June 13, 2025. Sports news round-up / last 24 hours

The major sports news of the last few hours has remained in the spheres of soccer and tennis. In domestic football, discussions about player transfers, technical staff appointments and administrative tensions dominated the news flow, while on the international front Romania's progress at the U21 European Championship remains a topic of intense analysis in the specialized press. In parallel, tennis is gearing up for Wimbledon, with a focus on the grass court tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch, where Romanian Gabriela Ruse is in excellent form, reaching the quarter-finals.

FOTBALL Domestic

• Florin Coman: Florinel Coman got religiously married to Ioana Timofeciuc. The former FCSB player and his girlfriend chose Mirel Rădoi and his wife Dana as their godparents.
• FCSB: Dennis Politic has started his adventure with Romanian champions FCSB. The player has passed his medical and will undergo a series of tests to determine the training program to avoid possible muscle problems.
• Craiova: Craiova explodes. The lawsuit over the palmares between FC U Craiova, Adrian Mititelu's team, and Universitatea Craiova, patronized by Mihai Rotaru, is restarting. The Court of Cassation admitted Adrian Mititelu's appeal and annulled the decision of the Court of Appeal Timisoara, which in July 2023 had awarded the palmaresul to the Superliga club Științei, Universitatea Craiova.
• Rapid Bucharest: Rapid have officially confirmed the arrival of Mauro Pederzoli as sporting director at the Giulești outfit. MM Stoica believes Pederzoli has been brought in for his experience but more importantly he will have the role of bringing valuable players to Rapid.

FOTBAL INTERNATIONAL

• Romania U21: The match lost by the "little tricolors" against Italy U21 continues to generate reactions. The way they handled attacking phases and misses have brought a wave of criticism against the players. Most vocal was U21 coach Daniel Pancu, who accused his players of poor coordination and positioning.
• Istvan Kovacs: After his impeccable officiating in this year's UEFA Champions League final, referee Istvan Kovacs will also referee at the Club World Cup. Kovacs has been delegated for PSG v Atletico Madrid.

Transfers

• Octavian Popescu: Octavian Popescu has become the target of Swiss side Lucerne. The FCSB footballer is priced at €1.4 million on Transfermarkt, but if the Swiss really want him they will have to dig deep into their pockets to convince Gigi Becali to agree to the transfer.
• Edi Iordănescu: Edi Iordănescu is the new coach of Polish side Legia Warsaw. The former Romania coach has signed a two-season contract.

***** Synthesis made 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.