Sports Roundup

Florin Orban, 23.09.2019, 12:36

The World Wrestling Championships
came to an end in Nur-Sultan, in Kazakhstan. Romania had 14 wrestlers in the
competition but won only one medal, a silver by Alina Vuc in the 50 kg
category.

We end this sports roundup with
football. The Romanian striker Adrian Petre scored a goal for his side Esbjerg,
who defeated Brøndby 3-1 on Sunday at home in the 10th leg of the
Danish football championship. Another Romanian international player, Bogdan
Stancu, scored the equalising goal for his side Gençlerbirliği against the
current leader Alayanspor, on Sunday at home in Ankara, in the Turkish
Championship.

In Romania, the weekend saw the
matches scheduled as part of the 10th leg of the First League. On
Friday, in Medias, Universitatea Craiova defeated the local side Gaz Metan 3-2.
On Saturday, Academica Clinceni defeated FC Voluntari 2-1 away; Sepsi Sfântu
Gheorghe defeated FC Hermannstandt 3-nil at home; and Astra won 3-2 at home in
Giurgiu. On Sunday, Chindia Târgovişte defeated FC Botoşani 3-nil away; and FCSB
Bucharest drew nil-all against CFR Cluj at home in what was the leg’s most
eagerly awaited match. On Monday, in the leg’s final match Viitorul Constanţa face
Politehnica Iaşi. CFR Cluj currently top the ranking with 21 points, followed
by Universitatea Craiova with 19.