{"id":818697,"date":"2024-10-17T13:52:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T10:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=818697"},"modified":"2024-10-17T13:52:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T10:52:06","slug":"sports-flash-211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-flash-211-id818697.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U-BT Cluj-Napoca obtained their first win this season in the men\u2019s basketball competition EuroCup. U-BT clinched a 103-67 win against German side Veolia Towers Hamburg, in the competition\u2019s Group B. The Romanian champions came back from three defeats in the row. American Zavier Simpson was the best player of the Romanian side with 28 points and 8 decisive passes. U-BT Cluj-Napoca will be next taking on Hapoel Bank Yahav of Jerusalem in an away game to be held in Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CSM Oradea, a Romanian basketball side, playing in FIBA Europe Cup, on Wednesday secured an away win against Parnu Sadam of Estonia, 84-72. The Romanian international of US descent, Kris Richard, had a considerable hand in CSM\u2019s win with 29 points scored and 5 recovers. The other Romanian side in the group, FC Arge\u015f, lost 62-65 to Polish side Spojnia Stargard. Oradea tops the ranking with two wins out of two games and will be up against FC Arge\u015f on 23 October.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the Challenge Cup, the Romanian women\u2019s volleyball side, CSM Lugoj, qualified for the round of 32 after a 3-0 home win against Selmy Brno of Czechia on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Romanians also won the first match 3-0. CSM will be playing the Hungarian side Sz\u00e9kesfeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r. CSM T\u00e2rgovi\u015fte has also qualified for the same stage of the competition after a 3-1 away win against Ostrava of the Czech Republic. CSM T\u00e2rgovi\u015fte will be up against another Czech side, Olymp Praga.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday saw the derby of the National Women\u2019s Handball League pitching CSM and Rapid Bucharest two of Romania\u2019s representatives in the Champions League. \u00a0CSM won the game 29 &#8211; 24. Rapid had a good start and got the upper hand, 8-5. However, the champions managed a good comeback and secured a 15-12 win.\u00a0 Slovenian player, Elizabeth Omoregie, was CSM\u2019s best scorer with 9 goals while Serbian player Andjela Janjusevic scored 7 goals for Rapid.<\/p>\n<p>(bill)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U-BT Cluj-Napoca obtained their first win this season in the men\u2019s basketball competition EuroCup. U-BT clinched a 103-67 win against German side Veolia Towers Hamburg, in the competition\u2019s Group B. 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