Two Romanian crews got qualified on Thursday to the finals of the 2019 Canoe World Championship held in Szeged, Hungary. \u015etef\u0103nica Ursu won the second semifinal in the simple canoe event on 500 m. On the same distance, the men\u2019s 4 canoe crew made up of Leonid-Valentin Carp, Constantin D\u00eeba, Gheorghe-Alexandru Stoian and \u015etefan-Andrei Strat came 3rd in Heat 1, securing automatic passage to the final.<\/p>\n
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Romania\u2019s football vice-champions, FCSB, on Thursday took on, in Giurgiu, in the first leg of the Europa League playoffs, the Portuguese side Vit\u00f3ria Guimar\u00e3es. The match ended in a goalless draw. The Romanian side had a few occasions to score, especially in the first part of the game. The Portuguese controlled the second part of the game but were no threat to goalkeeper Cristian B\u0103lgr\u0103dean. The return match is scheduled for August 29 in Portugal.<\/p>\n
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Football matches counting for the 7th leg of Romania\u2019s Premier League championship will be played at the weekend. On Friday Poli Iasi will play against Chindia T\u00e2rgovi\u015fte and Universitatea Craiova will take on Astra Giurgiu. On Saturday Giurgiu will see the match pitting Academica Clinceni against Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe while in Cluj CFR will play against FC Botosani. On Sunday in Ovidiu Viitorul Constan\u0163a takes on FC Voluntari while in Medias, Gaz Metan will play against FCSB. The last match of the leg is scheduled for Monday pitting Dinamo Bucharest against FC Hermannstadt. Before this leg, CFR and Poli Iasi are top of the classification with 14 points each.<\/p>\n
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The Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world\u2019s no. 4, will play in the first round of the US Open, the year\u2019s last Grand Slam tournament, against a player coming from the qualifiers, according to the drawing of lots held Thursday in New York. If Simona Halep goes to the 3rd round, she might meet Sorana C\u00e2rstea who is on the same table segment. Sorana, 106th in the WTA ranking will take on, in the first round, the Czech Katerina Siniakova (38 WTA) whom she has defeated so far in two matches. In 2017 Sorana C\u00e2rstea defeated Siniakova in the first round in Eastbourne 6-3, 6-2 and in 2018 she won in Madrid in the first round 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. (translation by L. Simion)<\/p>\n
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