After two legs of Rugby Europe Championship, Romania’s fifteen is presently
\nranking first in Group B with two wins. The Romanians secured a 33-18 win
\nagainst Belgium in Bucharest on Saturday, when they scored five tries. <\/p>\n
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In the other match of the group, Portugal defeated Poland 54 – 7 in Lisbon.
\nRomania has 9 points and is followed by Portugal with 6. The two sides are
\nmeeting in Bucharest next week in a decisive game for winning the group. <\/p>\n
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Both the Romanian sides in the Champions League in women’s handball
\nobtained wins in the past weekend. On Saturday in Group B, Rapid Bucharest clinched an away win 24-21 against Zaglebie
\nLubin and they are ranking 7th in the group a point after the Hungarian side
\nFerencvaros. If they win against Danish side Esbjerg, and the Hungarian side
\nloses to French team Metz, Rapid goes into the playoffs for the League’s
\nquarterfinals. In Group A on Sunday, CSM Bucharest secured a home win 31-28 against
\nGerman side Bietigheim. Romania’s champions are coming third in the ranking,
\ntwo points after Danish side Odense, which
\nthey will be meeting in an away game on Sunday and if it wins CSM will go
\ndirectly into the quarterfinals. <\/p>\n
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In the Group B of the EHF European League, Dun\u0103rea Br\u0103ila on Saturday
\nsecured a 33 – 23 home win against German side Th\u00fcringer, and has qualified for
\nthe quarter-finals, a leg ahead of the group’s finals. Gloria Bistrita qualified
\nlast week after outperforming Lublin in Poland 29-26 on Saturday and is topping
\nGroup C. In Group D, CSM T\u00e2rgu Jiu lost to Malaga on Sunday 26 – 30, registering
\ntheir fifth consecutive defeat. <\/p>\n
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The Women’s Tennis tournament Transylvania Open, with 267 thousand dollars
\nin prize money, ended in Cluj Napoca, western Romania on Sunday. In the finals,
\nthe Czech player Karolina Pliskova clinched a two-set win 6-4, 6-3 against Ana
\nBogdan of Rormania. The tournament in Cluj is the only WTA 250 competition
\nhosted by Romania. <\/p>\n
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Last weekend saw the football games of the 25th leg of the Romanian
\nSuperleague. On Friday Otelul Galati obtained a 1-0 win against FCU Craiova,
\nwhile Universitatea Craiova and Universitatea Cluj ended their game in a
\ntwo-all draw. <\/p>\n
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On Saturday in Iasi the match pitching local side Poli against FC Voluntari
\nended in a goaless draw. The match in Cluj between the local side CFR and Rapid
\nBucharest was won by the visitors one-nil. On Sunday in Sibiu, Hermannstadt
\nversus Petrolul Ploiesti ended in a draw, nil-all, while in Bucharest local
\nside FCSB secured a 1-0 win against Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe. <\/p>\n
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