CSM Bucharest missed the opportunity to qualify to the Final Four of the women’s Champions League in handball, after sustaining a 26-22 defeat to the Danish side Team Esbjerg on Sunday away from home, in the second leg of the quarterfinals. The Romanian champions had won in the first round 30-29, so the team’s journey this season ends, along with the international career of Cristina Neagu, who announced her withdrawal from professional competitions at the end of the season. For CSM Bucharest, the top scorers were Crina Pintea, with 6 goals, and Elizabeth Omoregie, with 5 goals.<\/p>\n
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Romanian tennis player Irina Bara lost, on Sunday, the final of the ITF tournament in the American city of Charlottesville, Virginia, with total prizes standing at 100 thousand dollars. Bara was defeated by the top seed, the 17-year-old American player Iva Jovic, 6-0, 6-1.<\/p>\n
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Romanian athletes failed to grab medals at the European Judo Championships in Podgorica, Montenegro. The Romanian delegation consisted of five athletes, three in the men\u2019s competition and two in women\u2019s events. The best results were grabbed by Alexandru Matei in the 60-kg category, and by Cuban-born Amanda Zuaznabar-Torres in the 63-kg category, who reached the round of 16.<\/p>\n
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The European Youth Fencing Championships, addressing athletes under 23 years old, hosted by the Estonian capital, Tallinn, also ended without medals for Romania. The best ranked was the women’s sabre team, made up of Ilinca Panti\u015f, Adriana Maria Geatara, Andreea \u015eerb\u0103noiu and Alexandra Mitru\u015f, which ranked 4th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Over the weekend, matches counting towards the Romanian Football Super League were played in the group phase. In Group 2, on Friday, in Clinceni, Unirea Slobozia drew 1-1 against Poli Ia\u015fi. Then, in Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe, O\u0163elul Gala\u0163i defeated Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheroghe 3-0. On Saturday, in Sibiu, FC Hermannstadt defeated UTA 3-0, and on Sunday, FC Boto\u015fani won away from home against Gloria Buz\u0103u 2-0. The last match in Group 2 is scheduled for Monday, when Petrolul Ploie\u015fti will take on Farul Constan\u0163a.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Group 1, on Saturday, Universitatea Cluj won 2-1 against Universitatea Craiova at home. On Sunday, FCSB won 2-1 against Bucharest rivals Rapid on Giule\u015fti Arena. On Monday, also in Bucharest, the last match of the round: Dinamo will play CFR Cluj. FCSB leads the standings, 6 points ahead of runner-up Universitatea Craiova. (VP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CSM Bucharest missed the opportunity to qualify to the Final Four of the women’s Champions League in handball, after sustaining a 26-22 defeat to the Danish side Team Esbjerg on Sunday away from home, in the second leg of the quarterfinals. The Romanian champions had won in the first round 30-29, so the team’s journey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":778301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40940],"tags":[40946],"coauthors":[113302],"class_list":["post-883403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-sports-roundup"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n