosnia-Herzegovina. Coach Mircea Lucescu has launched a scathing attack on the refereeing in recent matches, in which the "tricolorii" have been disadvantaged despite the intervention of VAR.
- Dennis Man: Dennis Man was the man of the match against Cyprus, with an assist and a goal. The striker put in a solid performance, although he comes after a less-than-stellar spell at Parma, where Cristian Chivu has not relied on his services in recent months. Man also had a message for his former coach, whom he wished all the best at his new team Inter Milan.
- Preliminaries for the 2026 World Cup: Finland defeated Poland 2-1 in a match that was interrupted for 45 minutes after a spectator required ambulance intervention. In Romania's group, Austria scored 4-0 against San Marino, while the evening's preliminary score was set by the Netherlands' 8-0 win over Malta.
- Romania U21: Romania U21 will take on a similar Italy side in their first match at the U21 European Championship in Slovakia. The head coach Carmine Nunziata goofed at the press conference, mistaking Romania's coach Daniel Pancu for a "tricolor" player. In reply, Daniel Pancu said that to "get to know you, you have to beat them...".
- Cristian Chivu: Cristi Chivu has chosen the staff he will work with at Inter Milan. The first official match for Cristi Chivu on the Inter bench will be against Monterrey of Mexico in the Club World Cup.
Transfers
- FCSB/UTA: Băluță, Edjouma and Gele are wanted by UTA. The three FCSB players are no longer part of the team's plans for this season and can leave free of contract.
- Edi Iordănescu: Edi Iordănescu is very close to signing with Legia Warsaw. The Poles will play in this season's Europa League qualifiers, thanks to winning the Cup.
- Andrei Burcă: Andrei Burcă is close to a return to Gruia. CFR Cluj owner Neluțu Varga claims that everything is arranged and is convinced that the national team defender will sign with the Ardelenii.
- Ranieri/Italy: Claudio Ranieri has refused to take over the Italy national team. After Luciano Spalletti was sacked by the federation, the Italians offered Ranieri, but the 73-year-old coach refused, wanting to concentrate on his job in Rome where he is adviser to the president of the Roman club.
BASCHET
- U-BT-Cluj Napoca/CSM Oradea: The Men's National Basketball League final between U-BT-Cluj Napoca/CSM Oradea will need a decisive game. After 4 games the overall score is 2-2. In the last game, Cluj won 92-83. At the end, both coaches criticized the refereeing in harsh terms.
Top Sportsmen and Teams
- Romania/Mircea Lucescu
- Dennis Man
- Romania U21/Daniel Pancu
- U-BT-Cluj Napoca/CSM Oradea
- Cristian Chivu
***** Synthesis realized with the help of 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 have been enhanced using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence tools.
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