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U-BT Cluj-Napoca, a basketball side from western Romania has obtained its fourth win in the men's competition EuroCup. Romania's champions secured an 88-80 win against Slovenian side Olimpija Ljubljana, in Group A on Wednesday night. U-BT also won the first game, 94-76. In the other matches of this group, Ukrainian side Prometei Slobojanske has defeated Italian team Germani Brescia, 79-72, and the Germans from Ratiopharm Ulm beat Lithuanian side Lietkabelis 78-69. U-BT ranks eighth in the group which has 10 sides. The first 8 sides in the group are qualified for the competition's eighth finals.
In the Champions League' Group B, Romanian women's volleyball side Alba Blaj conceded a 3-0 defeat to Italian side Vero Volley Milano. In the other match of the group, French side Volero Le Cannet defeated Ukrainian side Prometei Dnipro 3-0. Milano and Le Cannet are heading the group with three wins, while Alba and Dnipro each have one. Blaj will play the next game on February in Targu Mures against Volero le Cannet.
In group E, Polish side Chemik Police outperformed CSM Targoviste 3-2. Romania's vice-champions, at their debut in Champions League remains with only one win. In the other match of the group Ezacibasi Istanbul secured a 3-0 win against Bulgarian side, Maritza Plovdiv. The Turkish team ranks first in the standings with four wins out of four games, Chemik Police comes second with three wins and CSM Targoviste comes in the third place. The group's winners are directly qualified for the quarters, while the runner-ups and the best side on the third position will go into playoffs.
Romania's last representative in the singles draw of the Australian Open, Irina Begu was eliminated on Thursday after conceding defeat to German player Laura Siegemund, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
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