The finals of the National Women’s Handball League has come close to
\nits decisive game. Baschet Arad and Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe are running neck and
\nneck on aggregate, 2-all, after Arad secured a 67-63 home win on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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US player Andreona Lanay Keys was the hosts’ best player with 28 points.
\nAnother US player Brianna Fraser was the visitors’ best scorer with 18 points.
\nThe finals is played in the best-of-five system, with Sepsi winning the first
\ntwo and Arad the other two matches. The final’s decisive game is due on
\nSaturday, April 30th in Sfantu Gheorghe, central Romania. <\/p>\n
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Football now. Rapid Bucharest’s stadium in Giule\u015fti will be hosting the
\nRomanian Cup finals, which is due on May 19th at 20:30 local time. The stadium,
\nwhich was inaugurated this year, is the new home stadium for Rapid, a football
\nclub, which next year will be celebrating 100 years of existence. The construction,
\nwhich boasts 14 thousand seats, is to be the first Bucharest stadium to host
\nthe finals of the aforementioned competition after four years. In 2018,
\nUniversitatea Craiova secured a 2-0 win against Hermannstadt. The competition
\nis now in the stage of the semifinals with the first round won by FC Voluntari
\n2-0 against FC Arges, while Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe secured a 2-1 win against
\nUniversitatea Craiova. The return games are to take place over May 10 and 12. <\/p>\n
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Romania’s Judo Federation is expecting two medals from the European
\nChampionships hosted by Bulgarian capital Sofia this weekend. The Federation’s
\nchair, Cozmin Gu\u0219\u0103, has told Agerpres news agency that Romania’s
\nrepresentatives in the 73 and 100 kilogram categories stand most of the chances
\nto win a medal in Sofia. They are Alexandru
\nRaicu, winner of the last year’s Grand Slam tournament in Tel Aviv and Adrian \u0218ulc\u0103, world champion in junior competitions. <\/p>\n
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In the 100 kilogram category Romania counts on Asley Gonzalez, a Cuban
\nathlete who became a Romanian citizen last year. Gonzales became world champion
\nin Rio in 2013 and silver medalist in London Olympics in 2021. The odds are
\ngood for the Romanians as athletes from Russia aren’t going to participate in
\nthe competition. <\/p>\n
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(bill)<\/p>\n
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