Nadia Comaneci

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world's no. 3, easily qualified for the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament in Madrid, with total prizes worth 7,021,128 US dollars, after defeating Slovakian Viktoria Kuzmova, 6-0, 6-0. Halep (27) only needed 44 minutes to seal her victory against Kuzmova (20), world's no. 46.

Four great retired Romanian athletes - Nadia Comaneci, Camelia Potec, Gabriela Szabo and Gheorghe Hagi - have agreed to be members on the board that will select the projects submitted for funding under the - Investing in Children , Investing in the Future' Growth Programme, initiated by the Romanian Government.

Nadia Comaneci, the world's first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.00 at the Olympic Games, wishes AGERPRES on its 130th anniversary since establishment to receive only scores of 10 for the news it publishes. "Many Happy Returns, AGERPRES, at 130 years of existence! I wish you to have many years ahead, to remain objective and to write what happens in Romanian sports.

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has been nominated for Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year 2019 award, which will be presented at the 2019 Laureus World Sports Awards scheduled for Monday evening in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

Halep is competing with American gymnast Simone Biles, Czech skier Ester Ledecka, German tennis player Angelique Keber and American skier Mikaela Shiffrin.

The AGERPRES National News Agency presented on Thursday the 'Romania: Evolution' photo exhibition, within the EMAN international conference, which takes place between 21-22 June at the Danubius University of Galati.

Photo exhibition "Romania: Evolution" organised by the AGERPRES National News Agency on the centennial of the December 1, 1918 Greater Union opened on Thursday in the foyer of the Iasi Athenaeum, on the second evening of the Romanian Film Evenings.

The photography exhibition 'Romania: Evolution - 100 Years', the latest in a string of events that celebrate the Great Union Centennial, was inaugurated on Tuesday, February 13 at the UN headquarters in New York by Romania's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Ion Jinga, AGERPRES Director General Alexandru Giboi, and President of the UN General Ass

Retired gymnast Nadia Comaneci, active tennis player Simona Halep and retired association football player Gheorghe Hagi are topping the rankings of Romanian sport personalities, while association football and tennis are the favourite sports of Romanians, according to the findings of an INSCOP study released on Tuesday.

Source: inscop.ro

Simona Halep, Horia Tecau, Alexandru Tomescu, Mihai Covaliu and Ionut Budisteanu on Monday will receive the title of ambassadors of Romanian tourism at the third edition of the 'Ambassadors of Romanian Tourism' Gala.