The Romanian men’s handball team Dinamo Bucharest saw
\nits 3rd defeat in the current Champions’ League season. The Romanian
\nside lost away from home to Barcelona, 36 – 32, in the 4th leg of
\nthe League’s Group B. Although they never had the lead throughout the game, the
\nBucharest team performed rather well against the defending European champions. <\/p>\n
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In
\nthe other matches in the group, on Wednesday, Kielce defeated Flensburg-Handewitt
\n37-29, on Thursday FC Porto lost at home to Veszprem 30-23, while Paris
\nSaint-Germain won against Motor Zaporoje 40-32.<\/p>\n
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Also on
\nThursday, in the National League, Dobrogea Sud Constan\u021ba outplayed Steaua Bucharest
\nat home, 23-18 in a 4th leg match. Thanks to this result, Dobrogea
\nSud moved up to 3rd place in the national championship, with Steaua
\non 2nd place. Both teams have 15 points out of 6 matches. First
\ncomes Dinamo, with 21 points in 7 matches.<\/p>\n
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On Saturday
\nthe Romanian Rugby Super-League will see its final standings. In Bucharest, the
\nArch of Triumph Arena hosts the 3rd place playoff pitting Dinamo Bucharest
\nagainst SCM Timi\u015foara, and in the final
\nSteaua Bucharest will take on the defending champions, \u015etiin\u0163a Baia
\nMare. Because of the high COVID 19 infection rate in Bucharest, the Romanian
\nRugby Federation decided that the matches will be played without fans in the stadiums.<\/p>\n
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This
\nweekend also sees matches in the 12th leg of the Romanian top football
\nleague. One match is scheduled for Friday, Gaz Metan Media\u0219 vs Dinamo Bucharest,
\nfollowed on Saturday by games pitting Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe against FC
\nVoluntari, and FCSB against CS Mioveni. Three games will take place on Sunday:
\nFC Arge\u0219 vs Farul Constan\u021ba in Pite\u0219ti, UTA vs FC U Craiova 1948 in Arad, and
\nRapid Bucharest vs CFR Cluj, in Mioveni. The last 2 games in this leg will be
\nplayed on Monday: FC Boto\u0219ani vs Chindia T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te and Universitatea Craiova vs
\nAcademica Clinceni. <\/p>\n
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Cluj are at the top of the current ranking, with 30 points,
\nfollowed by FC Boto\u0219ani, with 22. (tr. A.M. Popescu)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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