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U-BT Cluj-Napoca Romanian basketball team has advanced
\nto the second round of Champions League’s group stage. This past Wednesday, U-BT Cluj-Napoca grabbed a nail-biting 103-101 away win against Turkish
\nchallengers Daru\u015f\u015fafaka Istanbul. The win booked the Romanians the top position
\nin Group G. With an 88-70 lead, on 32 minutes the host team was 18 points clear
\nof their Romanian opponents. However, U-BT Cluj-Napoca managed a stunning
\ncomeback for the final part of the game. Two minutes from time Darussafaka had
\nthe lead, 101-94, but U-BT Cluj-Napoca scored nine points in a row, and won.
\nFirst-timers in the Champions League, U-BT Cluj-Napoca had a group-stage record
\nof five wins and one defeat. In Group G’s other fixture, Israeli team Hapoel
\nHolon outperformed Italian opponents Happy Casa Brindisi, 84-80. If they want to make headway into the competition, Hapoel and Daru\u0219\u0219afaka
\nwill have to compete in the playoffs. <\/p>\n
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In news from rowing, Ancuta Bodnar has been
\ndesignated the Best Athlete of the Year 2021 by her club Dinamo Bucharest. We recall
\nthat jointly with Simona Radis, Ancuta Bodnar won gold in the women’s double
\nsculls race in the Tokyo Olympics. Simona Radis had previously been designated
\nthe best Athlete in 2021 by her club, Steaua Bucharest. <\/p>\n
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The Romanian Volleyball federation this past Wednesday
\nheld a ceremony to mark 90 years since the Romanian Volleyball Federation has
\nbeen set up. As part of the ceremony, awards went to the Romanian men’s line-up
\nwho in the 1980 won domestic volleyball’s only medal, bronze, at the Olympic
\nGames in Moscow. Six former volleyball players attended the ceremony, of the
\nline-up who won the medals 41 years ago. They are Constantin Stere, Nicu Stoian,
\nDan G\u00eerleanu, Marius C\u0103ta-Chi\u0163iga, Gunther Enescu and Sorin Macavei.<\/p>\n
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In news from domestic football, Flavius Stoican is the
\nnew Dinamo head-coach. We recall Stoican is a former Dinamo footballer of the early
\n2000’s. Stoican had two previous stints as a Dinamo head-coach seven years ago.
\nFlavious Stoican is in for Mircea Rednic, who took over on October 1st.
\nRednic’s record as a Dynamo head-coach was dismally unconvincing. With Mircea Rednic
\nat the helm, Dinamo managed only one winning fixture, two draws and was
\ndefeated in seven games. One of the iconic footballers of Dinamo in the 1980s
\nand the 1990s, Mircea Rednic’s most remarkable feat is the winning of the
\ndomestic title 14 years ago, in 2007. At present Dinamo is 15th-placed
\naccording to the domestic rankings, the last-but-one position in the as-it-stands
\ntable. <\/p>\n
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(Translation by Eugen Nasta)<\/p>\n
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