F.C Porto last night confirmed the sale of wing-back Álvaro Pereira to Internazionale of Italy, finally bringing to an end one of the summer’s most protracted departures. The deal will net the Dragons an initial €10,000,000 and could eventually be worth €15,000,000, depending on performance-related bonuses. Pereira’s former club CFR Cluj will take a 20% cut.
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Pereira quells exit rumours
Alvaro Pereira claims he is „very attached” to FC Porto amid reported interest from Serie A duo Inter Milan and Napoli.
Read MoreBasel face familiar threat in CFR
FC Basel 1893 take on CFR 1907 Cluj in the UEFA Champions League play-offs two years after suffering an unwelcome upset against the Romanian outfit in the group stage.
Read MoreJunior BB raises £10k for Romania
JUNIOR Boys’ Brigade companies associated to Presbyterian congregations in Northern Ireland have raised £10,000 to support a children’s project in Romania.
Read MoreTransilvania Bank profit rises by 47pct in the first half of 2012
Transilvania Bank (BT) recorded, in the first six months of this year, a net profit of 179.62 million lei (some 40.45 million euros), 47 percent higher than that of same period last year, the bank informs in a release.
Read MoreU JOLIDON CLUJ BATTLE FOR WOMEN’S EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLACE
Romanian runners-up U Jolidon Cluj have a good chance of qualifying for the Women’s EHF Champions League for the first time in their history.
Read MoreClassical guitar festival now running in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The Transilvania International Guitar Festival is currently on in Cluj-Napoca. The classical guitar festival started Monday (August 6 ) and will run until this Saturday (August 11 ). There will be recitals aplenty and competitions for aspiring guitarists from Romania and beyond.
Read MoreWSJ: Regulators Target Day-Trading Firm
In the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca, inside a garret up a narrow wooden staircase, four young men in T-shirts spend the day moving rapidly in and out of stocks, trying to ride their shifting momentum for profits. „It’s very stressful,” says one, dressed in a green T-shirt, blue shorts and Adidas sneakers. „The market is very hard to figure out.”
Read MoreRoxin’ Romania
For the second time, in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania 22,000 people gathered at the newly built Cluj Arena, the tickets to both the Golden Circle and the VIP Pit having been sold-out. This was the biggest concert so far this year and one of the big ones since the start of this Neverending Tour last year, after the Bospop Festival (Weert, NL) and the gigs held at Tivoli (Copenhagen, DK) and Slottsskogsvallen (Gothenburg, SE). Fantastic atmosphere? You betcha! Outstanding performance? Oh yeah! Like Mr. G himself said, you should have been there!
Read MoreMonaco wins Hamburg Open and moves into top 10
Argentine tennis player Juan Monaco climbs on the 10th spot in the ATP rankings after winning in straight sets at ATP Hamburg yesterday, a 7-5 6-4 victory in the final against the home favorite player Tommy Haas. This is the 3rd title on clay for Juan Monaco this season after Houston and Vina del Mar, also he was in top form at Stuttgart last weak, but lost the final in the final set against Janko Tipsarevic. The toughest opponent for Monaco at this tournament was spaniard Nicolas Almagro in the quarterfinals, he needed 3 sets to snatch a victory.
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