Last week saw the matches of the Romanian Football Cup’s round of 16. On
\nTuesday, second leaguer Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti clinched a 3-0 home win against Poli
\nIa\u0219i. On Wednesday, Chindia T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te defeated Farul Constanta 3-0 on the
\nlatter’s home turf. Another second leaguer, Universitatea Cluj secured a 2-1
\nwin against UTA Arad, while Dinamo Bucharest obtained a 1-0 victory against archrivals
\nFCSB. On Thursday, Viitorul Pandurii T\u00e2rgu Jiu, also from Romania’s second
\nfootball league, defeated at home Gaz Metan Media\u0219 1-0 while Astra Giurgiu obtained
\na 2-1 away victory against Politehnica Timi\u0219oara. Universitatea Craiova outperformed
\nFC Boto\u0219ani 1-0 in an away game. Second leaguer Dunarea Calarasi has qualified
\nfor the quarters after the withdrawal of Turris – Oltul Turnu Magurele.<\/p>\n
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This weekend will see a series of football games counting towards the 23rd
\nleg of Romania’s first football league. Only one game on Friday when FC Arges
\nis pitted against Viitorul Constanta. On Saturday, Chindia is up against UTA in
\nBuftea, southern Romania, while Dinamo Bucharest, at home, will be playing
\nSepsi Sfantu Gheorghe. On Sunday, Astra Giurgiu will be playing in Iasi,
\nnorthern Romania, local side Poli. Universitatea Craiova will be up against
\nAcademica Clinceni while the city of Medias will be hosting the game opposing
\nHermannstadt and FCSB. <\/p>\n
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Monday will see the leg’s last two games: FC Botosani versus Gaz Metan
\nand CFR Cluj against FC Voluntari. FCSB ranks first in the standings with 48
\npoints followed by CFR with 47.<\/p>\n
Romania’s water polo side
\nis in the Netherlands attending a qualifying tournament for Tokyo Olympics. Our
\nteam is part of the C group together with Croatia, Olympic champions in 2012
\nand vice-champions in 2016, Germany, Russia the Netherlands and France. Romania
\nwill take on Croatia on Sunday in their first game. The quarterfinals have been
\nscheduled for February 19th the semis a day later and the finals on
\n21st February. The first three sides are qualified for the Olympic
\nGames.<\/p>\n
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The Romanian women’s handball side CSM Bucharest will be playing French
\nside Metz in the Champions League’ group A on Saturday. A day later in group B,
\nSCM R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea plays on their own ground another French side Brest
\nBretagne. These are the last games the Romanian sides will be playing in the
\ngroup stage. Last week, the European Handball Federation amended the
\nregulations allowing all the sides in the groups to qualify for the round of
\n16. In the European League Dun\u0103rea Br\u0103ila will be up against Fleury Loiret of
\nFrance. After four games Dunarea is ranking 3rd in their group. <\/p>\n
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