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\nwomen’ s handball team CSM Bucharest have made a giant leap forward, towards the
\nChampions League’s quarterfinals. In an 11th-round, Group A fixture, head-coach
\nAdrian Vasile’s trainees grabbed a comfortable 40-31 win against Danish champions
\nOdense. CSM Bucharest’s most efficient scorers were Cristina Neagu, with 10
\ngoals, followed by Elizabeth
\nOmoregie and Crina Pintea, with 6 goals each. Holders CSM Bucharest are at the top
\nof the table in Group A, with 19 points. The winner of the Champions League’s
\nprevious edition, Norway’s Vipers Kristiansand, is the runner-up
\nteam, with 17 points. In order to secure their qualification to the Champions League’s
\nquarterfinals, CSM needs one more point in the team’s next three scheduled
\nfixtures. Cristina Neagu and her teammates will travel to Germany for an away
\nmatch against Bietigheim.<\/p>\n
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Rapid Bucharest is the
\nother Romanian team playing in the Champions league. Rapid sustained a 30-35
\ndefeat by Danish challengers Esbjerg, away from home. With 9 goals scored, Rapid’s
\nmost efficient scorer was Spanish handballer Jennifer
\nGutierrez Bermejo. In Group B, Rapid are 4th-placed, with 16 points, on a par
\nwith 3rd-placed team, Esbjerg. French team Metz Handball are at the
\ntop of the table, with 19 points, followed by Hungary’s Gyor, with 18. This coming
\nSunday, on January 22nd, Rapid play a home game against Turkish
\nchampions Kastamonu. Advancing straight to the Champions League’s quarterfinals
\nare the 1st and 2nd-placed teams in each group. 3rd, 4th,
\n5th and 6th placed teams will prove their mettle in the playoff
\nfixtures according to a round-robin system.<\/p>\n
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In Europe’s second-tier
\ncompetition, the EHF European League, SCM Ramnicu Valcea sustained a 22-24 Group
\nD away defeat by a Paris 92, in Issy-Les-Moulineaux. With 6 goals scored, SCM’s
\ntop scorer was Ukrainian handballer Irina Glibko. In Group D, with 4 points in
\ntwo games, German team Th\u00fcringer are at the top of the table. In descending order,
\nCSM Ramnicu Valcea and Paris 92 follow, with 2 points each. Bottom of the table
\nare the Hungarian team Vac, with zero points on their record sheet. This coming
\nSunday, CSM Ramnicu Valcea play an away fixture against Thuringer.<\/p>\n
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In news from tennis, main draw matches have
\nalready been played as part of the year’s first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian
\nOpen in Melbourne. Romania is represented only in the women’s version of the
\ncompetition. 3rd-seeded tennis player, Jessica Pegula of the USA,
\ndefeated Jaqueline Cristian, 6-nil, 6-1, while Hungary’s Ana Bond\u00e1r defeated Ana
\nBogdan 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. On Tuesday, Irina Begu will face China’s Saisai Zheng. Patricia Tig will take on Shuai Zhang, also from China, while Sorana C\u00eerstea is pitted against
\nYulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.(EN)<\/p>\n
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