This weekend the 30th
\nedition of the Summer Universiade continues in Naples, Italy. A total of 12,000
\nathletes from all over the world are competing in 18 events. Representing
\nRomania are 86 athletes in 10 events: athletics, women’s basketball,
\ngymnastics, rugby, swimming, judo, shooting sport, fencing, table tennis and
\ntaekowondo. The opening ceremony was held on Wednesday, July 3, on San Paolo
\nStadium in Naples. The ending ceremony will be held on Sunday, July 14.<\/p>\n
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This weekend Sibiu plays host to a
\nbike race enrolling 114 bikers from the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Italy,
\nLatvia, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, the United States,
\nHungary and Romania. A total of 19 teams will start the race, including the
\nnational teams of Romania and Ukraine. A team time trial was held on July 3,
\nover a 2.5-km track crossing Sibiu’s old city center. On Thursday the first
\nstage was held, totaling 191,8 km. Justin Paroz of Switzerland won the first
\nstage. Over the next five days of the circuit the bikers will cover a total of
\n690 km. <\/p>\n
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The highlight event his weekend in
\nRomania is the Football Supercup. The match will be hosted by Ploiesti,
\nsouthern Romania, and will pit Romanian champions CFR Cluj against Romanian Cup
\nwinners Viitorul Constanta. CFR Cluj has won the trophy three times, in 2009,
\n2010 and 2018, while Viitorul is yet to win its first trophy. Last week CFR
\nCluj completed its training stage in Austria with a 1-nil win over Sparta
\nPrague of the Czech Republic. Previously, CFR won 1-nil against Russia’s FC
\nOrenburg, drew 1-all against Red Star Belgrade of Serbia, won 2-1 against NK
\nOsijek of Croatia and 1-nil against Mlada Boleslav of the Czech Republic. In
\nturn, FC Viitorul defeated 2-1 Cherno More Varna of Bulgaria on Wednesday. Also
\nthis summer Viitorul played several friendly matches, losing 2-3 to Olympiacos
\nPiraeus, winning 8-nil against Coltea Brasov, 3-1 against Chindia Targoviste,
\n2-nil against FK Csikszereda Miercurea Ciuc and drawing 3-all against FCSB.
\nNext week CFR Cluj starts its Champions League qualifying campaign with a match
\nagainst FC Astana of Kazakhstan, counting towards the first preliminary round.
\nThe return leg will be played in Cluj on July 17. <\/p>\n
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(Translated by V. Palcu)<\/p>\n
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