Tens of Bulgarian sports champions were rewarded by the Sports Ministry. Award-winning boxers, biathlonists, wrestlers, weightlifters, ice skaters, gymnasts and chess players received the prizes from Sports Minister Vassil Ivanov.
Argentinean megastar Diego Maradona was released from hospital after 12 days of intensive care. He was rushed to the private Buenos Aires clinic after suffering a heart crisis and breathing failure.
The 3-0 victory of the Bulgarian national team over Cameroon was very important for the confidence of the players. That was said by the captain of the team Stilian Petrov, who suffered ankle injury.
Bulgaria's Zdravko Lazarov and Vladimir Ivanov have apparently impressed international observers during the Cameroon friendly. "With established wingers Georgi Peev and Martin Petrov not in their best form, Gaziantepspor's Zdravko Lazarov may be a great
Bulgaria's free-style wrestlers is bracing up for the upcoming summer Olympic games in Athens.
Bulgarian heavyweight Levski FC celebrates this year its 90th Anniversary. According to the club's chairman, celebrations start on May 16.
Bulgarian beer brewer Kamenitza launches an amateur football championship this spring.
Former captain of the Bulgarian football team Krassimir Balakov will accompany the players in Portugal.
Greece has decided to allot a total of EUR 1 B for the security of the Olympics 2004. At first it was planned that some EUR 670 M would be alloted to secure the sportsmen and the visitors during the Olympic games in Bulgaria's southern neighbour.
Bulgarian footballers won 3-0 in a friendly with Cameroon. The winners owe two of the goals - including a penalty kick - to young Dimitar Berbatov.
The captain of Bulgaria's national football team in No 3 on Scotland's ranking. Stilian Petrov, also a Celtic midfielder, followed his teammate Henrik Larsson.
Football megastar Hristo Stoitchkov is one of the characters in a movie about Johan Cruyff. Shooting the film should start in the end of May.
They were due to arrive in Sofia on Tuesday. Visa problems kept them in France until the next day, and the plane finally landed in Sofia on Wednesday afternoon - just a few hours before the game.
The arrival of Cameroon footballers to Bulgaria was postponed because of visa problems. The nationals had to arrive at Sofia Airport on Tuesday afternoon.
Bulgaria's national team will play in brand new outfits at Euro 2004 in Portugal this summer. The garment collection named Accelerator 2004 consists of separate outfits for training, fro official matches and for leisure time, as well as training and goal
Maradona's breathing no longer needs respirator aid, doctors announced on Saturday. The Argentinean football star suffered major heart and breathing trouble last Sunday.
Bulgaria's Levski FC scored a dramatic victory against CSKA, in a match of the National Championship. The first half of the game ended with a 0-0 draw.
Three teenagers have been nabbed near the stadium where Saturdays' Levski-CSKA football match takes place. The infringers were trying to hide fireworks at the site, with the intention to take them inside when the game starts.
Zinedine Zidane has been named Europe's best footballer of the last 50 years in an Internet poll. Zidane collected 123,582 votes of users of the UEFA website http://www.
Sofia introduced unprecedented security measures for a football game on Saturday. Police is checking for bombs possibly planted at the Bulgarian Army Stadium.
A Cuban teen is boasting recent conception from ailing Maradona. Adonay Fruto, aged 19, has told her friends she was carrying the football legend's child.
UN Happiness Report: Bulgaria's Astonishing Leap in Rankings
Bulgaria: 3 Regions With Lowest Life Expectancy - EU Report 2022
