Send to KindleIn 2000, Bulgaria's Galabin Boevski lifted a total of 357.5 kg (785.5 lbs) in the snatch and clean and jerk lifts to grab the lightweight weightlifting title at the Sidney Summer Olympics.
At the end of October 2011, Boevski was detained in Brazil and accused of carrying nine kilos of cocaine in his luggage. On Friday, he was reported in a state of "emotional shock" in the Brazilian Pinheiros jail.
In 1994, brilliant midfielder Yordan Lechkov was one of the key players in Bulgaria's most successful national football team. He scored a crucial goal against Germany which lead the Balkan underdogs to a sensational World Cup semifinal.
At the end of October 2011, Lechkov, now an incumbent Mayor, lost the local election runoff in the southern Bulgarian town of Sliven amid accusations of being involved in various corruption deals. At the end of September, the former football star was handed a 3-year suspended prison sentence with five years of probation for breach of official duties. He was subsequently banned from leaving the country.
Both Boevski and Lechkov made their compatriots cry with joy with their achievements – and both seem to have proven that it is never too late for one to embarrass oneself.
Bulgaria has produced a decent number of successful athletes over the years, but it seems that the country's coaches have failed to teach some of them the most valuable lesson a future Champion can receive – how to be a dignified role-model.
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In a display of sheer strength and determination, Karlos Nasar of Bulgaria emerged victorious at the prestigious World Weightlifting Cup, held this year in Thailand
Bulgarian football legend Hristo Stoichkov has received yet another prestigious accolade, solidifying his status as one of the sport's all-time greats
In a pivotal moment for Bulgarian football, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) convened an extraordinary congress at the Marinela Hotel in Sofia to elect a new president after the resignation ofBorislav Mihaylov, who held the position for 18 years
Mirela Demireva won first place in the women's high jump at the Balkan Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul.
The Turkish Football Federation has suspended matches in all divisions of local football after a club president punched a referee at a local Super League match
Greek football is set to witness matches devoid of spectators for the next two months as a result of heightened incidents of violence
If we look at history, there are not many cases in which relations between Bulgaria and Russia at the state level were as bad as they are at the moment.
The term “Iron Curtain” was not coined by Winston Churchill, but it was he who turned it into one of the symbols of the latter part of the twentieth century by using it in his famous Fulton speech of 1946.
Hardly anything could be said in defense of the new government's ideological profile, which is quite blurry; at the same time much can be disputed about its future "pro-European" stance.
Look who is lurking again behind the corner – the tandem of Advent International and Deutsche Bank, respectively the buyer of the Bulgarian Telecom Company in 2004 and the advisor of the Bulgarian government in the sweetest deal of the past decade, seem t
We have seen many times this circus which is being played out during the entire week and it only shows one thing - there is no need of a caretaker government in Bulgaria.
You have certainly noticed how many times President Rosen Plevneliev used the phrase “a broad-minded person” referring to almost every member of his caretaker government.
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