{"id":806631,"date":"2024-09-13T13:45:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T10:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=806631"},"modified":"2024-09-13T13:52:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T10:52:53","slug":"sports-weekend-451","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-weekend-451-id806631.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend will be seeing the matches of the second leg of the Champions League\u2019s in women\u2019s handball. In Group A, Gloria Bistri\u0163a-N\u0103s\u0103ud will be up against the French champions Metz in an away game. The French side has made it to the Final Four twice in the past three years. Last weekend, Metz, ended in a 29-all draw their away match against the Norwegians from Storhamar. In their Champions League\u2019s debut, Gloria secured a 30-26 win against CSM Bucharest. On Sunday, CSM will be up, on their own turf, against Storhamar.<\/p>\n<p>In the League\u2019s B Group, Romania\u2019s vice-champions Rapid Bucharest, will go to Norway to play local side Vipers Kristiansand, the 2023 winners of the Champions League. The Norwegians lost against Brest Bretagne 27-30 in France last week, whereas Rapid clinched a home win, 32-27 against Buducnost Podgorica. However, Rapid lost in the domestic championship to Gloria Bistri\u0163a-N\u0103s\u0103ud, 24 &#8211; 22.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend will also be seeing the games of the ninth leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. Two games on Friday Sepsi OSK Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe plays FC Boto\u015fani and Dinamo Bucharest takes on Unirea Slobozia. On Saturday, O\u0163elul Gala\u0163i plays Gloria Buz\u0103u away from home, while in Ploiesti, southern Romania, local side Petrolul plays Farul Constan\u0163a. The first match on Sunday will be pitching in Iasi, north-eastern Romania, Poli against Universitatea Craiova. Poli Iasi has a new headcoach, \u00a0Emil S\u0103ndoi, who has this week replaced Portuguese Tony da Silva. The leg\u2019s most important match will be pitching CFR Cluj and FCSB, in Transylvania.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday in Arad, local side UTA will be playing FC Hermannstadt of sibiu, while in Bucharest Rapid will be up against Universitatea Cluj. After eight legs, Universitatea Cluj tops the table with 18 points followed by Universitatea Craiova and O\u0163elul Gala\u0163i.<\/p>\n<p>(bill)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend will be seeing the matches of the second leg of the Champions League\u2019s in women\u2019s handball. In Group A, Gloria Bistri\u0163a-N\u0103s\u0103ud will be up against the French champions Metz in an away game. The French side has made it to the Final Four twice in the past three years. 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