{"id":983236,"date":"2026-02-16T13:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=983236"},"modified":"2026-02-16T13:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:35:49","slug":"sports-roundup-538","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/sport\/sports-roundup-538-id983236.html","title":{"rendered":"Sports roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Olympic Games are continuing in Italy. Out of the results obtained by the Romanian athletes in the weekend, Daniela Toth came 34<sup>th<\/sup> in the ski jump contest while another Romanian representative, Delia Folea, came 47<sup>th<\/sup>. The best Romanian result so far has been obtained by its luge teams, which came ninth both in the women\u2019s double and the mixed contests.<\/p>\n<p>We continue with rugby as Romania on Sunday secured a 23-6 win against the selection of Belgium in the second leg of Rugby Europe Championship, the continent\u2019s second contest after the Six Nations. Our rugby side will be playing Portugal in an away game at the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>The Romanian women\u2019s handball side CSM Bucharest on Saturday secured a big win in the Champions League\u2019s Group B: 35-30 against the Hungarians from Ferencvaros. A leg before the final of the groups\u2019 stage, CSM is ranking third. In Group A, another Romanian side, Gloria Bistrita, clinched a 32-31 win against Debrecen and is ranking fourth in the standings. The first two sides in each group will go directly into the quarterfinals. The sides on the third, fourth, fifth and sixth positions respectively will go into the play-offs for a place in the quarters while the teams ranking seventh and eighth are leaving the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately in the EHF European League, Group A, Minaur Baia Mare on Saturday lost to Larvik of Norway, 28 &#8211; 31, and dropped to the second position. In Group C on Sunday, Rapid clinched a 32-30 away win against Tertnes Bergen of Norway. One leg before the groups\u2019 final, Rapid are on the first place and sure about their qualification for the quarter finals. In Group D, Corona Bra\u0219ov secured a 30 -26 win against the French side Dijon, but they are ranking third. Only the two sides in each group are being qualified.<\/p>\n<p>Bernadette Sz\u0151cs and Eduard Ionescu on Sunday won the mixed double of the international table tennis tournament in Chennai, India.\u00a0In the finals the Romanians obtained a 3-0 win against the Indian pair Yashaswini Ghorpade \/ Harmeet Desai.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend saw the matches counting towards the 27<sup>th<\/sup> leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. On Friday in Ploiesti, Petrolul secured a 2-1 win against FC Arge\u0219. On Saturday in Clinceni, O\u021belul Gala\u021bi outperformed Metaloglobus 1-0, then \u00a0Universitatea Cluj obtained a 4-1 win against Csikszereda. On Sunday in Arad, local side UTA defeated Boto\u0219ani 1-2, then in Ovidiu, Farul Constan\u021ba outperformed Rapid Bucharest 3-1. On their own turf, Universitatea \u00a0Craiova defeated FCSB one-nil. On Monday Hermannstadt is up against CFR Cluj and Dinamo Bucharest plays Unirea Slobozia. Craiova tops the table with 53 points followed by Dinamo and Rapid, each with 49.<\/p>\n<p>(bill)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Olympic Games are continuing in Italy. Out of the results obtained by the Romanian athletes in the weekend, Daniela Toth came 34th in the ski jump contest while another Romanian representative, Delia Folea, came 47th. 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