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Romania's national football team on Friday night played an away fixture against Norway, counting towards Group F as part of the EURO 2020 preliminaries. The match ended 2-all, with Romania providing the equalizers coming from two goals down, thanks to Claudiu Keseru's goals, with the second goal being scored in extra time. Romania's national football team's head-coach Cosmin Contra said the final score was auspicious for the Romanians, given the national squad's performance on the pitch until the scoreboard indicated the 2-nil lead for Norway. Contra went on to say that at the end of the preliminary stage, the draw against Norway could bring Romania the qualifying ticket for the EURO 2020.


In the women's nations' competition at the World Mountain Ultra-marathon Championships held in Portugal's Miranda Da Corvo this past Saturday, Romania walked away with silver. In the men's nations' competition, Romania came in 6th. In the women's individual event, best-placed was Denisa Dragomir, who came in 5th, while in the men's individual event, the best-placed athlete was Leonard Mitrica, who came in 14th. Taking part in theWorld Mountain Ultra-marathon Championships were athletes from 54 countries.


Romania's men's national volleyball team has grabbed the fourth win in a row in Group B of Silver League, a second-tier competition as part of the European Championship. In Alexandria this past Saturday, Romania secured a 3-1 overall win against Azerbaijan (25-20, 23-25, 25-21, 27-25). Romania is at the top of the table, with 12 points, followed by Denmark, with 9, Azerbaijan, with 3 points, and Georgia, with no points on their record sheet. Should they win the group, Romania plays a double-legged playoff tie against the winner of Group A, in order to qualify for the 2020 edition of the Golden league elite group of the European Volleyball Championship.


In news from women's volleyball, Romania's national team secured a 3-nil win against Israel, (25-14, 25-15, 25-21), in a fixture played in Alexandria this past Saturday, counting towards Silver League's Group A. Israel are at the top of the table, with 8 points in 4 games played. Romania are 2nd-placed, with 7 points, 3rd-placed are Cyprus, with 3 points in 2 games played, while after three games, Georgia are at the bottom of the table with zero points on their record sheet. Romania's next fixture is the away match against Cyprus on June 12.


 In news from domestic football, FC Hermannstadt have made an important step closer to maintaining their position in League One, since they grabbed a 2-nil win in the first leg of the play-off tie against Universitatea Cluj. According to League One's final rankings, FC Hermannstadt were 12th placed, while Universitatea Cluj came in 3rd at the end of League Two competition season. The second leg of the play-off tie is scheduled in Sibiu on Wednesday, June 10th.



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