Sport

The Myth of Mircea Lucescu

by Craig Turp January 8, 2012 Bucharest

 On Friday morning Mircea Lucescu, Romanian coach of the Ukrainian football team Shakthar Donetsk was seriously injured in a car accident in the Drumul Taberei district of Bucharest. According to initial reports, Lucescu – in Romania for the winter holidays – allegedly caused the accident himself by attempting an illegal U-turn across a double tram [...]

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Cricket Romania

by Craig Turp November 22, 2011 Bucharest

  Five years ago or so Bucharest Life was part of a ragtag band of cricket enthusiasts (some of whom could play a bit, others – like ourselves – who couldn’t) who met once a week throughout the summer at the Bucharest Tennis Club to hit a few cricket balls around an artificial football pitch. [...]

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We’re backing Otelul. Shame that they have got no chance

by Craig Turp October 17, 2011 Bucharest

 As always in the run up to a football match (or any sporting contest, in fact) between two Romanian and English teams (in this case the Otelul Galati – Manchester United game being played in Bucharest at the Arena Nationala tomorrow night) locals are assuming that being English, we of course want the English team [...]

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Otelul Galati – Benfica: A visit to Bucharest’s Arena Nationala

by Craig Turp September 28, 2011 Bucharest

 While we have certainly not been slow to criticise the cost of building Bucharest’s Arena Nationala – Romania’s new national stadium – we have to admit that we were rather excited ahead of last night’s Champions League game between Otelul Galati and Benfica, the second match to be played at the stadium, and our first [...]

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Otelul Galati Champions League tickets/prices

by Craig Turp August 30, 2011 Bucharest

 UPDATE 14.09.2011: Tickets for all three Otelul games, including Man Utd, are now on general sale, here.   So, Otelul Galati have announced the price of tickets for their home games in the Champions League, to be played at Bucharest’s Arena Nationala. The three games (v. Benfica on September 27th, Manchester United on October 18th [...]

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Where is Otelul Galati?

by Craig Turp August 25, 2011 Bucharest

 Drawn this afternoon in the same Champions League group as Manchester United, it is odds-on that a few curious United fans have been dropping Otelul Galati into their search engines. First off, you should read this When Saturday Comes brief about last season’s Romanian championship (which Otelul won, and which gave them a place direct [...]

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Cart & horse in new Bucharest mix-up

by Craig Turp August 17, 2011 Bucharest

 It was with much fanfare this week that the imminent construction of a multi-storey car park to serve Bucharest’s new national stadium, the Arena Nationala, was announced. The stadium – which will host the UEFA Europa League final in May 2012 – was opened last week but has yet to host a football match. The [...]

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