Romania has two representatives
\nin the quarter finals of the BC Women’s Boxing Championships in Budva, Montenegro.
\nIn the round of 16 on Saturday, Claudia Nechita secured a 5-0 win against
\nMariana Basanet of Ukraine. Ranking sixth in the Tokyo Olympics, Nechita will
\nbe taking on Michaela Walsh of Ireland in the quarters on Tuesday. In the round
\nof 16 of the 60 kilogram category Loredana Marin of Romania took revenge against
\nGerman challenger Jenin Zeynab Heck. We recall the Romanian lost to Heck in
\nCroatia in March. Marina has this time secured a clear five-point win and will
\nbe up against Donjeta Sadiku of Kosovo in the semifinals. <\/p>\n
The WTA 250 tennis tournament,
\nthe most important annual competition of this kind hosted by Romania, ended in
\nCluj on Sunday with the victory of Russian challenger Ana Blinkova who outperformed
\nItalian Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 3-6, 5-2. <\/p>\n
Romania’s women handballers Rapid Bucharest ended in a
\n30-all draw their away game against Montenegrin side Buducnost Podgorica in the
\nChampions League group B. Marta Lopez Herrero and Sorina Grozav scored most of
\nthe goals for Rapid Bucharest, each 7. Hungarian side Gy\u0151r ranks first in the
\ngroup with 8 points. Rapid is second with the same number of points, but with a
\nsmaller goal average. On Sunday, in the sixth leg Rapid will be playing at home
\nNorwegian side Storhamar.<\/p>\n
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CSM Bucharest remains unbeaten in the Champions League. On Sunday
\nthe Romanian vice-champions secured a 40-15 home win against Czech side Banik
\nMost in a match in which Cristina Neagu scored most of the goals. CSM ranks
\nsecond in the group with 9 points, like Bietigheim of Germany and on Saturday
\nthey will be playing Vipers Kristiansand of Norway in an away game.<\/p>\n
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In men’s handball, Romania secured a 34-26 win against the
\nnational side of Ukraine, in the fourth group of the European Championships.
\nDenis Grigoras was the best Romanian player with nine goals scored. Romania
\ncomes second in the group after Austria and is followed by Ukraine and the
\nFaeroe islands. The first two sides in the preliminaries will qualify for the
\nfinal tournament together with the best four sides on the third positions.<\/p>\n
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Last weekend saw the football
\nmatches counting towards the 14th leg of the Romanian Superleague.
\nOn Friday in Pitesti, local side FC Arges and FC Voluntari ended in a goaless
\ndraw their game, while in Medias, central Romania, Rapid Bucharest clinched a 2-0 win against Hermannstadt. <\/p>\n
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On Saturday, FC Botosani obtained
\na 1-0 win against FCU Craiova. In Ovidiu, southern Romania, local side Farul
\nConstanta secured a 2-0 win against Universitatea Cluj. In the day’s last game,
\nUniversitatea Craiova obtained a 2-1 home win against Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti. In the
\nfirst match on Sunday, Chindia Targoviste outperformed Mioveni 1-0 after which,
\nin Bucharest FCSB defeated UTA Arad 2-0. Farul ranks first in the standings
\nwith 33 points followed by Rapid Bucharest with 28. <\/p>\n
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