The latest from rowing, men's basketball, volleyball and football
The European Rowing Championships are underway in Bled, Slovenia. Qualifiers have been scheduled for Thursday and Friday. Several Romanian rowers who competed on Thursday have secured their direct qualification to the finals. Among them, the the Romanian women's double scull, four scull and women' s pair crews secured their qualification. Joining them was Ionela Cozmiuc in the lightweight women's single sculls. Also competing in the final are Romanian men's quadruple sculls and coxed eight crews.
In news from men's basketball, title holders U BT Cluj Napoca on aggregate have a 3-2 lead in the final of the Championship's ongoing edition. U BT Cluj Napoca play CSM CSU Oradea. On Thursday, Cluj grabbed a 81-62 win against Oradea, U-BT Cluj Napoca need only one win if they want to grab the title. It would be the eighth in the club's history and the third title in a row. The final is being played according to the best in seven games system. The sixth of the seven matches is scheduled in Cluj Napoca's multi-purpose sports hall this coming Sunday.
In volleyball, both women's and men's, matches counting towards the Golden League European competition kick-start later this week. Romanian women's national team plays its debut game against Slovakia, in Pitesti. Then the national squad play an away match against the Czech Republic on June 3rd. Also in Pitesti, the return leg against The Czech Republic is scheduled on June 8th. The Romanian women's national team's last fixture is an away confrontation against Slovakia on June 17.The men's national squad this coming Saturday play Portugal, away from home. Also away from home are the games against Denmark and Turkey, on May 31st and June 4th, respectively. Romania's last three fixtures are scheduled on home court, in Brasov, on June the 10th against Turkey, on June 14th against Denmark and against Portugal, on June 18th.
Group 1 closing matches counting towards the Romanian football Super League's tenth round are played at the weekend. On Saturday, on the National Arena in Bucharest, FCSB play Rapid Bucharest. On Sunday, CFR Cluj plays a home game against Farul Constanta, while in Craiova, the local team Universitatea plays Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. Farul Constanta and FCSB have already secured the top and the runner-up position, respectively. The fight is only open for the 3rd place, which secures a position in the Conference League's playoffs. In this fight, Cluj are two points clear of Craiova.
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