A roundup of the weekend's main sporting events
Romania’s national rugby team this past Saturday grabbed its second win at this year’s edition of the European Nations Cup, The Oak Leaf Knights, as the Romanians are called, secured a 21-18 away win against Spain, in Madrid. The Romanians had a hard time winning the match, given that Spain got the upper hand and kept it for most of the time.
Romania got in the lead twice, with 15-13 and 21-18 scored during the game. Scoring tries for the Oak Leaf Knights were Mihai Macovei and Valentin Popirlan. Also, Florin Vlaicu successfully scored three penalty kicks and converted a try.
News from tennis now, since the Romanian-Dutch pair made of Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer on Saturday were unable to go past the doubles’ semifinals of the Rotterdam ATP tournament, with 1,597,155 Euro up for grabs. Tecau and Rojer sustained a defeat by the German-Austrian couple made of Philipp Petzschner and Alexander Peya, 7-6, 3-6, 11-9, having wasted three match balls.
We carry on with news from women’s handball, since HCM Baia Mare has grabbed a win in the Champions League’s main Group One. Romania’s vice-champion on Sunday night in the French city of Orleans snatched an 18-17 win against French side Fleury Loiret. It was HCM Baia Mare’s fourth win running in the competition’s main group stage, which brought the Romanians one step closer to making headway into the Champions League’s quarterfinals.
In fencing, Romania’s women’s epee team won the World Cup stage in Buenos Aires as this past Sunday they defeated Russia in the finals, 45-40. In the round of last 16 Romania outclassed Brazil, 45-37, then it trounced the United States in the quarterfinals, 45-27 and went on to grab a 45-36 win against Estonia. Romania is World Group leader in the nations’ competition with 352 points. Following in descending order are China, with 348 points, and Russia, with 304 points. In the individual competition in Buenos Aires this past Saturday, Simona Gherman came in third.
We go out with news from football, since the competition season has been resumed in Romania, with fixtures counting towards League One’s 24th leg. On Friday, Pandurii Targu Jiu away from home outclassed ASA Targu Mures, 1-nil. On Saturday in Ovidiu, CSMS Iasi grabbed a 2-1 win against Viitorul Constanta, while in Giurgiu, southern Romania, the local side Astra held CFR Cluj to a 2-all draw.
On Sunday, CS Universitatea Craiova on home turf defeated Petrolul from Ploiesti, 2-nil. FC Voluntari snatched a 2-1 away win against Poli Timisoara, while in Bucharest, Dinamo defeated FC Botosani, 1-nil. The leg’s last game on Monday will see Concordia Chiajna taking on Steaua Bucharest. Astra Giurgiu are the leader in the standings, with 47 points, while Dinamo comes in second with 44.
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