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Liverpool-Barcelona Headlines Champions League Fixtures

Half of the quarterfinal slots for this season's Champions League will be decided on Tuesday, headlined by the Liverpool-Barcelona match that pits the last two winners of the trophy. Liverpool won the first leg at Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium two weeks a

Sports | March 6, 2007, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2719

Bulgarian FC Want Psychiatrist for Red-Card "Subscriber"

Bulgaria's Botev Football Club is planning to call in a psychiatrist to deal with their bad boy of a striker Georgi Kakalov who got four red cards in 16 games since the beginning of the season.

Sports | March 5, 2007, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1197

Bulgarian Resolute to Change his Name to Man Utd

A Bulgarian football fan is persevering in his legal battle to change his name to Manchester United, Ananova news agency reported.

Sports | March 4, 2007, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1798

Bulgaria's Lukoil Scores 85:81 Against CSKA

Bulgaria's basketball champion Lukoil Academic secured its first place in the championship on Thursday. The team won the game against CSKA with 85:81, thus marking third victory against the "reds" since the beginning of the season.

Sports | March 1, 2007, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1824

Bulgarian Teen Training with Scotland's Celtic

Bulgarian Tomislav Pavlov has spent the past two months practicing in Scottish grand Celtic, thus following in the footstep of the national team's former captain Stilian Petrov, who now plays in Spain. The 15-year-old Pavlov was trained in Bulgaria's CSK

Sports | February 28, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3308

Injured Player Seeks USD 5 M from Bulgaria's Stoitchkov

Bulgaria's national team coach and former star player Hristo Stoitchkov is being sued for USD 5 M by a player, whose leg he broke in a tackle during a game in the US in 2003, Washington Post reported.

Sports | February 27, 2007, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1671

Bulgaria's Matey Kaziyski Named Europe's Top Volleyball Player

Bulgarian server Matey Kaziyski added yet another title to his personal collection on Tuesday when he was named Europe's Number 1 volleyball player.

Sports | February 27, 2007, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2184

Beckham's LA Football Carrier Takes on Hollywood Turn

England's star footballer David Beckham has yet to start playing for his new team Los Angeles Galaxy, but rumours of his upcoming career in movies have already surfaced. Beckham has agreed to appear in a World War I movie titled Truce, the Sunday Mirror

Sports | February 26, 2007, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1543

Sofia Hosts Spectacular Gymnastics Show

More than 3,500 people enjoyed the gymnastics show "Star Orbit" that took place in Sofia's National Palace of Culture on Sunday. The host of the event was Bulgaria's best gymnast Yordan Yovchev, who raised the audience to their feet with his parallel bar

Sports | February 26, 2007, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1424

Bulgaria's Best Gymnast Awarded Honorary Sign

Bulgaria's best gymnast Yordan Yovchev was awarded the honorary head-of-state sign by the country's President Georgi Parvanov at a ceremony on Sunday. Yovchev was awarded the high honor for his exceptional achievements in sports gymnastics.

Sports | February 25, 2007, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1578

Bulgaria's CSKA FC Scores 2 against B Group Team

Bulgaria's CSKA FC got a smashing and easy victory over Pirin FC with 2:0 in a Saturday game at the Bulgarian Army Stadium. The leader in B group Pirin FC from the town of Blagovegrad presented its team for the new season.

Sports | February 25, 2007, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1595

Silver, Bronze for Bulgaria at European Biathlon Championship

Bulgarian Krassimir Anev grasped the silver medal in the 12,5 km race on the European Biathlon Championship in Bulgaria's ski resort Bansko.

Sports | February 24, 2007, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1608

Pedigree English Horses Race at Todorovden near Sofia

Races with pedigree English horses and the special traditional competition "kushia" enchanted citizens of the Bankya town near Sofia on Saturday.

Sports | February 24, 2007, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2044

Zidane Helps HIV Fighting in Charity Match in Thailand

France's football legend Zinedine Zidane arrived in Thailand to play in a charity match for helping the HIV virus fighting. Zizou joins the charity event as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.

Sports | February 22, 2007, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2070

Bulgarian Naimova Shows No Mercy to Rivals in Athens

Bulgarian double world champion Tezdzhan Naimova grabbed the gold in the 60m sprint in the athletics Balkaniada in Athens, Greece. The youngster managed to leave her rivals far behind, clocking the incredible 7.

Sports | February 21, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1419

1st Gold for Bulgaria in European Biathlon Championship

Bulgaria's Krassimir Anev won a gold medal in the 15-kilometer youth race in the European biathlon championship, which is taking place in country's winter resort Bansko. The young competitor finished for 47:05,0 minutes and made only two mistakes in the

Sports | February 21, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1636

3 Compete for Bulgaria in European Biathlon Championship

Three Bulgarians took part in the start of the European biathlon championship on Wednesday.

Sports | February 21, 2007, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1559

Missing Luggage Delays European Biathlon Championship

The European biathlon championship that had to take place in Bulgaria's Bansko, started with a major gaffe on Tuesday, when the first scheduled runs were delayed because ten of the teams didn't receive all their luggage. Six of the teams only received pa

Sports | February 20, 2007, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1440

Bulgaria's National Football Team CEO to Resign

The CEO of Bulgaria's National Football Team is ready to hand his resignation from the post on the next seating of the managers' board, Don Balon magazine reported.

Sports | February 19, 2007, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1487

Bulgaria's Levski FC Marked Apostle of Freedom's Hanging Anniversary

Bulgaria's Levski FC, named after the country's most beloved hero Vassil Levski, marked the 134th anniversary of Apostle's hanging with a minute of silence on Monday.

Sports | February 19, 2007, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1274

Bulgaria's Berbatov Scores Twice for Tottenham Win

Bulgaria's star striker Dimitar Berbatov scored two goals for Tottenhan Hotspurs' 4:0 win over Fulham despite the fact that he only entered the game in the 73rd minute.

Sports | February 18, 2007, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1134
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