Sport in Romania Popa, Virgil Stănescu and Toni Alexe. The most important basketball team in Romania is CSU Asesoft. CSU Asesoft won the Eurocup in 2005 and consecutive the National Basketball Championship since 2000. In 2016, Romania was chosen as a host for the 2017 FIBA EuroBasket. Rugby union is a popular team sport played in Romania, with a tradition of more than 100 years. The Romania national rugby union team has so far competed at every Rugby World Cup. Bucureşti Rugby is the team that represents Romania in the European Challenge Cup. Romania holds a long tradition in artistic gymnastics, especially in
Gaston de Saporta inauguration of the Museum of Natural History in Aix-en-Provence. Interested in the aristocracy, he also wrote a book about the family of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696). He was married to Valentine de Forbin la Barben. He was widowed in 1850, and got remarried to Émilie de Gabrielli de Gubbio. They had a son, Antoine de Saporta (1855-1914), who became a writer. He died in Aix-en-Provence on January 26, 1895. Gaston de Saporta Gaston de Saporta (28 July 1823 – 26 January 1895) was a French aristocrat, palaeobotanist and non-fiction writer. (Louis Charles Joseph) Gaston de Saporta born