Handballer Christina Neagu has extended
\nher contract with CSM Bucharest for two more seasons, the Bucharest club has
\nannounced on Tuesday. 31-year old Neagu has four times been designated the world’s
\nbest handballer, in 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018. A serious knee injury kept Neagu away
\nfrom the court for quite a long time, yet she had her comeback and as of late
\nhas confirmed she was a piece de resistance in CSM Bucharest’s lineup. We recall
\nNeagu score 14 goals in CSM’s Champions League fixtures, against French side Metz
\nand Norway’s Vipers Kristiansand, respectively.<\/p>\n
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According to a piece of news also
\nmade public by CSM Bucharest, Swedish coach Per Johansson returns to CSM’s
\ntechnical staff, this time as a deputy head coach. Johannson signed a contract
\nwhich is valid until the end of the ongoing season. We recall Per Johannson had
\ntwice acted as head-coach for CSM in the past. With Per Johansson at the helm
\nCSM won two bronze medals in the Champions League, in 2017 and 2018. Teaming up
\nwith Johannson will be head-coach Adrian Vasile. Johansson and Vasile also work
\ntogether at the helm of Montenegro’s national squad, for which Johansson is the
\nhead-coach and Vasile his deputy. <\/p>\n
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Men’s handball teams CSM Bucharest and
\nPotaissa Turda on Tuesday found out their adversaries in the Challenge Cup
\nquarterfinals, CSM play Russian side Victor Stavropol, while Potaissa face Greek opponents
\nAEK Athens, according to the drawing of lots held in Vienna on Tuesday. CSM and
\nPotaissa will play the first leg of the tie away from home, on March 21st
\nor the 22nd, while the return leg will be played on home turf, on March
\n28 or 29. If they go through to the semifinals, Potaissa play the winner of the
\nmatch pitting Norway’s Halden Topphandball against Valur Reykjavik of Iceland. If
\nthey go past the quarterfinals, CSM Bucharest play a Czech team, Karvina or Dukla Prague. <\/p>\n
(Translation by Eugen Nasta)<\/p>\n
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