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With just two rounds of the Cyprus Premiership Season left before the play-offs, there is still a lot of excitement and anticipation as much can change over the last two games. Although APEP managed to claim three points at Peyias Saturday with a 2-1 win, they are still bottom of the table and mathematically, cannot pass Aris who are currently in 12th position. The 2-0 loss to Omonia on Sunday by Nea Salamina also condemns them to football in the lower division next season.

Marcos Baghdatis continued his winning form in the Davis Cup helping Cyprus to a 3-2 win over Egypt in the Euro/Afica Zone II class at the weekend.

Rares Cuzdriorean lost the first rubber to Karim Maamoun 3-6, 4-6, 5-7 before Marcos leveled the tie for Cyprus by beating Sherif Sabry 6-2, 6-1, 6-1. Marocs partnered by Photos Kallias then put Cyprus ahead when they defeated the Egyptian pair of Maamoun and Sabry 7-6(7), 7-5, 6-1. Marcos kept his winning streak in Davis Cup competions going when he won the first rubber of the day on Sunday beating Mohamed Safwat 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, before Christopher Koutrouzas lost the final, dead rubber, 1-6, 0-6 to Sabry.

Cyprus now play Portugal in the second round on 9-11 July for a place in the third round and possible promotion to Euro/Africa Zone I. Cyprus won the last encounter against Portugal in the first round of the Euro/Africa Zone II competion in 2009.

Cyprus now top the FIRA AER Division 3D Group with 5 wins out of five. Their final match is against Bosnia on 27 March who are second in the table with just the one defeat against Cyprus last December. The group winner will win automatic promotion to Division 3C next season so everything hangs on this last match because if the teams finish level on points it is the results between the two teams which decides the outcome. With the first encounter going the way of Cyprus by 8-6 a win for Bosinia by more than three points will see them promoted instead of Cyprus.

The penultimate round of the EuroChallange Basketball took place on Tuesday, APOEL managed a win over Elan Chalon to set up a nail biting final week in Group K but unfortunately Proteas EKA AEL, participants in the Final Four for the past two years, lost against EiffelTowers Den Bosch and will not be able to proceed even if they manage to win their final game next week.

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