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The women’s
\nvolleyball team Volei Alba Blaj Wednesday won their 7th national
\nchampionship. The team from Transylvania won the championship final against CSM
\nT\u00e2rgovi\u015fte, 3-2, away from home. Alba had already won the first 2 matches, at
\nhome, 3-0 and 3-2, respectively. The same two teams may be facing each other in
\nthe Romanian Cup finals as well. The final tournament is scheduled on May 13
\nand 14, in Pite\u015fti. On Saturday, May 13, the semi-finals will be played,
\npitting Alba Blaj against CSM Lugoj and Dinamo Bucharest against CSM T\u00e2rgovi\u015fte.
\nThe final is scheduled on Sunday, May 14. Last year, in the final, Alba Blaj defeated
\nCSM T\u00e2rgovi\u015fte, 3-1. <\/p>\n
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The
\nRomanian athlete Andrei Muste\u0163 Wednesday qualified into the second round
\nof the World Boxing Championships in Tashkent, in the 67 kg category. In the
\nfirst round, he defeated Sibonelo Thembela Ndzimandze, from Eswatini, the
\nSouth-African country formerly known as Swaziland. Muste\u0163 will fight in the
\nround of last 32 on Saturday against Dulat Bekbauov of Kazakhstan, Asia’s
\nvice-champion. On Tuesday, in the first round of the 80 kg category, Paul
\nAndrei Ar\u0103doaie lost to Mexico’s Hector Octavio Aguirre Martinez. The 3rd
\nRomanian athlete in the world competition, Emanuel Constantin Mican, takes on Alaa
\nEldin Ghoussoun of Syria on Friday, in the second round of the 92 kg category. The
\nprizes at the World Championships in Tashkent are the highest in the history of
\namateur boxing: USD 200,000 for the gold medallist, USD 100,000 for silver and
\nUSD 50,000 for the bronze.<\/p>\n
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At the Ice
\nHockey World Championships, Division I, Group A, the Romanian national team was
\ndefeated in Nottingham on Wednesday by the UK, 7-0. The British national team
\ntops the group standings with 11 points, followed by Poland with 10 points. Romania
\nranks 5th, the last but one place in the group, followed only by
\nLithuania, with 0 points. The last leg is scheduled on Friday, when Romania is
\nto play against Poland. The top team in the group will move up into the ice hockey
\nworld elite, while the last ranking team will be demoted to the division’s
\nGroup B. (AMP)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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