SPORT FOCUS by NewsVibe. Map of this week's sports topics

The echoes of Romania's Super Cup, the wave of reactions to the tragic accident in which Diogo Jota died and the surprise debut of the 2025 edition of Wimbledon mark a week in which the online sports conversation has visibly reconfigured, with public interest divided between preparations for the new season in domestic and European football, the spectacle of the Grand Slam on grass, and tributes to Mihai Leu.

Grafic NewsVibe. Map of entities that have provoked the most mentions in sports-themed articles and posts in the past week

The dominant area of discussion, colored green in the semantic network graph, brings together FCSB, CFR Cluj, Dinamo, Steaua and terms such as "Supercup of Romania", "Bucharest" and "Ghencea", as well as names such as Becali or Dan Petrescu. The interest was fueled by comments about the Super Cup played last Saturday; the controversy surrounding the National Arena; FCSB's match against Inter Club d'Escaldes. In parallel, CFR debuted in the Europa League preliminaries with Paksi, and coach Dan Petrescu was back in the spotlight with statements about the European objective.

The second pole of the sports debate, in blue, revolves around Diogo Jota and the labels "Liverpool", "Spain" and Andre Silva". The visibility stems from the wave of articles related to the road accident that killed the Lusitanian footballer and his brother in Spain: the investigation into the real speed of the car, the reactions of Liverpool colleagues (especially Luis Díaz) and the multiple speculations generated a high volume of mentions.

A particular, and growing, area of discussion is devoted to the Wimbledon tournament. The early eliminations of several top seeds and interest in names such as Jannik Sinner, Sabalenka and Emma Răducanu kept the tournament trending throughout the week.

Spanish football was in the spotlight with the two big names, Barcelona and Real Madrid. Barca came onto the radar through persistent rumors of a €50 million bid for Luis Díaz, while Real Madrid fueled speculation of departures after their humiliation to PSG at the Club World Cup.

A separate area is dedicated to transfer news from the domestic league, with a focus on Universitatea Craiova, which has transferred a U19 national team player directly from Italy, and Rapid, which has announced its squad for the 2025-2026 season under the direction of Costel Gâlcă.

The death of Mihai Leu has been a special segment of the sports debates, and the "in memoriam" articles, the information about the funeral and the messages of the Romanian Boxing Federation have caused a wave of tributes that have propelled his name and that of his hometown, Hunedoara, to the forefront of the semantic network of sports topics.

*****Synthesis realized with the help of a monitoring feed provided by NewsVibe Romania. The analysis is based on a Machine Learning model developed by the NewsVibe team, which has been trained to classify the content extracted from relevant online sources according to the topic. The presented data has been enhanced using Artificial Intelligence tools.