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Dramatic 2-1 for Bulgaria's Levski

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.

Sports | April 24, 2004, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 750

Teens Arrested before Key Football Game

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.

Sports | April 24, 2004, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 582

Zidane Named Europe's Best

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.

Sports | April 23, 2004, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 818

Unprecedented Security at Sofia Stadium

Sofia introduced unprecedented security measures for a football game on Saturday. Police is checking for bombs possibly planted at the Bulgarian Army Stadium.

Sports | April 23, 2004, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 968

Teen Boasts Maradona Conception

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.

Sports | April 23, 2004, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 859

Stoickov Entertains Serb Viewers

Bulgarian football ace Hristo Stoitchkov appeared on a popular show of Serbia's RTC television channel. Other guests included popular Serb musicians, with whom Stoitchkov seemed to get along well.

Sports | April 22, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 717

Maradona Turns the Corner

Maradona's life is no longer in danger, media reported Thursday. The Argentinean football star suffered major heart and breathing trouble last Sunday.

Sports | April 22, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 709

Unbeaten Run of Bulgaria's Petrov Celtic Ends

The unbeaten run of Celtic, the team of the captain of the Bulgarian national football squad, Stilian Petrov was ceased by Aberdeen. Celtic was beaten 2-1 at home.

Sports | April 22, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 784

Bulgarian Weightlifters Victorious in Kiev

Bulgarian weightlifters won two gold medals on at the European Championship in Kiev on Wednesday. Sevdalin Minchev grabbed the gold in the 62 kg men's category, while earlier on Wednesday Bulgarian weightlifter Gergana Kirilova won yet another golden med

Sports | April 22, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1005

Bulgaria's Petrov Doubted His Football Talent

Bulgarian Stilian Petrov, who scored the winning goal for his Celtic last Sunday, feared he wasn't good enough to play for Hoops. The captain of the Bulgarian national football team, who is one of four nominees for the Player of the Year award given by h

Sports | April 21, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 826

Soccer Suicide Carnage "Averted" in UK

Ten terror suspects arrested in Britain overnight were planning an attack on Manchester United's stadium during this weekend's blockbuster against Liverpool, according to reports. The Sun newspaper claimed arrests made overnight had almost certainly foil

Sports | April 20, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 817

Maradona Getting Better

Maradona is showing signs of improvement, doctors in Buenos Aires say. The 43-year-old footballer is expected to be taken off his artificial respirator on Wednesday.

Sports | April 20, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 777

Bulgarian Weightlifter Lands European Gold

Bulgarian Isabela Rifatova won a gold medal at the European Weightlifting Championship in Ukraine. Rifatova was victorious in the 48 kg women's category.

Sports | April 20, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 723

Bulgaria's Stilian Petrov Secured Celtic's Victory

Bulgarian midfielder Stilian Petrov secured his club Celtic 39th Scottish championship in a 1-0 win at Kilmarnock. The captain of the Bulgarian national team raced on to Henrik Larsson's deft header to hammer home a 32nd-minute winner for the unbeaten Pr

Sports | April 19, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 795

Maradona in Critical Condition

Argentina's former Cup-winning football captain Diego Maradona is in critical condition in a private clinic in Buenos Aires. The 43-year-old footballer was admitted to the clinic suffering from high blood pressure and a breathing failure.

Sports | April 19, 2004, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 879

Red Card for Bulgarian Star Stoitchkov

Bulgaria's football star Hristo Stoitchkov did not make it among Europe's fifty best footballers in the online poll, organized by UEFA. More than150 000 football fans voted in the poll to elect Europe's best footballer for the last fifty years.

Sports | April 17, 2004, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 828

World Goes Nuts for Euro 2004 Tickets

The last phase of ticket sales for the Euro 2004 started with great demand from the fans, UEFA announced. In just two hours on Thursday, an astounding 10,000 tickets were sold.

Sports | April 16, 2004, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1076

Sofia Bids for Hosting 2014 Olympics

Bulgaria officially submitted its bid for hosting the 2014 Olympics. Capital Sofia and the high-class winter resort of Borovets were suggested fields for the Games.

Sports | April 15, 2004, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1793

Bollettieri Offers Free Training to Bulgarians

Famous tennis coach Nick Bollettieri has pledged to provide free training for Bulgarian kids. Twelve coaches from high-class Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy should arrive in Bulgaria next summer.

Sports | April 14, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 743

Bulgaria One Step Down in FIFA Ranking

Bulgaria was ranked 38th in the latest FIFA ranking in that way going down by one place as compared to the previous month.

Sports | April 14, 2004, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 730

3 Bulgarian Everest Climbers Suffer Altitude Distress

Three alpinists, who are a part of the Bulgarian team that headed to conquer the top of the world- Everest without oxygen sets, suffer light altitudinal distress. Despite that fact the rest of the group will go on with its tasks.

Sports | April 13, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 1000
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