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Gabriel Mironiuc, an 11-year-old boy, with a bronze medal round his neck and a small Moldovan tricolour in his hand, holding an award, next to an organiser, in front of the banners of the “Open Bohumín” festival.
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Gabriel Mironiuc, an 11-year-old from Ungheni, wins a prize at the international chess tournament in Bohumín

Gabriel Mironiuc, an 11-year-old pupil at the “Alexandr Pușkin” Lyceum in Ungheni, was the best-placed player from the Republic of Moldova in his section at the “Open Bohumín” international chess festival, held in July in the Czech Republic. The section — a classical FIDE-rated tournament — had 26 participants. Ungheni City Hall announced a bronze medal for him. He trains at the Ungheni Sports School — a town with a chess tradition that hosted, in 2021, a simultaneous exhibition with former world champion Anatoly Karpov.

Ion Calmis·12 August 2026· News
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Award ceremony on a sports field: children holding diplomas and medals on a podium in the colors of the flag, flanked by coaches, in front of a banner reading “Freestyle Wrestling Tournament «Andrian and Nicolae Pascaru»” and the portraits of two men.
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17 medals for Ungheni at the “Pascaru” freestyle wrestling tournament in Semeni

The athletes of the Ungheni Sports School won 17 medals — 8 gold, 3 silver and 6 bronze — at the international “Nicolae and Andrian Pascaru” freestyle wrestling tournament, hosted on Sunday, 9 August, by the village of Semeni in Zagarancea commune. The sixth edition of the children's and juniors' competition brought together athletes from five countries — the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Estonia and the United States — and had a commemorative character. The tournament is organized by the Ungheni Sports School and the Zagarancea commune town hall, with the support of the Ungheni District Council.

Ion Calmis·10 August 2026· News
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The giant screen at the UAE Warriors 72 arena in Abu Dhabi shows the portrait and fight photos of Moldovan athlete Pavel Andrușca, with the caption «Pavel Andrusca — Moldova».
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8-0 and another KO in Abu Dhabi: Pavel Andrușca, trained in Ungheni, stays undefeated

Fighter Pavel Andrușca, who served his athletic apprenticeship at the Ungheni Sports School, won by first-round knockout at the UAE Warriors 72 gala in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, 23 July. The victory — his second in a row in one of the biggest MMA promotions in the Middle East — keeps his run perfect: eight matches, eight wins, six of them before the limit. We explain who he is and what an 8-0 record means in Moldovan MMA.

Ion Calmis·25 July 2026· News
Ungheni Sports School’s children’s team, in light-blue kit reading ‘UNGHENI’, lined up on a synthetic-turf pitch beside their coach; in front, on the grass, the flag of the Republic of Moldova and a banner reading ‘CHAMPIONS’.
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Silver at Mamaia for the youngest footballers of Ungheni Sports School

The group of children born in 2018 — the youngest athletes at Ungheni District Sports School — returned with the silver medal from the ‘Junior Mamaia Cup’, a children’s football tournament held in Mamaia, Romania. It is the youngest link in a district school that, in the same summer, promoted its U16 juniors to the National League and that already held, since 2023, a national bronze in beach football. Behind the trip are coach Constantin Lungu and the parents who accompanied the little ones.

Ion Calmis·15 July 2026· News
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Three children on a sports podium, holding medals and diplomas, flanked by coaches and officials, in a table-tennis hall with the flag of the Republic of Moldova in the background.
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Ungheni, host of two national table-tennis championships in 2026, puts two children on the podium in Chișinău

Serafim Godea (2nd place) and Kiril Stadnic (3rd place), from the Ungheni Children and Juniors Sports School, reached the podium in the youngest age category at the Chișinău Open table-tennis championship, dedicated to International Children's Day. The result, announced by Ungheni city hall, comes from a town that does not only send children to competitions but also hosts them: in 2026, Ungheni was the host of two national children's table-tennis championships.

Ion Calmis·19 June 2026· News
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