football

Apar căşti împotriva COVID în fotbalul american

15:24, 15 Iul. 2020
Liga Naţională de Fotbal American (NFL) din SUA a anunţat introducerea unui nou model de cască pentru a-i proteja pe jucători de COVID-19. Noul model de cască va avea o mască protectoare în dreptul gurii. Scutul va fi produs de compania Oakley, care se ocupa cu producţia ochelarilor de protecţie pentru diferite sporturi precum golful, […]

Imprisoned Football Agent Victor Becali To Be Released On Parole

18:28, 24 Oct. 2018
Magistrates of the Ilfov Court decided on Wednesday to order the release on parole of former football agent Victo Becali, after they rejected an appeal made by prosecutors to measure, effectively ending his sentence of five years and eight months in prison. The decision is final.

Swiss Court Rejects Appeal, Romanian Footballer Mutu Must Pay Chelsea EUR17M Damages

15:27, 14 Iun. 2010
The Swiss Federal Court decided Monday to uphold the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, or CAS, according to which Romanian striker Mutu must pay EUR17 million damages to the Chelsea London football club.

Romanian Footballer Mutu Drops Appeal Against Suspension

16:54, 09 Iun. 2010
Romanian footballer Adrian Mutu will not file an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sports against the Italian Olympic Committee’s decision to suspend him for nine months after he tested positive for a banned substance, his attorney said Tuesday, cited by news agency Ansa.

Romanian Referees, Football Financer, Businessman Indicted For Corruption

13:26, 21 Mai 2010
The sponsor of Romanian football team FC Arges, Cornel Penescu, the former general manager of SC PIC SA Pitesti, Liviu Facaleata, former referee Ionica Serea and football referee Marius Martis were indicted by anticorruption prosecutors on bribe-related charges.

Steaua Bucharest Tie FC Twente 1-1, Settles For 4th Place In Europa League Group H

09:14, 18 Dec. 2009
Romanian football team Steaua Bucharest on Thursday settled for a fourth place in UEFA Europa League Group H after a 1-1 (1-1) draw in the home match against Dutch football team Twente Enschede, which put FC Twente in Europa League’s last 32.

Romanian CFR Cluj Missed Qualification For Europa League’s Last 32, Dinamo Stays In Competition

09:43, 04 Dec. 2009
Romanian football team CFR Cluj on Thursday missed qualification for Europa League’s last 32, while FC Dinamo is the only contender of four Romanian football teams engaged in the competition to continue its Europa League adventure after its victory against Austria’s SK Sturm Graz on Thursday.

Romania’s Unirea Urziceni Defeats FC Sevilla 1-0 In Champions League

09:23, 25 Nov. 2009
Romania’s champion team Unirea Urziceni defeated Spain’s Sevilla with a 1-0 win in the Champions League on Tuesday after an own goal by Ivica Dragutinovic.

Four Romanian Football Teams Defeated In Europa League Groups

10:13, 06 Nov. 2009
Four Romanian football teams lost Thursday evening the games disputed in the fourth stage of the Europa League groups.

Romania’s Unirea Urziceni Draws 1-1 With Glasgow Rangers In Champions League

09:48, 05 Nov. 2009
Romania’s champion team Unirea Urziceni held Scotland’s Glasgow Rangers to a 1-1 draw Wednesday evening in Bucharest, in the fourth leg of the Champions League Group G.

Romanian Footballers Asked To Stop Spitting On Turf To Prevent Swine Flu

14:53, 30 Oct. 2009
Romania’s Professional Football League appears set to tackle the disgusting habit of spitting on the turf, a widespread phenomenon in the football world, and has issued a press release calling on players and coaches to abstain and thus help prevent the spreading of swine flu.

Romania Lost 5-0 To Serbia In 2010 World Cup Qualifying Match

12:10, 11 Oct. 2009
Romania’s national football team lost Saturday 5-0 (1-0) the away match in the preliminaries of the 2010 World Cup with Serbia’s national football team which qualified for the world competition.

Serbia Takes Border Security Measures During Serbia-Romania Football Match – Foreign Affairs Min

20:09, 10 Oct. 2009
Romanians are forbidden to cross the border to Serbia unless they have tickets for this evening’s football match between the two countries’ national teams, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday, adding the measure taken by the Serbian authorities was not officially transmitted to Romania.

