A special ceremony for the hoisting of the Bulgarian flag took place on Monday in the Athens' Olympic village. Bulgaria's Sports Minister Vassil Ivanov and representatives of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee attended the ceremony.
The first group of Bulgaria's Olympic delegation flew to Athens on Sunday, a day after the International Olympic Committee withdrew the accreditation of its head Ivan Slavkov.
The condition of the Greek Olympic judo team member remains critical a day after she fell from the balcony of an apartment. Elli Ioannou, 20, judo champion of Greece, suffered heavy injuries and fractures after she fell from the third-floor balcony repor
State and government heads from 66 countries worldwide have confirmed so far the attendance at the Summer Olympics Games 2004 due to be opened next Friday. A total of 29 heads of state, 26 prime ministers and 11 royal families members, accompanied by num
With a straight sets win over Argentina's Paola Suarez, Bulgaria's golden racket Maggie Maleeva reached the quarter finals at one of her favourite tournaments - the Roger's Cup in Montreal, Canada. Seeded at No.
Bulgaria's best tennis player Maggie Maleeva has cruised into the third round of the WTA Montreal event in Canada. Seeded at No.
The International Olympic Committee Vice-President scolded the BBC Panorama programme for picking the wrong time for the bidding scandal - right before the opening of the Olympic Games in Athens.
The captain of the Bulgarian national team Stilian Petrov missed to score for his team Celtic in their match against Newcastle. A terrific reverse pass from Petrov's teammate McNamara set up a prime opportunity for Stilian but the Bulgarian screwed his s
The International Olympic Committee may suspend temporarily the membership of Bulgarian Ivan Slavkov during the investigation of corruption claims.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge pledged to deal with the corruption claims. In an interview for Reuters Rogge promised that the IOC will take any necessary action over allegations of corruption made by BBC.
The suspicions of corruption in the failed candidacy of Sweden for the Olympic Games 2004, have come back to the limelight, as the IOC seems to plunge into another major corruption scandal after the games in Salt Lake City.
Health care, including esthetic surgery and viagra supplies, are among the favors offered to IOC members inclined "to sell" their votes for an Olympics-bidding city, according to BBC's Panorama. The secretly shot video pictures due to be broadcast tonigh
Bulgaria's top sports official Ivan Slavkov talks openly to fake English consultants about the "favours" which could persuade IOC members to sell their votes, it emerges in the scandalous BBC Panorama investigation over London 2012 bid, which was aired la
In an audio grab from the extremely scandalous BBC Panorama investigation over London 2012 bid Hungarian agent Gabor Komyathy is heard to say he could provide for 20 votes, EUR 200,000 each. Gabor Komyathy has a big reputation in Olympic bidding circles.
The Olympic Games will start in Athens with half-empty stadiums as Greek organisers admitted that they have sold less than half the tickets. Seats were still available for the opening ceremony on 13 August, traditionally the hottest ticket in world sport
A part of the BBC documentary that stirred a major international bribe scandal was aired by the Bulgarian National Television early on Wednesday. Bulgarian Ivan Slavkov has reportedly been secretly filmed by the BBC's Panorama programme discussing how th
The BBC faced the threat of being sued in court over the scheme that accuses Bulgarian IOC member Ivan Slavkov of "inappropriate conduct" in the 2012 Olympic bidding process. Bulgaria's National Olympic Committee is said to be implicated in a vote-purcha
London's bid team cannot be accused of any wrongdoings in the IOC cash-for-votes scandal that implicated Bulgaria's top sports official, according to the BBC.
Bulgaria's top sports official, the IOC member accused of "inappropriate conduct" in the 2012 Olympic bidding process, declined to comment his controversial meeting with fake English business consultants before BBC airs the allegations. I cannot tell you
A reward of BGN 1,000 was offered by the Bulgarian sports radio Gong for any information on the location of the president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee Ivan Slavkov. Slavkov's name was involved in a major bribe scandal within the International Olymp
The president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee Ivan Slavkov is now one of hottest names for the media all over the world.
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