Romania came third in the medal standings of
\nthe games La Francophonie held a couple of days ago in Kinshasa, the capital of
\nthe Democratic Republic of Congo. The Romanian athletes have been outperformed
\nonly by the delegation of Morocco and have walked away with 17 gold, 9 silver
\nand 12 bronze medals. <\/p>\n
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Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu
\nremains in the higher ranking of the doubles competitions. Together with
\nChilean Alexa Guarachi last week, the Romanian player made it to the finals of
\nthe WTA 500 in Washington, a competition with 780 thousand dollars in prize
\nmoney. In the competition’s finals, the two conceded defeat to the
\nGerman-Russian pair, Laura Siegemund \/ Vera Zvonareva, 6-4, 6-4. The two have received
\nchecks of 24,300 dollars and 305 WTA points.<\/p>\n
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To Niculescu WTA 500 has been the second WTA finals this year after the
\none she lost in Bad Homburg together with Eri Hozumi of Japan. Monica won the
\ntitle in the 2016 edition in Washington jointly with Yanina Wickmayer of
\nBelgium. <\/p>\n
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Now let’s have a look at the latest from rugby competitions. In a
\ntest-match held in Bucharest, the Romanian side has lost to the US selection
\n31-17. The hosts have scored three tries and managed to convert only one,
\nwhereas the visitors have scored five tries and converted three. Romania has
\ntwo more test-matches in hand before the World Cup in France. Both are away
\ngames against Georgia and Italy.<\/p>\n
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Last weekend saw the football matches counting towards the fourth leg of
\nRomania’s Super-league. On Friday in Arad, western Romania, local side UTA
\nsecured a one-nil win against Poli Iasi, and the same score had the game
\npitching Universitatea Craiova against Hermannstadt, on the former’s own turf
\nin southern Romania. On Saturday, FCU Craiova 1948 secured a 1-0 win against FC
\nBotosani, while in Media\u015f, central Romania, Universitatea Cluj and Dinamo Bucharest
\nended their game in a one-all draw. On Sunday, In Ploiesti, southern Romania,
\nlocal side Petrolul secured a 3-2 win against Farul Constanta. In Bucharest, FCSB
\nobtained 1-0 win against CFR Cluj. In the leg’s last two games on Monday, Sepsi
\nSf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe takes on O\u0163elul Gala\u0163i and FC Voluntari on Rapid Bucure\u015fti.
\nFCSB tops the ranking with 12 points out of 12 possible, being followed by Universitatea
\nCraiova, four points less. <\/p>\n
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