Sports weekend

Several of the weekend's main sporting events

Steliu Lambru, 10.05.2019, 13:35

The first stage of World Rowing Cup, to be
held in Bulgarian city, Plovdiv, between May 10 and 12, will see a Romanian
delegation made of no less than seven crews, as four men’s and three women’s
crews from this country are taking part in this competition.

Representing Romania in the women’s version
of the Cup are the crews competing in the light double scull, four oars and the
coxed eight events. Men will be competing in the double scull, four oars, four
scull and the coxed eight events.

The Romanian International Swimming
Championships got underway on May 9 and will last until May 12. The venue for
this competition is the Dinamo swimming pool in Bucharest. Organized by the
Romanian Swimming and Modern Pentathlon Federation, the championships will see
around 360 swimmers taking part in the event, coming from eight countries,
Austria, Georgia, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Portugal, Slovakia, Great
Britain and Romania.

Now it’s’ news from handball, as
the-last-but-one round of the National women’s handball League, to be held on
Sunday, will see the main teams playing home games. CSM Bucharest takes on SCM
Craiova, while SCM Ramnicu Valcea plays CSM Slatina. SCM Ramnicu Valcea is the
favorite to winning the title. Ramnicu Valcea is at the top of the as-it-stands
table with 63 points, followed by CSM Bucharest with 60 points. Third placed
are Bistrita, with 39 points.

This coming Saturday will see fixtures being
played counting towards the 14th round of Romania’s Rugby Super
League. Constanta faces HCM Buzau, while CSM Bucharest are pitted against
Steaua Bucharest. Dinamo Bucharest faces CSM Baia Mare and Universitatea Cluj
takes on Timisoara Saracens. The four teams in descending order, in the table,
are CSM Bucharest with 53 points, Steaua Bucharest with 51, Timisoara Saracens
with 49 points and CSM Baia Mare, with 48 points.

We end with news from football. The 9th
round of domestic League One will see Group 1 matches being played at the
weekend. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe is pitted against FCSB, CFR Cluj faces CSU
Craiova, while Viitorul Constanta plays Astra Giurgiu.

CFR Cluj is at the top of the table, with 47
points, FCSB is the runner-up team with 42, while third-placed is CSU Craiova,
with 36 points. In Group 2, FC Botosani faces FC Voluntari, Dinamo Bucharest is
pitted against Gaz Metan Medias, FC Hermannstadt takes on Concordia Chiajna,
while Politehnica Iasi faces Dunarea Calarasi. 5th, 6th,
7th and 8th-placed are FC Voluntari, with 23 points,
Dunarea Calarasi, with 21 points, FC Hermannstadt with 19 points and Concordia
Chiajna, with 16 points.