We begin with news from ice hockey. In the ice hockey
\nErste Liga regional competition, Miercurea Ciuc grabbed a 8-3 win against
\nHungarian opponents Titanok, this past Thursday in Gyor. Scoring for Miercurea
\nCiuc were Andrey Taratukhin, with a hattrick, John Anthony Combs, who scored
\ntwice, then Tamas Laday, Tihamer Becze and Mathieu Tousignant scored one goal
\neach. Another Romanian team in Erste Liga, Corona Brasov sustained a 5-4 defeat
\nby Dunaujvarosi Acelbikak. Scoring for Corona were Carlo Finucci, who scored
\ntwice, while Pavlo Borisenko and Cody Carlson scored one goal each. In another
\nErste Liga fixture, Ferencvaros Budapest defeated CS Gheorgheni HC, 3-nil. Ferencvaros,
\nare at the top of the table, with 46 points. DEAC Debrecen is the runner-up
\nteam with 45. Both teams have played a similar number of games, 23. <\/p>\n
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In news from rugby, Romania’s pool of regulars as of
\nJanuary 10 begins their training session nearby Bucharest, in Izvorani, ahead
\nof the national team’s match against Belgium, to be played on February 7, 2021;
\nthe pending fixture is part of the 2020 edition of the Rugby Union
\nChampionship. 37 rugby players were call for in the training session in
\nIzvorani; all of them are signed up by domestic championship teams. The match
\nagainst Belgium will be venued by the Ion Oblemenco stadium in the southern
\nRomanian city of Craiova. According to the Romanian Rugby Federation, the match
\nwill be played in an empty stadium. In the Rugby Europe Championship
\nas-it-stands table, Belgium and Romania are at the bottom of the table, in
\ndescending order. If it still remains on the bottom position, Romania will have
\na playoff fixture against the Netherlands on February 20 or 21st.
\nThe match is crucial for Romania to retain its place in Tier 2 of European
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The 2021 season of the Rugby European Championship marks
\nthe qualifiers’ kick-start ahead of the 2023 edition of the World Cup. <\/p>\n
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In women’s tennis, the first important tournament in
\n2021 is underway in Abu Dhabi; the event has 563, 530 USD up for grabs. At the moment, all Romanian women tennis players have been eliminated from the
\ncompetition. In the qualifiers’ last round, Irina Fetecau was defeated by
\nItaly’s Lucrezia Stefanini, 1-6, 6-2, 7-6. Sorana Cirstea was scheduled to play
\nin the first round, but she pulled out of competition because of an abdominal
\ninjury. <\/p>\n
(Translation by Eugen Nasta)<\/p>\n
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