On Thursday Romania won new
\nmedals at the Multisport European Championships underway in Munich, Germany. Bernadette
\nSz\u0151cs won gold in the women’s table tennis doubles jointly with Sofia Polcanova
\nof Australia, an athlete born in the Republic of Moldova. The two defeated the
\nall-Romanian pair Elizabeta Samara\/Andreea Dragoman. Another athlete from
\nRomania, Adina Diaconu, won bronze together with Maria Xiao of Spain. Bernadette
\nSz\u0151cs also won silver in the mixed doubles jointly with Ovidiu Ionescu.<\/p>\n
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In news from football, three
\nRomanian football clubs performed on Thursday in the first leg of the
\nConference League playoffs. Universitatea Craiova drew 1-1 at home against
\nHapoel Beer-Sheva of Israel. The guests scored the first goal on minute 70, but
\nAndrei Ivan evened the odds five minutes later from penalty kick. The Romanian
\nchampions, CFR Cluj, drew 0-0 away from home against NK Maribor of Slovenia.
\nCFR dominated the game, but the hosts had more scoring opportunities. CFR’s new
\ngoalkeeper, Simone Scuffet who plays for Italy’s under-21 team, had several
\nremarkable saves, keeping a clean sheet. Finally, FCSB lost 1-2 to Viking
\nStavanger of Norway. FCSB scored first, on minute 3, but two minutes later
\nViking evened the odds. 9 minutes before half-time, Viking made it 2-1.<\/p>\n
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This weekend will see a new round
\nin the Romanian Superleague. On Friday, CS Mioveni is playing FC Arge\u0219. FC U Craiova will take on Petrolul
\nPloie\u0219ti. On Saturday, Rapid Bucharest is playing UTA Arad at home. On Sunday,
\nFC Hermannstadt will take on CFR Cluj, Chindia T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te will play Universitatea
\nCraiova while FC Boto\u0219ani will go up against FCSB. On Monday, Universitatea
\nCluj will play Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe while Farul Constan\u021ba will play FC
\nVoluntari. FC Boto\u0219ani ranks first in the league tables with 11 points,
\nfollowed by FC Hermannstadt, Farul Constan\u021ba, CFR Cluj and Rapid Bucharest,
\neach with 9 points. (VP) <\/p>\n
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