The wife of killed Bulgarian tycoon Georgi Iliev will puck up the reigns of his football club Lokomotiv Plovdiv, it emerged Tuesday. Maia Ilieva will meet the club's financial demands, Lokomotiv CEO Emil Nakov was cited as saying.
The Bulgarian skull-rowing duo Rumiana Naydenova and Miglena Markova qualified for the finals of the world rowing championship in Japan. The Bulgarians clocked third time in their series, just seven seconds ahead of the second pair in the competition Gre
Bulgaria's men's basketball team won Sofia Prize Basketball Tournament, defeating Macedonia Sunday. The British team ranked second, followed by Macedonia and Cyprus.
Bulgaria's national basketball team defeated 90:64 UK's team in its second match at Sofia's Award tournament taking place in Bulgaria's capital. Bulgaria's team faced the Britons after crashing 80:69 (23:18, 16:22, 17:17, 24:12) Cyprus in its first match
The finals of the 2005 Men's European Youth Championships will take place later in the day in Sofia. Friday's semi-final games ended with pretty clear results in favour of the two favorites.
Bulgarian young tennis hopeful Sesil Karatncheva will star in a special movie for her life outside the tennis court. Local 24 Hours daily reported that The Tennis Channel will film Sesil while skating and riding.
Liverpool's Champions League gloss was truly worn off after the 0-1 home defeat to CSKA Sofia, British tabloid The Sun wrote Wednesday. Most UK media are emphasizing on the fact the Liverpool made it to the group stage of the Champions League, despite th
The Bulgarians scored a good goal but we tried hard to win the game and maybe we were a little bit unlucky, said Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez shortly after CSKA Sofia defeated his team 1:0. "With the goal they gave us a sensation of danger but we had enou
What should have been a comfortable night is turning into a real struggle, Liverpoolfc.tv wrote during the interval of Liverpool-CSKA Sofia.
CSKA Sofia won a shocker 1-0 over reigning European champion Liverpool on Tuesday night. Valentin Iliev became the hero for Bulgarian football fans, when he hit the British net in the 15th minute.
Bulgarians in Liverpool are threatened by hooligans as Liverpool FC host a match with CSKA Sofia, media say. Liverpool's diehard supporters are in an aggressive mood, after fellow Michael Shields was jailed in Bulgaria.
CSKA Sofia meets Tuesday the European Champion Liverpool in a return game for the defeat on August 10.
Bulgaria's best tennis player Magdalena Maleeva has been kicked out of the Pilot Penn Tennis in New Haven by an 18-year old US player. Jamea Jackson defeated Maggie 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 and is now to face Russia's Nadia Petrova.
Bulgaria's football coach named the players that will face Sweden in a World Cup qualifier in September. Star striker Valeri Bojinov (Fiorentina) and defender Ilian Stoyanov (Jeff United) were left out of the squad for the key return game in Sweden.
Celtic must keep its Bulgarian player Stilian Petrov, Murdo MacLeod, former Celtic assistant head coach, claims. "Celtic are now being tempted by Fulham to reduce that debt by selling them Stilian Petrov for GBP 4M.
Bulgarian young tennis hopeful Sesil Karatantcheva climbed up to the 38th position in the WTA ranking. Karatantcheva excelled the famous Magdalena Maleeva who was ranked 55th.
Poland beat Bulgaria in the women's playoff for a place in the 2006 world championships in Japan.
Bulgaria's men's volleyball team earned a berth in the 2006 world championships after defeating Portugal in a crucial match of the world-qualifying tournament. Bulgaria stunned the Portuguese in straight sets 3:0.
Fulham has made an attractive offer to lure Stilian Petrov from Celtic, the Sunday Mail reported.
Bulgaria's national volleyball team defeated Ukraine 3-1 in a world cup qualifier in Varna. Martin Stoev's players were expecting an easy win - but the Ukrainians proved a tough nut to crack.
Bulgarian strikers Valeri Bojinov and Georgi Ivanov, nicknamed Gonzo, will return to the national team to encounter Sweden. The two were left out during the latest match of the Bulgarian team, this week's friendly against Turkey.
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