In the women’s basketball Euroleague, Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe
\nlost on Wednesday to Casademont Zaragoza of Spain 86-57. In the other Group B
\nfixtures, Fenerbah\u00e7e Istanbul won 96-66 against Valencia, ASVEL Lyon lost 57-67
\nto Miskolc of Hungary at home, while Schio of Italy won 70-50 against Lublin of
\nPoland. The next match for Sepsi is against Schio at home on October 11.<\/p>\n
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In the men’s EuroCup basketball competition, in Group B,
\nU-BT Cluj-Napoca lost on Wednesday to T\u00fcrk Telekom Ankara of Turkey 80-71. This
\nwas the first match of the season for the Romanian champions in the second-tier
\nEuropean inter-club competition. In the other Group B fixture on Tuesday, Ulm
\nof Germany won 80-70 against Trento of Italy. U-BT Cluj will next take on \u015al\u0105sk
\nWroc\u0142aw of Poland away from home on October 11.<\/p>\n
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Monica Niculescu and Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine were knocked
\nout in the round of 16 at the WTA 1000 tournament in Beijing, totaling some 8
\nmln USD in total prizes. The Romanian-Ukrainian pair lost to Beatriz Haddad
\nMaia of Brazil and Veronika Kudermetova of Russia, 6-0, 6-3. The performance
\nearned them each a 34,500-dollar check and 120 doubles points.<\/p>\n
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In the women’s handball National League, in round 6, Rapid Bucharest
\nwon 30-22 against Gloria Bistri\u021ba at home. In Craiova, the local side SCM won
\n27-24 against SCM T\u00e2rgu-Jiu, while HC Zal\u0103u won 28-23 against \u0218tiin\u021ba Bucharest. In Cisn\u0103die, M\u0103gura drew
\n36-36 against SCM R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea. The biggest goal difference was reported in
\nthe match pitting Dun\u0103rea Br\u0103ila against the local side Minaur Baia-Mare, final
\nscore 30-21. On Thursday, CSM Bucharest will play Corona Bra\u0219ov. R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea
\ntops the league tables with 16 points, followed by Br\u0103ila and Craiova, each
\nwith 13 points. CSM Bucharest is in 4th place with 12 points although two less matches.
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