Romania concluded the World Weightlifting Championships addressing cadets and juniors in Lima, Peru, with five medals, four silver and one bronze. Most medals were won by Romanian athlete Tiberiu Donose. In the junior competition, he won three medals in the 73-kg category: bronze in the snatch event, silver in the clean and jerk and also silver in the total event. Also in the junior competition, in the 45-kg category, Ioana M\u0103d\u0103lina Miron won silver in the snatch event. In the cadet competition, in the 55-kg category, Lucian Florin Cambei won silver in the snatch final.<\/p>\n
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Romanian tennis player Sorana C\u00eerstea and Russian Anna Kalinskaya won the doubles event of the WTA 1000 tournament in Madrid, offering 8 million dollars in total prizes. On Sunday, they defeated the Russian-Belgian pair Veronika Kudermetova \/ Elise Mertens 6-7, 6-2 and 12-10 in a tiebreak. Anna and Sorana were awarded a 400-thousand-Euro check and 1,000 WTA points in doubles standings. For C\u00eerstea, this was the sixth WTA doubles title of her career.<\/p>\n
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In the National Women’s Handball League, with two rounds remaining in the current season, CSM Bucharest continues to top the tables, six points ahead of runner up Corona Bra\u015fov. On Sunday, in Bucharest, the defending champions defeated SCM R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea 30-24. Crina Pintea was the top scorer for CSM with seven goals.<\/p>\n
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This weekend saw matches in the Romanian Football Super League, counting for round 7 in the group phase. In Group 1, which will decide the champion and Romania’s representatives in European Conference League, on Friday, Rapid Bucharest defeated Universitatea Craiova 2-1 away from home. On Saturday, CFR Cluj defeated local rivals Universitatea 1-0. CFR thus climbed to second place in the standings, four points behind the defending champion, FCSB. The last match of the round is scheduled for Monday: FCSB will take on Dinamo Bucharest.<\/p>\n
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In Group 2, on Friday, in Ia\u015fi, Poli drew 0-0 against Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe. Saturday’s match pitting FC Boto\u015fani against Unirea Slobozia at home, also ended in a draw, 1-1. In the second game of the day, Farul Constan\u0163a defeated Gloria Buz\u0103u 1-0 in Ovidiu. On Sunday, FC Hermannstadt won away from home against O\u0163elul Gala\u0163i 2-1. The last match in Group 2 is slated for Monday: UTA vs. Petrolul. With two rounds left to go, Gloria Buz\u0103u has already been relegated to the second-tier division. (VP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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