{"id":860311,"date":"2025-02-10T13:45:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T11:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=860311"},"modified":"2025-02-10T12:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T10:46:55","slug":"sports-roundup-499","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-roundup-499-id860311.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s national rugby team has qualified to the 2027 edition of the World Cup, to be held in Australia. According to the rankings of Rugby Europe Championship 2025\u2019s Group B, Romania has booked one of the first two positions having two wins on its record sheet. In an away match on Saturday, Romania defeated Belgium, 31 &#8211; 14. <\/p>\n<p>The Romanian National squad has previously trounced Germany in Bucharest, 48 to 10. This coming Saturday in Botosani, Romania takes on Portugal, in Group B\u2019s last fixture. <\/p>\n<p>This past Sunday in Cluj-Napoca, the WTA 250 Transylvania Open women\u2019s tennis tournament drew to a close. The event had 275,000 USD in prize money all told.  The winner was Russia\u2019s Anastasia Potapova, who defeated Italy\u2019s Lucia Bronzetti in the final, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Best-placed Romania tennis player was Jaqueline Cristian. In the women&#8217;s doubles, pairing up with Angelica Moratelli, Cristian reached as far as the final, where they were defeated, 6-3, 6-1, by the Belgian-Czech pair made of Magali Kempen and Ana Siskova.<\/p>\n<p>In women\u2019s handball, this past weekend saw matches being played, counting towards the European competitions. In the Champions League\u2019s Group A, Gloria Bistri\u0163a-N\u0103s\u0103ud in Slovenia on Saturday lost to Krim Ljubljana, 25 to. 28. On Sunday, CSM Bucharest grabbed a 31-30 home win against Croatian side Podravka Koprivnica For CSM, Cristina Neagu scored 8 goals, thus having a record of 1,200 goals in the Champions League. <\/p>\n<p>CSM Bucharest are 3rd placed, while Gloria, 7th. In Group B, Romanian vice-champions Rapid Bucharest sustained a 24-30 away defeat in Germany\u2019s Ludwigsburg and are 7th-placed according to the group ranking. The first two teams in each group advance to the quarterfinals. The 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th-placed teams engage in the playoffs to secure a place in the quarterfinals. <\/p>\n<p>In the EHF European League, Group A, Dun\u0103rea Br\u0103ila sustained a 28-38 away defeat by German team Th\u00fcringer. After four rounds, Dunarea Braila and Thuringer are at the top of the table in their group, with an equal number of points. In Group B, CSM R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea grabbed a 38-34 away win against Sola of Norway. CSM Ramnicu Valcea are still at the top of the table, followed by Danish side Ikast. <\/p>\n<p>In news from football, Florinel Coman scored a goal in his Serie A debut match. On Sunday, Coman scored for Cagliari, in the game they won against Parma, 2-1. Florinel Coman scored only two minutes after he was sent to the pitch, halfway through the second half of the game. This week, midfielder Coman was given on loan to Cagliari from Al-Gharafa, until the end of Serie A\u2019s ongoing season. <\/p>\n<p>In the Romanian Super League, FCSB are as of late at the top of the table. In the 26th round on Sunday, defending champions FCSB grabbed a 3-nil home win against Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe. FCSB have right now 46 points on their record sheet. We recall Universitatea Craiova, Universitatea Cluj and Dinamo Bucharest have 45. On Friday, FC Boto\u015fani and Dinamo drew, 1-all, on the former team\u2019s turf.<\/p>\n<p>. On Saturday, Universitatea Craiova grabbed a 1-nil win against Clinceni, in Slobozia. In Galati, the local side O\u0163elul and Rapid Bucharest drew, 1-all. On Sunday, in Sibiu, Hermanstadt FC and Petrolul Ploiesti drew, 1-all. On home turf, Universitatea Cluj\u2019s home game against Poli Iasi ended in a 2-all draw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s national rugby team has qualified to the 2027 edition of the World Cup, to be held in Australia. According to the rankings of Rugby Europe Championship 2025\u2019s Group B, Romania has booked one of the first two positions having two wins on its record sheet. 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