Sports Weekend

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The Romanian-Dutch pair made up of Horia Tecau and Jean Julien Rojer will be playing the all-Spanish pair Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez in the finals of the men's doubles of the US open. 12th-seeded Tecau and Rojer have defeated the first seeds Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia 1-6, 7-6, 7-5. Tecau and Rojer' opponents come after a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against twins Bob and Mike Bryan of the USA. Tecau has also qualified for the mixed doubles semis where he and his doubles partner Coco Vandeweghe of the US take on Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Jamie Murray of Britain.


Three games of the National Rugby Super-league are to be played on Saturday. Steaua Bucharest are up against Universitatea Cluj, Dinamo Bucharest play Poli Iasi and CSM Bucharest take on champions Timisoara Saracens. Steaua Bucharest top the table with 8 points followed by CSM Bucharest with 6 and Stiinta Baia Mare with 4 points.


The village of Negrilesti, in Bistrita Nasaud, central Romania, will this weekend play host to the Village Cup in oina, a traditional Romanian sports similar to the baseball or the British rounders. 12 teams are to participate in this competition held under the patronage of Romania's King Mihai I. The game was first documented in the 14th century with the first national championship held in 1899 and the national federation set up in 1932.


The First Romanian Football League is resuming its matches this weekend. FC Botosani take on Astra Giurgiu on Friday. Saturday will see the matches pitting Juventus Bucuresti against CSMS Iasi and Viitorul Constanta against FCSB. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe take on FC Voluntari and CFR Cluj play CSU Craiova on Sunday, while Monday will see the leg's last two games, Gaz Metan Medias vs. Concordia Chiajna and Dinamo Bucharest vs. Poli Timisoara. CFR Cluj rank first in the standings with 19 points; CSU Craiova and FCSB are second with 18 points each. 



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