{"id":1050361,"date":"2026-08-21T13:45:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=1050361"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T10:25:10","slug":"sports-weekend-525","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-weekend-525-id1050361.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The football sides Universitatea Craiova of Romania and Ararat-Armenia ended in a one-all draw their match on &#8221;Ion Oblemenco&#8221; stadium in Craiova, on Thursday in the first leg of the Europa League\u2019s play-offs. The Greek Alexandros Malis put the visitors in the lead on the 20<sup>th<\/sup> minute but the Romanians managed an excellent comeback and Nicusor Bancu scored an equalizer 12 minutes from time. Craiova controlled most of the game although they lacked inspiration in front of the visitors\u2019 uprights. The Armenians put up an inspired defence and mounted bold counterattacks and the Brazilian Sandro Lima added a second for the visitors in the 63<sup>rd<\/sup> minute, but the goal got cancelled as it was scored from an offside position. The return game is due in Yerevan on August 27<sup>th<\/sup> at 19 hours, Romania\u2019s time. The winner on aggregate will be playing in the main stage of Europa League and the loser will go to Conference League.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend will be seeing matches counting towards the sixth leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. One game on Friday, when Petrolul Ploiesti takes on Rapid Bucharest. On Saturday, UTA will be playing at home against Corvinul Hunedoara. Then in Bucharest, local side Dinamo plays Universitatea Cluj. On Sunday in Sfantu Gheorghe, central Romania, local side Sepsi OSK will be up against Farul Constanta. The match in Craiova, southern Romania, will be pitching local side Universitatea against FC Voluntari. The day\u2019s last match will be pitching in Cluj, western Romania, the local side, CFR, against FCSB.<\/p>\n<p>The leg\u2019s last matches on Monday will be opposing FC Boto\u015fani to Csikszereda and O\u0163elul Gala\u0163i to FC Arge\u015f. FCSB tops the ranking with 11 points, followed by Dinamo and FC Arge\u015f, each with 10.<\/p>\n<p>The European Women\u2019s Volleyball Championships kicks off at the end of this week, with matches in four countries, such as Turkiye, Czechia, Azerbaijan and Sweden. Romania takes on the Netherlands on Saturday. Our side is part of Group C whose games will be played in Azerbaijani capital, Baku. \u00a0They will be playing the hosts on Monday, and Belgium, a day later. The Romanians will be taking on Portugal next Thursday and on Spain on Friday. 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