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Romania’s
\nnational rugby team has been granted a walkover 28-nil win over Belgium in the
\nlast round of the 2020 Rugby Europe Championship. The decision was taken by the
\nRugby Europe board of directors after the match scheduled for February 7 in
\nCraiova was cancelled because the Belgian team couldn’t get to Romania. Romania
\nwas ranked 3rd in the final standings in the 2020 edition of Rugby
\nEurope Championship, after Georgia and Spain.<\/p>\n
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This weekend
\nsaw a new round in European inter-club handball competitions. In Champions’
\nLeague Group A, CSM Bucharest won 28-26 against Team Esbjerg of Denmark at home
\non Saturday and thus climbed to 4th place in the group standings. On
\nSunday, in Group B, SCM R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea won 26-25 against Odense of Denmark. The
\nRomanian champions are ranked 6th in the standings with good chances
\nof moving past the group phase. In Europa League, Group C, Minaur Baia Mare on
\nSaturday won 30-27 against HC Astrakhanochka of Russia. The Russian club,
\nMinaur and Storhamar of Norway are each in top position with 4 points, although
\nseparated by the goal-average. Finally, on Sunday, in Europa League Group D,
\nDun\u0103rea Br\u0103ila lost 24-31 to Si\u00f3fok of Hungary away from home. Dun\u0103rea remains
\nin second place. <\/p>\n
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The
\nAustralian Open has kicked off in Melbourne. 6 Romanian players made it to the
\nwomen’s main draw: Simona Halep, Patricia \u0162ig, Sorana C\u00eerstea, Irina Begu, Ana
\nBogdan and Mihaela Buz\u0103rnescu. The latter on Monday was ousted by Bianca
\nAndreescu of Canada in the opening round. In the men’s doubles, Horia Tec\u0103u and
\nMarcelo Melo of Brazil are seeded 7th in the competition. <\/p>\n
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This weekend
\nsaw a new round of matches in the domestic football championship. On Friday,
\nSepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe drew 3-all against Poli Ia\u0219i at home. On Saturday, FC
\nArge\u0219 defeated Astra Giurgiu 2-nil away from home, while Universitatea Craiova won
\n1-nil against Dinamo Bucharest on home turf. On Sunday, UTA Arad drew 1-all
\nagainst FC Hermannstadt. In Media\u0219, Gaz Metan won 1-nil against Chindia
\nT\u00e2rgovi\u0219te. Finally, on National Arena Stadium in Bucharest, Academica Clinceni
\nwon 1-nil against FCSB. On Monday, Viitorul Constan\u021ba is playing FC Voluntari and
\nFC Boto\u0219ani will take on CFR Cluj. FCSB tops the league tables with 48 points,
\nfollowed by CFR Cluj, with 47. (V. Palcu)<\/p>\n
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