Bayer Leverkusen's striker Dimitar Berbatov became Bulgaria's best footballer for 2004. At a special ceremony organized in Sofia Berbatov received the cup by Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov, who wished him luck and more goals.
Bulgaria's hard-pressed football club Levski is expected to sell hotshot striker Georgi Chilikov to Nuernberg FC, Germany, according to a Bulgarian daily. The team reportedly set a price of EUR 800,000 for the player.
The world football's governing body FIFA will announce Monday the name of Best Player 2004, in a breath-taking gala at the Zurich Opera House. Participants in the key poll had Thierry Henry, Ronaldinho, and Andriy Shevchenko to choose from.
The 222-cm US-born star of LukOil Academic Priest Lauderdale have escaped the basketball team and surprisingly left for his homeland. Together with his fellow countryman Brian Smith, Lauderdale has taken on the flight to the US and according to their per
Bulgaria's best skating duo Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski outplayed their Israeli rivals to eventually end with the bronze of Beijing's Grand Prix. Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov won the original dance with a final score of 65.
The young and most promising Bulgarian sprinter Ivet Lalova was awarded Athlete of 2004, recognition of her excellent performance at the Athens Olympics where she reached both finals at 100m and 200m. Lalova has been approached for a surprising doping pr
Bulgaria's best progressing sprinter this year Ivet Lalova was picked up face of the latest Mitsubishi Colt, she announced at a special press conference Thursday. The official distributor of Mitsubishi, Crysler and Mercedes in Bulgaria, Balkan Star, will
Bulgaria named Thursday its ten footballers that have been chosen to compete for the Footballer of The Year 2004 prize. Most of the nominees have had a year of international successes with Western European teams - like Dimitar Berbatov (Bayer Leverkusen)
Bulgaria's Olympic shooter Maria Grozdeva was voted this year's top sportsperson in the Balkans, the Bulgarian News Agency disclosed Wednesday. Seven official information agencies from the region took part in the survey.
Brazilian striker Ronaldo and Real clubmate Zinedine Zidane led on the teams at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu stadium for a UN-sponsored match against poverty. Officials estimated the crowd in the Bernabeu at 65,000.
Bulgaria's national team coach has named the 18 footballers that will travel for Spain on December 28 for a friendly game. Zdravko Zdravkov, Stoyan Kolev, Georgi Markov, Elin Topuzakov, Mihail Venkov, Assen Karaslavov, Chavdar Yankov, Blagoy Georgiev, Ge
Young Bulgarian football stars Dimitar Berbatov (Bayer Leverkusen) and Vladimir Manchev (Levante) will take part in a celebrity match in Madrid, attended by 70,000 fans. Tuesday's event was initiated by the United Nations (UN) in an effort to fight pover
Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko won the 2004 Golden Ball election, ahead of Barcelona players Deco and Ronaldinho. Shevchenko scored 24 goals last season, helping his team, AC Milan to win the Italian Scudetto.
Bulgaria has sorted out its top ten nominees for the Athlete of The Year Award, bringing together some of the most brilliant examples from the sport grounds for 2004. The list includes Olympic shooting champion Maria Grozdeva, weightlifting Gold winner M
Teenage Bulgarian striker Valeri Bojinov added yet another goal to his Serie A record after a Lecce game against Lazio. Lecce drew their hosts 3-3.
Bulgaria's heavyweight Levski FC thrashed Vojvodina (Novi Sad) 5-1 in a friendly game played in Sofia Saturday. The guest team took a 1-0 lead in the first half of the game, but the Bulgarians were quick to make a dramatic overturn.
Bulgaria's former weightlifting champion Galabin Boevski revealed his intention to flee the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation (BWF). Boevski's ousting from the mat over drug use was recently confirmed by international court.
Bulgaria's new Antarctic mission, dubbed Tangra 2004, has reached the foothills of Falsa Aguja Peak on Friday after falling behind in its schedule due to bad weather.
The leader in world athletics rating and Bulgaria's most promising sprinter Ivet Lalova has been selected best sprint athlete of 2004 in a survey of the country's athletics federation. Lalova was double Olympic finalist at 100m and 200m in Athens this su
Bulgaria's international strikers Dimitar Berbatov (Bayer Leverkusen) and Vladimir Manchev (Levante) will take part in a UN-sponsored match against poverty, Bulgarian media drummed up Thursday. The Bulgarians will play side by side with superstars such a
The management of Bulgarian football champ CSKA finally decided to keep coach Ferario Spassov on the job. The announcement came after CSKA had previously announced they would sack Spassov to replace him with an international figure.
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