{"id":1069214,"date":"2026-10-09T13:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T10:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=1069214"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:34:49","slug":"sports-weekend-530","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-weekend-530-id1069214.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend, the Women\u2019s Handball Champions League brings us a doubleheader featuring Romanian and Danish teams. Both matches are scheduled for Sunday. In Group A, CSM Bucharest will host Team Esbjerg. The Danish team has not yet suffered a defeat in the current edition of the League. They have won all four matches played and lead the standings, tied on points with Ferencv\u00e1ros and Brest-Bretagne. CSM Bucharest follows them in the standings, with two wins and two defeats.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Group B, Gloria Bistri\u021ba will play on the road against Nyk\u00f8bing Falster. The Scandinavian team has not had a great start to this season\u2019s League campaign. They have one win, one draw, and two losses, placing them sixth in the standings. Gloria is in third place, with two wins and two losses. Among the teams defeated by the Transylvanian side was Odense, the Danish runner-up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The second leg of the second qualifying round matches is taking place in the EHF European League. On Saturday, SCM R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea will play in Germany against TUSSIES Metzingen. In the first leg, the Romanian team won at home by a 15-goal margin, score 39 to 24. Corona Bra\u0219ov will also play on the road against the Serbian team Red Star Belgrade. In the first leg, the team from Bra\u0219ov won at home, 32\u201325. It\u2019s also worth noting that another Romanian team, Dun\u0103rea Br\u0103ila, will enter the EHF European League directly into the third qualifying round.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, the Romanian Superliga football championship resumes with the 11<sup>th<\/sup> round matches. On Friday, there are two games: Corvinul Hunedoara vs. FC Voluntari and OSK Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe vs. Dinamo Bucharest. On Saturday, FC Boto\u0219ani plays at home against UTA Arad, while FCSB faces O\u021belul Gala\u021bi in Bucharest. On Sunday, in Miercurea Ciuc, Universitatea Craiova will take on Csikszereda, and in Ovidiu, Farul Constan\u021ba plays against Petrolul from Ploie\u0219ti. The last two games of the round will be played on Monday: FC Arge\u0219 vs. CFR Cluj and Universitatea Cluj vs. Rapid. Dinamo leads the standings with 23 points, followed by Rapid with 21. 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