The Romanian tennis player Irina Begu won the WTA tournament in Palermo,
\nwith more than 200,000 euro in prize money. In the final, on Sunday, she beat the Italian
\nLucia Bronzetti, 6-2, 6-2. The Romanian thus added the fifth WTA title in her
\ncareer, after the one she won five years ago, in Bucharest. For the success in
\nSicily, Begu was rewarded, according to Agerpres, with 26,770 euros and 280 WTA
\npoints. At last year’s edition in Palermo, the Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse was
\ndefeated in the final by the American player Danielle Collins. Until Sunday,
\nthe only Romanian player who had won the Palermo tournament was Irina Sp\u00e2rlea,
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The World Fencing Championships ended in Cairo on Saturday. The Romanian
\nathletes won two bronze medals, both in individual competitions. Iulian
\nTeodosiu calimed the third step of the podium in saber, and Maria Boldor, in
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The World Athletics Championships ended on Sunday, in Eugene, in the
\nAmerican state of Oregon. Romania was represented by 8 athletes, of which four
\nin the male and four in the female competitions. Bianca Ghelber ranked sixth in
\nhammer throw, Alin Firfiric\u0103 came in 7th in discus throw, and Daniela Stanciu
\nranked tenth in the high jump event. <\/p>\n
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Games counting for the second stage of the Romanian Football Superleague
\nwere held this past weekend. On Friday, Farul Constan\u021ba defeated away from home
\nCS Mioveni, 2-0. On Saturday, also in Mioveni, FC Boto\u0219ani beat FC Voluntari 1-0.
\nFour games were played on Sunday. Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe beat FC Arge\u0219 4-0 at
\nhome, FC U Craiova won on home turf the match against the champion, CFR Cluj,
\n3-1. In Media\u0219, Universitatea Cluj and Universitatea Craiova ended in a draw, 1-1.
\nFinally, in the derby, in Bucharest, Rapid beat FCSB 2-0. The last two matches
\nof the stage are to be held on Monday. Chindia T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te with FC Hermannstadt and
\nUTA Arad with Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti. Farul and FC Boto\u0219ani lead the ranking, the
\nonly teams with 6 points out of 6.(MI)<\/p>\n
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