Romanias rugby side are facing Belgium on Saturday in Bucharest. This is Romanias second match in the 2024 edition of the Rugby Europe Championship, a competition for second tier sides. In the first matches, Romania defeated Poland 20-8 in Gdynia and Belgium defeated Portugal 10-6 in Mons. <\/p>\n
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In womens handball, the 13th and last but final leg of the Champions League group stage is taking place at the weekend. In Group B, Rapid Bucharest are facing Zaglebie Lubin in Poland on Saturday, with Rapid having only theoretical chances to advance to the next stage. In Group A, CSM Bucharest are playing against the German side Bietigheim at home on Sunday. The Romanian champions are third in the group ranking, two points behind the side in second place, Odense from Denmark. The two best ranked sides in each group qualify straight into the quarterfinals, while the sides in the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th places will go into play-offs.<\/p>\n
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The EHF European League will see the fifth leg of the group stage. In Group B, Dun\u0103rea Br\u0103ila are playing the German side Th\u00fcringer on Saturday in Buz\u0103u. Th\u00fcringer have already secured their spot in the quarterfinals, while Dun\u0103rea need at least a draw to book theirs. In Group C, Gloria Bistri\u021ba are playing Lublin in Poland, but they have already qualified to the quarterfinals. Finally, CSM T\u00e2rgu Jiu will play Malaga in Spain, on Sunday, but the Romanian side have so far lost all their matches in the European League in Group D.<\/p>\n
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Lets end with football. The 25th leg of the Romanian Football Superleague is scheduled for this weekend. On Friday, O\u0163elul Gala\u0163i are playing FC U Craiova, and Universitatea Craiova are playing Universitatea Cluj. On Saturday, FC Voluntari are playing Ia\u015fi, and CFR Cluj are playing Rapid Bucharest. On Sunday, Hermannstadt are playing Petrolul Ploie\u015fti and FCSB are playing Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe. On Monday, in the legs final two matches, UTA Arad are playing FC Boto\u015fani and Farul Constan\u0163a are playing Dinamo Bucharest. FCSB are ahead in the ranking, leading CFR and Rapid by nine points. <\/p>\n
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A preview of the sports action this weekend in rugby, handball and football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":122361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40940],"tags":[11411],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-114898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n