Romanian athlete Andreea Chi\u0163u scooped silver in the 52-kg
\ncategory at the European Judo Championships held in Prague. In the round of 16
\nChi\u0163u defeated Amber Ryheul of Belgium. In the quarterfinals the Romanian
\nousted Natalia Kuziutina of Russia, last year’s vice-champion, while in the
\nsemi-finals she knocked out Ana Perez Box of Spain. In the final, however,
\nAndreea Chi\u0163u lost to Odette Giuffrida of Italy. The bronze medals went to
\nCharline van Snick of Belgium and Estrella Lopez Sheriff of Spain.<\/p>\n
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The Romanian handball club CSM Bucharest lost 27-22 to
\nRostov-Don of Russia at home in a Group A fixture in Champions League. Cristina
\nNeagu was the top scorer for CSM with 11 goals. Rostov-Don is now the new group
\nleader with 13 points in 7 games, followed by CSM Bucharest with 11 points in 8
\ngames and Vipers Kristiansand of Norway with 7 points in 4 games. CSM Bucharest
\nwas also due to play Bietigheim of Germany this weekend at home in round 9, but
\nthe match was postponed due to new cases of COVID-19 reported at Ferencvaros
\nBudapest, Bietigheim’s last opponent in Champions League. This weekend will see
\nnew matches in the women’s European Championship preliminaries. The Champions
\nLeague competition \u015fwill resume in January. <\/p>\n
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This weekend will also see matches counting towards the 11th
\nround in the Romanian First Football League. On Friday, Politehnica Ia\u015fi is
\nplaying FC Arge\u015f while Dinamo Bucharest will take on FC Voluntari. On Saturday,
\nAcademica is playing Viitorul Constan\u0163a in Clinceni, while FC Boto\u015fani will go
\nup against Universitatea Craiova. On Sunday, FC Hermannstadt is playing Astra
\nGiurgiu in Media\u015f, while CFR Cluj will take on UTA Arad at home. On Monday, Chindia
\nT\u00e2rgovi\u015fte will play Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe while Gaz Metan Media\u015f will take on FCSB.
\nFCSB and Universitatea Craiova are top of the league tables, each with 24
\npoints.<\/p>\n
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(Translated by V. Palcu) <\/p>\n
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