{"id":866496,"date":"2025-02-28T13:45:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T11:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=866496"},"modified":"2025-02-28T11:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T09:22:16","slug":"sports-weekend-468","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-weekend-468-id866496.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Austin, offering some 275 thousand USD in total prizes, Romanian tennis player Sorana C\u00eerstea (WTA 120) will take on 5<sup>th<\/sup>-seed McCartney Kessler (56 WTA) of the USA in the quarterfinals. In the round of 16, on Thursday, Sorana beat second-seed Diana Schnaider (WTA 13) of Russia, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. The Romanian player thus secured a 6,815-USD check and 54 WTA points.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Romanian rugby team will compete in the semifinals of the 2025 edition of Rugby Europe Championship, the second most important European competition after the Six Nations Tournament. The \u201cOaks\u201d will take on Georgia in Tbilisi. Georgia is currently the best-performing team in Rugby Europe Championship, currently ranked 11<sup>th<\/sup> in world standings, better than the much more successful team of Wales, which is ranked 12<sup>th<\/sup>. In this global hierarchy, Romania ranks 20<sup>th<\/sup>. We recall that, by qualifying to the semifinals of Rugby Europe Championship after grabbing wins over Germany and Belgium in the group stage, Romania qualified to the 2027 World Cup, which will be held in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This weekend will see matches in the Romanian Football Super League, counting towards the 29<sup>th<\/sup> round, the second-to-last of the regular season. On Friday, Unirea Slobozia will play O\u0163elul Gala\u0163i whereas Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe will take on CFR Cluj. On Saturday, Universitatea Cluj will play FC Boto\u015fani at home, while Universitatea Craiova will take on Farul Constan\u0163a, also at home. In the first match on Sunday, in Ia\u015fi, the local side Politehnica will meet Petrolul Ploie\u015fti. The highlight match will take place on the National Arena stadium in the capital-city, pitting Rapid against Bucharest rivals FCSB. Rapid needs at least a draw to secure a place in the group stage. Finally, on Monday, Gloria Buz\u0103u will play UTA Arad while Dinamo Bucharest will take on FC Hermannstadt. FCSB tops the league tables with 52 points, followed by Universitatea Cluj with 51. (VP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Austin, offering some 275 thousand USD in total prizes, Romanian tennis player Sorana C\u00eerstea (WTA 120) will take on 5th-seed McCartney Kessler (56 WTA) of the USA in the quarterfinals. 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