Romania’s Unirea Urziceni Loses 0-2 to Spain’s FC Sevilla In Champions League Debut

09:46, 17 Sept. 2009
Romania’s Unirea Urziceni made its debut in the Champions League Group G with a 0-2 (0-1) loss to Spain’s FC Sevilla, which put the Spanish team at the top of the group.

Romania Draws 1-1 With Austria In World Cup Qualifier

10:33, 10 Sept. 2009
Romania’s national football team held Austria to a 1-1 draw in a home match Wednesday evening, in group seven of the World Cup qualifiers.

France Draws 1-1 With Romania In World Cup Qualifier

12:49, 06 Sept. 2009
Romania was given a 1-1 draw Saturday evening with France in the World Cup qualifiers, as France defender Julien Escude scored an own-goal, and the country dropped more points and has no chance of being the first in group 7.

Four Romanian Teams Advance To Europa League Group Stage

09:40, 28 Aug. 2009
The Romanian teams FC Timisoara, CFR Cluj, Dinamo Bucharest and Steaua Bucharest move on to the next stage in UEFA’s Europa League.

Dinamo – Slovan Liberec Game Halted Due To Incidents

22:55, 20 Aug. 2009
Austrian referee Thomas Einwaller decided to interruot the Dinamo - Slovan Liberec game in minute 88, when Romanian supporters stormed the track around the football field.

Romanian Football Federation Manager Florin Prunea Suspended

15:41, 03 Iul. 2009
The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has suspended International Relations manager Florin Prunea, FRF vice-president Patritiu Abrudan told MEDIAFAX on Friday.

Romanian Coaches Must Attend Press Conferences Or Face Fines

18:13, 01 Iul. 2009
Romanian Football Federation's Coach School principal Mircea Radulescu said Wednesday that League I coaches who fail to attend press conferences after official games will be fined 10,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.1892).

Romanian Anticorruption Prosecutors Indict Refereeing Corruption Suspects

14:22, 25 Iun. 2009
Romanian Anticorruption Prosecutors (DNA) indicted on Thursday Florin Prunea, Gheorghe Constantin, Liviu Facaleata, Cornel Penescu and Cristian Libertatu, suspects in the refereeing corruption case.

EXCLUSIVE: Romanian FC Arges To Be Downgraded Amid Corruption Scandal

14:40, 16 Iun. 2009
Romanian football club FC Arges will be downgraded from the country’s First League to the second amid the corruption scandal involving club owner Cornel Penescu and several referrers, sources within the Romanian Professional Football League told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

Romanian Timisoara FC Fine Annulled By Court Of Arbitration For Sports

11:00, 11 Iun. 2009
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS) in Lausanne, France, announced Thursday on its site that Romanian Timisoara FC will be given back the six points it was fined previously, thus enabling it to take part in the 3rd preliminary tour of the Champions League.

Unirea Urziceni Wins Romanian Football Championship

09:44, 11 Iun. 2009
Unirea Urziceni FC won the Romanian championship Wednesday evening, after a 1-1 score against Steaua Bucharest FC.

S Romania Judges Allow Bail For Football Corruption Suspect Liviu Facaleata

13:32, 02 Iun. 2009
The Arges Court (S Romania) allowed Tuesday, the release on bail of Pic store manager Liviu Facaleata, after his family put up his 20,000 lei (EUR1 = RON4.1817) bail.

Romanian Anticorruption Prosecutors Search Newsrooms Of Arges Ftbl Club Owner’s Paper, TV Network

10:35, 27 Mai 2009
Romanian anticorruption prosecutors search Wednesday morning the newsrooms of "Top" newspaper and Arges TV network, owned by Arges football club financer Cornel Penescu, under arrest in the football refereeing scandal.

Ukrainian President Honors Coach Mircea Lucescu And Shakhtar Donetsk FC

14:04, 26 Mai 2009
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko awarded Mircea Lucescu, the Romanian coach of Shakhtar Donetsk FC, the Order for Merit 2nd Class, as recognition for the team winning the UEFA cup, in a ceremony Tuesday in Kiev, according to the team’s official website.

S Romania Court Sets Bails For Football Corruption Suspects

13:17, 26 Mai 2009
Magistrates of the Arges Court (S Romania) set a bail of 200,000 lei (EUR1 = RON4.1725) for football club FC Arges financer and corruption suspect Cornel Penescu, and a bail of RON15,000 for co-defendants in the trial Gheorghe Constantin and Liviu Facaleata.

