We begin with news from tennis. In the first round as part of the US Indian Wells tournament on Friday, Romania\u2019s Ana Bogdan plays Russian opponent Diana \u0218naider. On Saturday, another Romanian Sorana Cirstea in the second round will play Sloane Stephens of the US. In the women\u2019s double, the Romanian-Croatian pair made of Sorana C\u00eerstea and Donna Vekic will take on the Dutch-Brazilian pair made of Demi Schuurs and Luisa Stefani. Another Romanian, Monica Niculescu will be pairing up with Belgium\u2019s Greet Minnen for their match against the all-American pair made of Caroline Dolehide and Desirae Krawczyk.<\/p>\n
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In the first leg as part of the Euro Cup\u2019s round of 16, the Romanian men\u2019s water polo team CSA Steaua Bucharest on Friday play Greek opponents Panionios GSS Athens, away.<\/p>\n
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In ice hockey, in the Erste Liga\u2019s play-off on Friday and Saturday, ACSH Gheorgheni play Hungarian side Ujpest. Two other Romanian teams, Corona Bra\u0219ov and SC Miercurea Ciuc, take on Hungary’s DVTK and Budapest Akademia, respectively.<\/p>\n
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Matches counting towards the Romanian Football Super league’s 30th round are scheduled at the weekend. On Friday, CFR Cluj play FC Hermannstadt, FC Voluntari take on Universitatea Cluj,\u00a0 Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti go against Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe, Dinamo Bucure\u0219ti face UTA Arad, while FC Boto\u0219ani are pitted against Farul Constan\u021ba.<\/p>\n
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The Bucharest derby pitting Rapid against FCSB will be played on Saturday. Initially scheduled on the host team’s stadium, Giulesti, the match pitting the top-of-the-table team, FCSB, against the runner-up team, Rapid, has been relocated to the National Arena, in a bid to secure a larger audience. Rapid Fans have already purchased 38,000 tickets, while FCSB fans, 10,000, so the ongoing football season\u2019s record high will most likely be met.<\/p>\n
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On Sunday, the local derby is scheduled, pitting FC Universitatea Craiova against CS Universitatea Craiova. On Monday, the 30th<\/sup> round\u2019s last fixture will be played, pitting Otelul Galati against Politehnica Iasi. FCSB are at the top of the table, with 64 points. Following are Rapid Bucharest, with 52, and CFR Cluj, with 50 points.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We begin with news from tennis. In the first round as part of the US Indian Wells tournament on Friday, Romania\u2019s Ana Bogdan plays Russian opponent Diana \u0218naider. On Saturday, another Romanian Sorana Cirstea in the second round will play Sloane Stephens of the US. In the women\u2019s double, the Romanian-Croatian pair made of Sorana […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":697794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40940],"tags":[],"coauthors":[116693],"class_list":["post-709508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n