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Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has disclosed the
\nname of her new coach. Halep will be working with French coach Patrick
\nMouratoglou who for ten years had been training Serena Williams. Under his
\nsupervision, Williams won ten Grand Slam tournaments. Also, Serena Williams
\ntwice won the Australian Open and the Roland Garros tournaments, as well as the
\nWimbledon and the US open tournaments, three times each. Since February this
\nyear, Halep has been training at Mouratoglou’s Academy in Nice. We recall Halep
\nstopped working with Adrian Marcu and Daniel Dobre, the two Romanians who
\ntrained Halep ahead of the Australian Open.<\/p>\n
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In news from football, on Thursday Universitatea Cluj
\ngrabbed a 1-nil home win against Steaua Bucure\u0219ti. It was the third round’s last
\nfixture as part of the Second League’s Group 1. Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti are at the
\ntop of the table with 51 points, followed by FC Hermannstadt, with 48. 3rd-placed are Universitatea Cluj, with 47 points, while Steaua are 4th-placed,
\nwith 41. Concordia Chiajna and Unirea Slobozia are 5th and 6th-placed,
\nwith 40 and 34 points, respectively. At the end of the championship, the first
\ntwo teams will benefit from a direct promotion to League One. 3rd
\nand 4th- placed teams will play a playoff fixture against League One’s
\n8th and 7th-placed teams in Group 2. Steaua Bucharest are not officially entitled to being
\ngranted a promotion. Steaua belongs to the National Defense Ministry. According
\nto the Sports Law, a public law club cannot play in League One, which is a
\nprofessional competition. <\/p>\n
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This coming weekend will see matches being played,
\ncounting towards the 4th round as part of League One’s Group 1\/Group
\n2 stage. In Group 2 on Friday, Academica Clinceni play Chindia T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te,
\nwhile Dinamo Bucharest face FC U Craiova. In Arad,
\non Saturday, Rapid Bucharest take on the local side UTA. On Sunday, FC Boto\u0219ani play a home game against Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu
\nGheorghe. In Medias on Monday, Gaz Metan play CS Mioveni. Rapid and FC Boto\u0219ani are at the top of the table, with 29 points each,
\nfollowed by Sepsi, with 27. With a
\nminus of 13 points, Gaz Metan Medias are at the bottom of the table and are highly
\nunlikely to avoid relegation. The same goes for Academica Clinceni, with a mere
\n3 points on their record sheet. As of late, both teams have been repeatedly
\ndowngraded because of unpaid debuts. Four other teams are trying hard to avoid
\nplaying playoff fixtures. They are Dinamo, with 13 points, Chindia and CS
\nMioveni, each with 19 points, and FC U Craiova, with 22. <\/p>\n
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In Group 1 on Saturday, in Pitesti, FC Arge\u0219 play Farul
\nConstan\u021ba. In round 4’s derby, in Craiova, in the south, on Sunday Universitatea
\ntake on CFR Cluj. On Monday, FCSB face FC Voluntari. CFR Cluj are still at the top of the table, with 45 points. FCSB and Universitatea
\nCraiova follow, with 37 and 33 points, respectively. <\/p>\n
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