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Another Award for Olympic Winner Grozdeva

Bulgarian shooter Maria Grozdeva, double medallist of Athens 2004, with a bronze at 10m and a gold at 25m of air pistol, added yet another award in her collection.

Sports | February 10, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 822

Bulgaria-Serbia Friendly Ends 0-0

The national football teams of Bulgaria and Serbia and Montenegro came to a 0-0 draw in a friendly game Wednesday. Despite the zero score, the Bulgarian side apparently outmatched their neigbours.

Sports | February 9, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1847

Bulgarian Tennis Wiz Kid Amazes Bollettieri

Bulgarian Victoria Tomova, 9, won the tennis tournament for 12-year old children organized by the famous tennis coach Nick Bollettieri. The young tennis star recorded four victories at the Bradenton tournament.

Sports | February 9, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1964

Bulgaria's Maleeva Storms Ahead in Paris

Bulgaria's best racket Maggie Maleeva outplayed Tuesday Claudine Schaul of Luxembourg 7-6 (4), 7-6 (9) in the first round of the Open Gaz de France.

Sports | February 8, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 990

CSKA Loses Narrowly from Ukraine's Kiev

Bulgarian basketball club CSKA lost its last FIBA-Europe match with the narrow margin of four points from Ukraine's Kiev. After a draw 84-84 in the regular time, the men of Rossen Barchovski were defeated 92-96.

Sports | February 8, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 736

Argentinean Defender Flees CSKA

Argentinean defender Marcos Charras has left Bulgaria's heavyweight CSKA on Tuesday, the club disclosed. The 22-year-old joined the team in 2002 but had no active role in the team's performance ever since because he has suffered several contusions.

Sports | February 8, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1038

Cold Spell Troubles Bulgaria's Football Force

Bulgaria's national football team failed to follow their training routine because of the blistering cold on Tuesday morning, media reported. Severe weather conditions came as an unpleasant surprise to coach Hristo Stoitchkov, who turns 39 on this day.

Sports | February 8, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1155

WTA Ups Bulgarian Tennis Starlet

Bulgaria's young tennis star Sesil Karatantcheva has crept up three spots in the WTA women's ranking. The 15-year-old is now 95-seeded, after occupying the 98th position last week.

Sports | February 7, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1505

Stoitchkov: Swedish Clash is Crucial for Bulgaria

Bulgaria's full side football coach Hristo Stoitchkov disclosed Monday that the forthcoming Swedish match was crucial for qualifying for the World Cup.

Sports | February 7, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1724

Sharapova Grabs Pan Pacific Open Title

Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova defeated Lindsay Davenport 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 to win the Pan Pacific Open on Sunday.

Sports | February 6, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2118

Bojinov Defends Not Guilty for Red Card

Bulgarian teen talent Valeri Bojinov said he did not deserve the red car in Saturday's catastrophic defeat of his new team Fiorentina by Sampdoria. The EUR 13 M starlet of Lecce saw just nine minutes of play after planting an elbow on the chest of Sampdo

Sports | February 6, 2005, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 731

Pamporovo Sees First Snowboard Winners

The ski fans on Pamporovo reveled a real sports show on Saturday, as Bulgaria's top snowboarders went down the tracks as part of the first round of May Jane's snowboard tournament. Mikhail Krachnyak scored best time followed by Atanas Petrov and Stanislav

Sports | February 5, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1165

Fiorentina Robbed of Bojinov, Loses 0-3

Bulgarian football starlet Valeri Bojinov ended his second match with new club Fiorentina in the first ten minutes against Sampodoria, as the referee showed him the red card for his slap of Serggio Volpi.

Sports | February 5, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1147

Bulgaria's Radanova Quits World Cup Rivalry

Bulgaria's best short-tracker Evgenia Radanova, five-fold European champion and Olympic medallist, ended fifth in her semi-final series, which left no place for her in the World Cup finals in Budapest. Radanova had ended second in the series to reach the

Sports | February 5, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 642

Snowboard Professionals Join Bulgarian Tournament

Two of world's best snowboarders are coming in Bulgaria to join the series of slaloms in Pamporovo, Borovets and Bansko where the starts for Mary Jane Cup kick off on Saturday. The organizers denied to announce their names but said the snowboarders will

Sports | February 5, 2005, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1018

Sofia Launched Ticket Sale for Serbia Friendly

Football fans can now buy tickets for the friendly to meet Bulgaria's and Serbo-Montenegrin squads on Sofia's National Stadium "Vassil Levski" on Fabruary 9. Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) announced Thursday that the ticket prices will vary from BGN 5 to

Sports | February 3, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1082

Discouraging New Start for Prodigy Bojinov

Bulgarian football talent Valeri Bojinov suffered a loss in his first game with Fiorentina. The "violas" lost the Serie A encounter with Palermo 1-2 late on Wednesday evening.

Sports | February 3, 2005, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1030

Asthma Threat Hangs over Bulgaria's Denkova

Bulgaria's best figure skater Albena Denkova is facing the threat of developing bronchial asthma and will have to stop training for a while, media reported. Denkova and her skating partner Maxim Staviski, 2004 European silver medallists, withdrew from th

Sports | February 2, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1802

Bojinov Pay Boosted Fourfold

Bulgarian striker Valeri Bojinov will receive EUR 1 M per season at his new Italian team Fiorentina, La Nazione newspaper was cited as saying. This is four times the sum that the 19-year-old used to receive at Lecce.

Sports | February 2, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 2880

Report: Juventus Move ahead for Bojinov

Media have dropped a hint about a transfer of Bulgarian teenage sharpshooter Bojinov to Juventus this summer, shortly after Fiorentina swept the striker from Lecce. The surprising EUR 13 M sale to the Florence club was announced on Monday evening.

Sports | February 1, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1946

Hotshot Valeri Bojinov Sold to Fiorentina

Bulgaria's teenage football star Valeri Bojinov has been sold to Fiorentina, media announced Monday. His past team Lecce will receive EUR 13 M plus midfielder Jaime Andres Valdes, Goal.

Sports | January 31, 2005, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 5579
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