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Bulgaria's Topalov Leaves San Luis as Chess King, Unbeaten

Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov, who became the new World chess champion with a round to spare, ended his participation in the championship at San Luis unbeaten. The brilliant Bulgarian drew his game against Hungary's Judit Polgar in the last fourteen round.

Sports | October 15, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2117

Euro 2008 Draw Confirmed, Bulgaria in Pot 3

UEFA confirmed Friday the seedings for Euro 2008, placing Bulgaria in Pot 3. Serbia and Montenegro, Denmark, Norway, Ukraine and Slovakia will be in the same urn.

Sports | October 14, 2005, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1098

Bulgaria's Topalov World's New Chess Champion

Bulgaria's chess master Veselin Topalov has emerged the New World Chess Champion, 2005, with his unsurpassable score of 9.5 points out of 13 games.

Sports | October 14, 2005, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3721

Bulgaria's Sesil Flees Kremlin Cup

Bulgarian tennis talent Sesil Karatantcheva has lost to Elena Dementieva in a Kremlin Cup match. Sesil was outplayed 0-6, 1-6 and will had to leave the tournament.

Sports | October 13, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 632

Bobby Fischer Wants to Face Bulgaria's Topalov - Report

The legendary Bobby Fischer is willing to play against Bulgaria's chess master Vesselin Topalov, local Trud daily reported. The newspaper cites an Australian reporter covering the World Chess Championship in San Luis.

Sports | October 13, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 6463

Malta Steals 1-1 from Bulgaria

Just five minutes after Bulgaria opened the result, the Maltese hosts scored a draw 1-1 with a goal of Barbara. Replacement goalkeeper Stoyan Kolev was hopeless without a single defender of Bulgarian squad to prevent the Maltese equaliser in the 79th min

Sports | October 12, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 742

Bulgaria's Goalkeeper Injured, Youngster Enters

Bulgarian goalkeeper Ivankov will have to miss tonight's Malta clash because of an injury. Dimitar Ivankov will be replaced by Stoyan Kolev, while a newcomer will be his substitute.

Sports | October 12, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 616

Bulgarian Youths Hit the Bottom in World Cup Qualifiers

Bulgarian youth football team finally ended their nightmarish campaign for the World Cup 2006. Last evening the Bulgarians drawed 1-1 Malta thus remaining next to the last in their group, namely Malta.

Sports | October 12, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 591

Topalov 2 Draws Away from World Championship Title

Bulgarian chess master Vesselin Topalov drew his latest game against Peter Svidler, the main opponent of the Bulgarian GM. With only two rounds remaining after the final rest day in the one-million-dollar event, it appears that Topalov (9 points) has de

Sports | October 12, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 693

Bulgaria's Chess Master with Another Big Step for the World Title

Bulgarian chess master Vesselin Topalov's match against Russian Alexander Morozevich ended with a draw, but nevertheless he took another big step forward for his World title after settling for a draw. Topalov's opponents for the title at the FIDE World C

Sports | October 10, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 848

Bulgaria's Stoitchkov to Become UN Goodwill Ambassador

Hristo Stoitchkov, coach of Bulgaria's national football team will be named United Nations Goodwill Ambassador on November 2 in New York, reports claim. Bulgaria's coach will receive a mandate for 2006 by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertifi

Sports | October 10, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 849

Topalov Draws Anand, Keeps Lead

Bulgarian chess master Vesseling Topalov forced Indian ace Viswanathan Anand to take a draw in their game in the FIDE World Chess Championships in San Luis, Argentina. The split points meant that Topalov is still on top with a two-point lead over Peter S

Sports | October 9, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 721

Bulgaria's Gymnasts Win World Gold

Bulgaria's rhythmic gymnasts won a gold medal at the 2005 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. Lili Ignatova's graces won the ribbon final, leaving Italy with the silver medal and Russia with the bronze.

Sports | October 9, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 833

Bulgaria Beat 2-0 Hungary

Bulgaria has defeated Hungary 2-0 in the country's last host game of World Cup 2006 qualifiers on Saturday. Dimitar Berbatov opened the result in the World Cup 2006 qulaifier with a successful strike in the 30th minute.

Sports | October 8, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 888

Berbatov "Depressed" after CSKA Crash

Dimitar Berbatov has sunk into a depression after CSKA Sofia eliminated his team from the UEFA Cup. Bayer Leverkusen lost twice to the Bulgarian side and failed to qualify for the group stage of the tournament.

Sports | October 7, 2005, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 906

Bulgarian President Awards Wrestling Federation

The Bulgarian Wrestling Federation received an honorary award by President Georgi Parvanov on Wednesday.

Sports | October 6, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 767

UEFA Rejects Auxerre Protests against Levski Win

UEFA has rejected a protest from Auxerre that a technical error cost it a place in the group stage of European soccer's second-tier club competition.

Sports | October 5, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 583

Bulgaria's Topalov Extends World Lead

Bulgarian chess master Topalov has defeated Judit Polgar and increasing his chance to claim the world title. Vesselin Topalov's victory gave him a two-point lead over his nearest rivals Viswanathan Anand and Peter Svidler.

Sports | October 5, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 874

Coach of Bulgaria's Loko Squad Fired

Bulgarian football heavyweight Lokomotiv Plovdiv bid farewell to their coach Eduard Eranosyan. Dropping out of the UEFA Cup race had inspired Eranosyan for a pessimistic statement about Loko's future.

Sports | October 5, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 844

Levski Face UEFA Champion in Group Stage

Bulgaria's Levski FC will face champion CSKA Moscow in the group stage of the UEFA Cup. The group stage draw put Levski in Group F, opposite CSKA Moscow, Olympique de Marseille, SC Heerenveen and Dinamo Bucuresti.

Sports | October 4, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 970

Stoyan Kolev Takes on Bulgaria Goalkeeping

Bulgaria's national football team willl face Hungary and Malta with Stoyan Kolev as goalkeeper. Coach Hristo Stotichkov announced Monday his decision to give Georgi Petkov a break.

Sports | October 3, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 936
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