Romania\u2019s women\u2019s national ice hockey team has been promoted to Group B of Division II of the World Championship. The Romanians move up to the fifth tier of world hockey after defeating Croatia 5\u20132 on Sunday in Zagreb, in their final match of Division III Group A. Earlier in the tournament, Romania beat Bulgaria 5\u20131, lost 3\u20134 to Turkey, defeated Serbia 3\u20132 after a penalty shootout, and then overcame Thailand 2\u20130.<\/p>\n
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At the Grand Slam judo tournament in Tashkent on Sunday, Romanian athlete Alexandru Sibi\u015fan was knocked out in the round of 16 in the 100kg category. He defeated India\u2019s Avtar Singh in the first round but was then knocked out by Bahrain\u2019s Said Sadrudinov, who went on to win the gold medal. In the same weight category, Rare\u015f Arsenie was beaten in the first round by Russia\u2019s Adam Sangariev. In the 90kg category, Alex Cre\u0163 lost in the first round to Georgia\u2019s Lasha Bekauri, a two-time Olympic champion, who was defeated in the final by Azerbaijan\u2019s Murat Fatiev. Vlad Vi\u015fan was also eliminated in the first round, by Fatiev himself. Romania competed in the tournament with eight male judoka, none of whom came close to the podium.<\/p>\n
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The play-off stage of Romania\u2019s Super League, in which the final battle for the top places in the standings will take place, will be held, for the first time, without the reigning champions. With one round remaining before the end of the regular season, FCSB no longer have any chance of finishing in the top six places that qualify for the play-offs. Round 29 of the Super League, the last but one round played over the weekend, settled the final list of teams. Before the round, the top three were already known: Universitatea Craiova and the Bucharest sides Dinamo and Rapid. On Friday, Universitatea Cluj secured their place in the play-offs after a 4\u20130 home win over O\u021belul Gala\u021bi. The other Cluj-based team, CFR Cluj, claimed a top-six finish on Saturday with a 2\u20131 victory away to Farul Constan\u021ba in Ovidiu. On Sunday, FC Arge\u0219 joined the leading group after a 1\u20130 win in Bucharest against Dinamo. Under these circumstances, FCSB\u2019s 4\u20132 victory in Arad against UTA Arad no longer had any bearing on the race for the play-offs. For the record, here are the other results. On Friday, FC Hermannstadt defeated FC Boto\u0219ani 3\u20131 in Sibiu. On Saturday in Craiova, Universitatea beat Metaloglobus Bucharest 2\u20131. On Sunday in Ploie\u015fti, Petrolul Ploie\u0219ti and FK Cs\u00edkszereda drew 1\u20131. On Monday, the final match of the round sees Unirea Slobozia take on Rapid Bucharest. In the standings, Universitatea Craiova are top with 59 points, followed by Rapid and Dinamo, both with 52. (VP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Romania\u2019s women\u2019s national ice hockey team has been promoted to Group B of Division II of the World Championship. The Romanians move up to the fifth tier of world hockey after defeating Croatia 5\u20132 on Sunday in Zagreb, in their final match of Division III Group A. Earlier in the tournament, Romania beat Bulgaria 5\u20131, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":908695,"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-988728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-sports-roundup"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n