For the first time this season,
\nall the three Romanian ice hockey sides in the regional competition Erste
\nLeague – ACSH Gheorgheni, Corona Bra\u015fov and Sports Club Miercurea Ciuc obtained
\nvictories in their home matches on Thursday. ACSH, the defending champions, clinched
\na 5-2 win against DEAC Debrecen. Corona Bra\u015fov outperformed Dunaujvarosi
\nAcelbikak 4-2. And Sports Club Miercurea Ciuc secured their first win this
\nseason 4-3 against Ferencvaros Budapest. <\/p>\n
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Romanian swimmer David Popovici, holder
\nof the world record in the 100 meter freestyle race, will compete this weekend
\nin the Marek Petrusewicz Memorial held in Wroclaw, Poland. The competition is
\npart of Popovici’s training for the European Short Course Championship in Otopeni,
\nclose to Bucharest, over December 5-10. In Wroclaw, the trainee of coach Adrian
\nR\u0103dulescu will be competing in four events, in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle
\nraces, as well as in the 50 meters butterfly event. On October 7 and 8, David
\nPopovici competed in the short course Michel Bally Memorial, held in Nyon, Switzerland
\nfrom where he walked away with four gold medals in the freestyle races of 50,
\n100, 200 and 400 meters. <\/p>\n
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In Group B of the Champions
\nLeague, Romanian women’s handball side Rapid Bucharest will be playing
\nSlovenian side Krim Ljubljana in a home game. With only three points in the
\npresent edition of the aforementioned competition, after a victory a draw and
\nthree defeats, Rapid ranks only 6th in the group. In Group A, on
\nSunday, CSM Bucharest will be playing in Montenegro local side Buducnost
\nPodgorica. The Romanian champions are now ranking fourth in the group with four
\npoints. <\/p>\n
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This weekend will be seeing the
\nfootball games counting towards the 14th leg of the Romanian
\nSuperleague. Two games on Friday, when FC Voluntari plays Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe
\nand Dinamo Bucharest plays Politechnica Iasi. On Saturday in Galati, eastern
\nRomania, local team Otelul will be playing Hermannstadt, while in Ploie\u015fti, southern
\nRomania, the local team Petrolul will be up against FCSB of Bucharest. On
\nSunday, FC U Craiova 1948 play, on their own turf, UTA, while Rapid Bucharest
\nwill be up against Universitatea Craiova in a home game. Monday will see the
\nleg’s last games: FC Boto\u015fani versus Universitatea Cluj and CFR Cluj versus Farul
\nConstan\u0163a. FCSB tops the table with 30 points followed by CFR with 27. <\/p>\n
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