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England's Former Football Captain Dies

Emlyn Hughes, the former football captain of the English football team and of Liverpool FC, has died at the age of 57 of brain tumour. He passed away in Sheffield Tuesday morning.

Sports | November 9, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1000

Swim Hero Michael Phelps Arrested

America's six-time Olympic champion Michael Phelps was arrested in Maryland last week and charged with drunk driving, media disclosed. Phelps, aged 19, faces up to a year in jail.

Sports | November 9, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 8729

Bulgarian Team Gets Boost in Defense

Bulgarian football coach Hristo Stoitchkov brought to the spotlight two more young players from local clubs to boost the squad's defense ahead of the control match with Azerbaijan. Assen Karaslavov from FC Slavia and Mikhail Venkov from FC Litex will fue

Sports | November 8, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 803

Bulgarian Tennis Hopeful Storms up WTA Ranking

Young Bulgarian tennis prodigy Sesil Karatantcheva has jumped over 27 ranks up in the WTA ranking comfortably placing herself at 127th seed. The 15-aged player, coached by star-training Nick Bollettieri, improved her position in global tennis after her e

Sports | November 8, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1498

Referee Scandal at Bulgarian Stadium

Bulgarian referee Galin Moskalev drew fierce criticism upon himself after Sunday's CSKA-Marek 2-2. Moskalev failed to annul a goal by CSKA's Kostadin Hazurov, who scored after striker Stoyko Sakaliev apparently passed the ball to him using his hand.

Sports | November 7, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 847

Udinese-Lecce 4-3 Despite Cunning Bojinov

Italy's Lecce lost 3-4 to Udinese on Sunday, despite a brilliant play by Bulgarian striker Valeri Bojinov. The teenager scored twice for Lecce, but the guest team caught up and a last-gasp hit by Czech midfielder Marek Jankulovski gave Udinese a victory.

Sports | November 7, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 913

Brash Bojinov Apologizes

Teenage Bulgarian footballer Valeri Bojinov made a public apology to Lecce teammates and coach, after a violent outburst on Thursday. The 18-year-old striker was apparently feeling stressed after Lecce were routed 0-4 by Fiorentina, and consequently spoi

Sports | November 7, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1101

UEFA Poll Praises Berbatov Mastery

Participant in a UEFA online voting chose a goal by superb Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov as the most impressive Champions League performance lately. Dimitar Berbatov's excellent solo effort gave his team, Bayer Leverkusen, the 1-0 lead against host

Sports | November 6, 2004, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 978

Slovakian Beats Bulgarian Tennis Gal

Bulgaria's teenage tennis star Sesil Karatantcheva had to leave the Bell Challenge tournament in Canada after a loss to Slovakia's Martina Sucha. Sesil, 15, had recorded five victories when she reached the quarterfinals, and hadn't lost a single set.

Sports | November 6, 2004, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 811

Bulgarians Win Figure Skating Trophy in Japan

Bulgaria's top figure skating couple Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski swept the NHK Trophy in Japan, leaving behind Russian favourites Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov. The Bulgarians finished first in the original ice dance with 100.

Sports | November 6, 2004, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 887

Bulgarian Tennis Prodigy Goes for Quebec Quarters

The promising tennis player Sesil Karatantcheva of Bulgaria has reached safely the quarterfinals of the Bell Challenge tournament in Quebec. The 15-aged Bulgarian defeated 20-year-old American Shenay Perry, seeded 75th in the WTA, 6-2 6-3 to go ahead in

Sports | November 5, 2004, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 782

Bulgarian Skaters Take over Lead from Russians

Russia's world champions, Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov, overnight leaders after the compulsory section, have surrendered the lead in the ice dance to world silver medallists Albena Denkova and Mixim Staviski of Bulgaria who won the original dance.

Sports | November 5, 2004, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1116

Bojinov Cruising for a Bruising

The coach of Italy's Lecce FC brought down his toughness on Bulgarian striker Valeri Bojinov, after the teenager spoiled for a fight with a teammate. The starlet was apparently feeling stressed after Lecce were routed 0-4 by Fiorentina earlier this week.

Sports | November 5, 2004, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 979

Bulgaria's Population Boosted by US Giant

Bulgaria's population grew by one in number, and by 222 in centimeters, as US basketball player Priest Lauderdale was given Bulgarian citizenship. The Lukoil Academic left-handed center thus became the tallest man resided in the country.

Sports | November 5, 2004, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1211

Bulgarian Duo Runners-up to Title in Figure Skating

Bulgaria's Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski were left second in the compuslory ice dance after Russian pair Navka-Kostomarov in their bid for a title in the NHK Trophy figure skating in Nagoya, Japan. Reigning world ice dance champions Tatiana Navka and

Sports | November 4, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2507

Barcelona to Land Bulgarian Starlet

Barcelona have started negotiations with Italy's Lecce FC for buying teenage striker Valeri Bojinov, according to media reports. Barcelona are said to have offered EUR 15 M for the player, undercutting Roma's EUR 10 M bid.

Sports | November 4, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1244

Bulgarian Signs Show the Way in the Antarctic

Bulgaria is off for an Antarctic mission to improve the mapping of the mountain massif of Tangra, situated on Livingston Island in the South Shetlands archipelago. The sixteen-member expedition, including Everest-topper Doychin Vassilev, will build a pur

Sports | November 4, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1903

Ronaldinho Brilliance in Barcelona-Milan 2-1

Brazilian forward Ronaldinho scored a sensational goal for Barcelona against Milan, making for a last-gasp 2-1. The 24-year-old's brilliant left-foot hit at the Nou Camp Wednesday night sent Barcelona atop of Group F.

Sports | November 3, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3467

Petrov Became "Wolfsburg's Superman"

For a second day in a row the superlatives for Bulgarian striker Martin Petrov, who scored four times for Wolfsburg's Saturday victory, remained on the top pages of the German printed media. Bulgarian Petrov scored all four goals for his Wolfsburg, as th

Sports | November 2, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 3596

Coach, Striker Out of Litex FC

Stoytcho Mladenov, the coach of Bulgarian football club Litex, quit Monday after last weekend's 1-3 loss to CSKA. It was CSKA that had Mladenov as its coach, before he took on the job at Litex.

Sports | November 1, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 941

Bulgarian Duo Wins Skate Canada

Top-seeded Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski of Bulgaria swept the gold in the free ice dance of Skate Canada, after managing to retain their lead in the original program from Saturday. "We're happy with our performance,'' said Denkova, who had a slight

Sports | October 31, 2004, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1211
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