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All
\nthree Romanian football teams playing in the European Conference League on
\nThursday were eliminated from the competition. FCSB traveled to Yerevan for the
\nreturn leg against Shakhtar Karaganda of Kazakhstan. FCSB grabbed 1-nil win in
\nthe first leg. Regular time saw Shakhtar Karaganda having a 2-1 lead. Extra time
\nwas still inconclusive, and in the wake of the penalty shootouts Shakhtar
\ndefeated FCSB, 5-3. For the first time ever in a European competition, Sepsi
\nSf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe took on Slovakia’s Spartak Trnava at home. The blank draw in
\nthe first leg, the regular time 1-all result, which remained unchanged
\nthroughout extra time, called for the penalty shootouts, when Spartak grabbed a
\n4-3 win. Universitatea Craiova faced Albanian opponents Laci on home turf. Universitatea
\nsustained a nil-1 defeat in the first leg, so the blank draw result in the
\nreturn leg saw the Albanians making headway into the competition. CFR Cluj are
\nthe only Romanian team left in the competition. In the Champions League’s third
\npreliminary round, CFR take on Swiss opponents Young Boys Berna. <\/p>\n
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The coming
\nweekend will see matches being played, counting towards domestic League One’s
\nthird round. On Friday, Gaz Metan Media\u0219 are pitted against FC Arges, while Rapid
\nBucharest face Farul Constan\u021ba. On Saturday, FC Voluntari play a home game
\nagainst FC U Craiova, while CFR play Chindia T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te, also at home. On
\nSunday, Universitatea Craiova take on FC Botosani at home, while in the western
\nRomanian town of Arad, the local side UTA face FCSB. The last two fixtures of round three, to be played on Monday, will see Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe taking on CS
\nMioveni and Dinamo Bucharest facing Academica Clinceni.<\/p>\n
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At the
\nongoing Olympic games in Tokyo, the rowing competition drew to a close on
\nFriday. Romania’s women’ s coxed eight crew had no problem winning a medal,
\napparently, yet they came in 6th. Romanian rowers’ medal tally so
\nfar includes a gold medal won by the women’s pair crew and the two silver
\nmedals won by the men’s quadruple sculls and coxless pair crews. However,
\naccording to the Olympic rowing rankings, with the three medals won, Romania is
\n4th-placed. <\/p>\n
(Translation by Eugen Nasta)<\/p>\n
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