Bulgarian ice dance couple Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski, 2004 silver medallists, were ranked fourth following the compulsory dance at the World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow. The Bulgarian skaters performed their "Midnight Blues", but the j
A Eurosport poll has shown that the majority of football fans regard Hristo Stoitchkov as the best 90s player. Until Tuesday morning, an overwhelming 75% of the participants in the online vote had supported the Bulgarian icon.
The Maleeva sisters, who earned Bulgaria a reputation of a world tennis power to be considered, are to open the family's brand new tennis club in Sofia on Thursday. Magdalena, Manuela and Katerina, the first of whom continues to play now, will play tenni
Bulgaria's football coach demonstrated unshaken optimism at the face of a tough Swedish encounter this month. Despite the absence of several key players, Hristo Stoitchkov said Monday that the Swedes were the ones that should be afraid.
Bulgaria's Sports Minister Vassil Ivanov-Luchano awarded bonuses to Bulgaria's medallists from the European Championship in Madrid - sprinting hopeful Ivet Lalova and high jumper Venelina Veneva. Ivet Lalova won the European Championship 200m final by cl
Top seed Lindsay Davenport cruised through the second round against Sesil Karatantcheva, beating the Bulgarian in straight sets 6-3 6-2. Davenport had little trouble against her young Bulgarian counterpart, dropping three games in the first set before go
Bulgarian juniors, aged under 18, suffered a dramatic loss from the Israeli team 1-16 in the World Ice Hockey Championship held in Sofia.
In March alone, Bulgarian capital Sofia sees two major Latin American dances events, with the state championship in sport dances opened Saturday and the international Sofia Open 2005 to start March 26. Bulgarian Federation of Sports Dances organises both
Bulgarian students showed amazing mastership in playing "hack" by sporting skills in a tournament on Friday.
Bulgaria has named the players who will take in a basketball all-stars encounter this month, media reported Friday. The country's main coastal city, Varna, will host the match, which will bring local stars and international players against each other.
Bulgarian teenager Sesil Karatantcheva has reached the second round of the US Pacific Open tournament, and will encounter Lindsey Davenport, the current leader in world tennis. "I'm going to approach things more professionally.
World chess leader Garry Kasparov has announced he withdraws from playing chess following his defeat from Bulgarian Vesselin Topalov, despite the Russian officially won Linares 2005 tournament, Spanish media informed. Bulgarian Chess Grandmaster Vesselin
Bulgaria's skilled national team goalkeeper Zdravko Zdravkov has suffered an injury during a game for his Turkish club team, Rizespor. This might turn out to be the latest in a series of dropouts from the Bulgarian club.
Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov has been called "talented but unpredictible" in a Fox Sports report this week. According to the article, the 24-year-old had a propensity to miss the simplest of occasions.
Bulgaria's teenage tennis starlet Sesil Karatantcheva will match skills with Marlene Weingartner of Germany in the first round of the US Pacific Life Open. The game is expected to be a tough one for WTA 89-seeded Sesil, as her more experienced opponent s
Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg sent a congratulating address to sprinter Ivet Lalova and welcomed the European champion in 200m in his cabinet where she arrived straight from the airport on Monday. Your achievement made all of us happy.
Argentinean football legend Diego Maradona has undergone stomach surgery, and now has a reduced capacity to hold food. The operation was recommended to the former football captain because his ballooning waistline could turn out to be life threatening.
Bulgarian high jumper Venelina Veneva won the bronze medal at the European Athletics Championship in Spain. Veneva leaped 197cm, while gold-winning Anna Chicherova of Russia recorded 201cm and Spain's Beitia Ruth reached 199cm.
Young Bulgarian sprinter Ivet Lalova set place in the women's 200m finals in the European Championship 2005. In Saturday's semis, the double Olympic finalist clocked 23.
Bulgaria's Serafim Burzakov and Bozhidar Boyadzhiev came out winners in their categories during the Dan Kolov wrestling tournament. The international challenge started in Sofia on Saturday and will continue on the next day.
Bulgarian heavyweight footballers from the CSKA club thrashed Slavia 4-0 on Saturday. The Bulgarian Championship game took place in Sofia, and was the second win for CSKA with their new coach Miodrag Jesic.
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