Romanian Football Graft Trial Prosecutors Widen Suspect List

11:04, 25 Mai 2009
The manager of Romanian Pic, Gheorghita Pieca, is charged with having removed from the cashier some 500,000 lei (EUR1= RON4.1762) which he allegedly gave to football club officials Cornel Penescu and Liviu Facaleata who, in turn, paid football officials to favor their club, FC Arges.

Three Romanian Football Corruption Suspects Remain Under Arrest

20:39, 22 Mai 2009
Romanian football corruption trial suspects Cristian Libertatu, Liviu Facaleata and Gheorghe Constantin remain under arrest according to a ruling passed Friday by the Pitesti Court of Appeal.

Romanian Anticorruption Prosecutors Arrest New Suspect In Football Graft Case

15:50, 22 Mai 2009
The manager of Romanian company Pic, Gheorghita Pieca, was detained Friday by anticorruption prosecutors, after about three hours of hearings, and was taken to the custody of the Arges County Police.

Italian Daily Il Giornale Dubs Romanian UEFA Cup Winning Coach “Gypsy”

17:26, 21 Mai 2009
Italian daily Il Giornale wrote Thursday that "the gypsy" Mircea Lucescu, the Romanian coach of football team Shakhtar Donetsk, won the UEFA Cup and brought the latest trophy in the competition to Ukraine.

Romanian Football Federation Pres, Officials, Subpoenaed In Corruption Case – Sources

13:56, 20 Mai 2009
The president of the Romanian Football Federation (FRF), Mircea Sandu, the president and vice president of the FRF Appeal Committee, Doru Viorel Ursu and respectively Ion Cazacu, and the president of the FRF Discipline Committe, Daniel Cernat, were subpoenaed by anticorruption prosecutors.

Romanian Corruption Suspect Aurelian Bogaciu Released From Custody

14:57, 14 Mai 2009
Romanian football referee Aurelian Bogaciu, arrested for 29 days under charges of taking bribe, will be released Thursday according to a decision of the Pitesti Court of Appeal, which rejected the appeal formulated by prosecutors to the Arges Court decision not to extend his arrest.

Romanian Court Rules To Release Football Corruption Suspects

16:32, 11 Mai 2009
The Romanian Arges Court decided to release football corruption case suspects Cornel Penescu, Cristian Libertatu, Liviu Facaleata, Gheorghe Constantin and Marcel Lica, but the ruling may be appealed.

Romanian Football Corruption Suspects Marcel Lica, Aurelian Bogaciu Remain Under Arrest

17:13, 04 Mai 2009
The suspended vice president of the Romanian Central Committee of Referees, Marcel Lica, and referee Aurelian Bogaciu remained under arrest as the Pitesti Court of Appeal allowed the prosecution appeal against the release of Lica under judicial control and rejected Bogaciu’s challenge of his arrest.

The Romanian Football Auth Called For Bribe Probes Two Years Ago – FRF Official

14:47, 23 Apr. 2009
Romanian Football Federation vice-president Dumitru Dragomir told MEDIAFAX Thursday that the Federation has officially asked authorities, two years ago, to investigate referees in search of potential deeds of corruption.

Romanian Bribery Suspects Constantin, Libertatu Remain Under Arrest

11:01, 22 Apr. 2009
Romanian Central Referee Commission (CCA) former president Gheorghe Constantin, and Arges county Consumer Protection Office former director, Cristian Libertatu, remain under arrest, according to a decision issued by the Arges Court, which thus rejected their bids for release under judicial control.

Romanian Football Financer Penescu Arrested Over Flash Stick Marked “Kickback”

09:41, 17 Apr. 2009
Investigators found, following a search in the office of corruption case defendant Cornel Penescu, an USB stick marked "kickback C. G.", which would point to a crime of soliciting and offering bribe in September 2007, according to the explanation issued by the Arges Court in Penescu’s arrest.

Romanian Central Commission Of Referees Chief Resigns Amid Corruption Scandal

12:27, 15 Apr. 2009
Romanian chief football referee Gheorghe Constantin, in custody for 29 days over corruption charges, faxed in his resignation Wednesday, the general manager of the Central Commission of Referees, Dan Petrescu, told MEDIAFAX.