Second seed Simona Halep of Romania
\nwill be facing the Czech player Barbora Strycova in the second round at Indian
\nWells, while another Romanian player, Mihaela Buzarnescu, will be facing
\nAustralia’s Daria Gavrilova. In the men’s singles, Romania’s Marius Copil will
\nplay against the Republic of Moldova’s Radu Albot.<\/p>\n
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In the fourth round of the European
\nRugby Championship, Romania will be playing Russia at home, in Botosani.
\nGeorgia top the standings, while Romania rank 4th out of six
\npositions.<\/p>\n
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In the women’s handball Champions
\nLeague, the Romanian side CSM Bucharest play at home against the German side
\nThuringer in a main round group match. The Hungarian side Gyor top the group,
\nwhile CSM rank third and Thuringer are in the last position, on 6th.
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Romania have won
\nfive medals at the European Under-23 Wrestling Championships in Novi Sad,
\nSerbia, including three silver in Greco-Roman wrestling and two bronze. On
\nFriday, Kriszta Tunde Incze will face Russia’s Maria Kuznetsova in the finals
\nof the 65-kg category, Suzanna Georgiana Seicariu wrestles for a bronze medal
\nwith Azerbaijan’s Tatiana Varansova in the 53-kg category, while Alexandra
\nAnghel takes on Belorussia’s Anastasia Zimiankova in the 72-kg category. <\/p>\n
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The Group 1 and Group 2 matches of
\nthe Romanian football League One begin this weekend. In Group 1, CFR Cluj play
\nSepsi Sfantu Gheorghe on Saturday, while Universitatea Craiova play Astra Giurgiu
\non Sunday. The last match of the leg on Monday will see FCSB take on Viitorul
\nConstanta. In Group 2, after Friday’s match between Dinamo Bucharest and
\nDunarea Calarasi, FC Hermannstabdt play Gaz Metan Medias on Saturday,
\nPolitehnica Iasi play FC Voluntari on Sunday and FC Botosani play Concordia
\nChiajna on Monday. CFR Cluj top the standings with 27 points, followed by FCSB
\nwith 25 points and Universitatea Craiova with 23 points. <\/p>\n
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