The athletes who are among the 10 highest-paid in 2025 collectively earn $1.404 billion a year, a 120% increase from 2016,” Logos Press reported.
At the European Youth Championship in Olympic Wrestling (U-15) in Caorle, Italy, Moldovan athlete Margarita Lisita won a bronze medal in the weight category up to 58 kg, – Logos Press reports.
Moldovan athlete Rusalina Andriana Portaru won a silver medal at the European Youth Championships in Olympic Wrestling (U-15) held in Caorle (Italy), according to Logos Press.
The Moldovan men’s rugby sevens team defeated their Croatian rivals 19-12 in the match for seventh place in the European Series stage, which took place at the Dinamo complex in Chisinau, according to Logos Press.
The group tournament of the third world group (zone “Europe”) within the “Billie Jean King Cup” took place on the courts of “Arena Chisinau”. The Moldovan team was one of the 12 contenders for promotion, but lost to the rivals from Finland the coveted ticket to the second world group.
The World Kickboxing Federation (WKF) canceled the European Championships in Chisinau after delegations from Russia and Belarus consisting of more than one hundred athletes were banned from entering the territory of the Republic of Moldova. The athletes were supposed to perform under the flags and anthems of their countries, but the Ministry of Education and Research issued a statement about the impossibility of holding the championship two days before its start.
Moldovan athletes won three gold, two silver and four bronze medals at the European Athletics Team Championships among the national teams of the third division, held in Maribor (Slovenia), Logos Press reports.
The club Ceadîr-Basket has beaten Soroca-Baschet in a play-off series to those victories and for the first time in its history won the gold medals of the Moldovan championship, – reports Logos Press.
Soccer club Olympique Lyon has been stripped of its right to participate in the next season of the top division (Ligue 1) by the French National Directorate for Management Control (DNCG) due to financial reporting violations, Logos Press reports.
Moldovan tennis player Ilija Snitari paired with the representative of Bulgaria Samuel Conov reached the final of the ITF series tournament, which ended in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), – reports Logos Press.
Ukrainian-born Moldovan athlete Sergiy Tarnovskiy won a gold medal in the 5,000-meter canoe single at the European Championships in Racice (Czech Republic), – reports Logos Press.
Clubs Milsami, Sheriff, Zimbru and Petrocub will start their European Cup campaign in July. Here are the prizes they claim based on their performance in the first rounds of continental tournaments.
The match “Dacia-Buiucani” (Chisinau) – “Spartanii-Sportul” (Selemet village, Cimislia district) on June 21 will open the 35th season of the Moldovan Football Championship. The Moldovan Football Federation (FMF) has made a number of changes to the tournament format, which will lead to an increase in the number of matches and a more predictable spring phase. A number of clubs have undergone coaching reshuffles, the composition of the eight participants of the championship has changed… But let’s talk about everything in order.
The Chisinau City Hall will hold the “Chișinăul Sportiv 2025” festival for the third time and the capital’s authorities have allocated 1.2 million lei for its organization, Logos Press reported.
The Ministry of Education and Research reported that powerlifter Victor Muntean (also known as “Caras”) is not a member of the Moldovan national powerlifting team and was not delegated by the specialized federation to participate in the World Cup in powerlifting, held in St. Petersburg (Russia), – Logos Press reports.
The UEFA headquarters in Nyon (Switzerland) hosted the draw for the first rounds of the Eurocups 2025/26, during which the opponents of soccer clubs Milsami (Orhei), Sheriff (Tiraspol), Zimbru (Chisinau) and Petrocub (Hincesti) were determined, – reports Logos Press.
Freestyle wrestler Viktor Gurin became the third in the 45 kg weight category at the European Youth Olympic Wrestling Championships (U-17), which ended in Skopje (North Macedonia), – reports Logos Press.
The Moldovan men’s tennis team finished the group stage of the Davis Cup in the fourth place among six national teams and remained in the third world group (zone “Europe”), – reports Logos Press.
Moldovan athletes won 43 medals at the European Armwrestling and Para-Armwrestling Championships, held in Cluj-Napoca (Romania).
The internal audit of the WKF Moldova Karate-do Federation found gross violations of the organization’s activity, falsification of financial documents and facts of misuse of funds allocated by the government in 2023-2024. Representatives of the clubs that are part of the WKF Moldova structure declared their non-involvement and call for the prosecution of the Federation’s president Oleg Abalin.
