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.
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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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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