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The Bulgarian tennis player Magdalena Maleeva qualified for the second round of the USD 8.6 M Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park after defeating Marie-Gaiane Mikaelian from Switzerland with 6-3, 6-4.
Sports | January 14, 2002, Monday // 00:00
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A bilateral committee on cooperation between Bulgaria and Greece for the organization of the 2004 Olympic Games will be formed, the head of the State Agency for Youth and Sports, Vassil Ivanov, and the Greek Deputy Minister of Culture who is in charge of
Sports | January 11, 2002, Friday // 00:00
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Bulgarian sports delegation leaves for Greece. The Bulgarian officials will discuss with their Greek colleagues cooperation during the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece.
Sports | January 9, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00
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Former national football coach Dimitur Penev may be appointed coach of the Macedonian national football team, newspapers in Macedonia wrote. "I had talks with Macedonian Football Union and its President Vancho Takovski two months ago.
Sports | January 3, 2002, Thursday // 00:00
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The football player Georgi Ivanov – Gonzo from the national team and the “Levski” team was elected football player of 2001 in Bulgaria for a second year in a row. Ivanov won with 163 points given to him by the Bulgarian sport journalists.
Sports | December 28, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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Gymnast Jordan Jovtchev was elected Sportsman of Bulgaria for 2001 after a poll among the sports journalists in the country. Weightlifter Galabin Boevski and wrestler Nikolay Paslar follow him.
Sports | December 21, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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The best Bulgarian gymnast - Jordan Jovtchev was awarded the prize 'Sports Icarus' of the Bulgarian Sports foundation for achievement of the year. The World champion from Gent (Belgium) was distinguished also with the award of the 'Fairplay' foundation d
Sports | December 20, 2001, Thursday // 00:00
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The organizers of the the competition “Sportsman/woman of the year” announced the nominated ten sportsmen and sportswomen. Journalists made the nominations.
Sports | December 16, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Bulgarians left the 46th World Wrestling Championship in Patras, Greece with no medals. Sergey Moreyko lost against Greece's Xenofon Koutsioubas in the 130 kilograms category's bronze medal round with 0:8.
Sports | December 9, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Luigi Simoni is the new coach of the football team of CSKA. On December 8 he signed a two-year contract under which he is to come into office at the beginning of 2002.
Sports | December 9, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Armen Nazarian and Sergey Mureyko advanced to the quarterfinals of the 46th Greco-Roman World Wrestling Championships in Patras, Greece. Armen Nazarian, Bulgaria's two-time Olympic champion, beat Istvan Majoros of Hungary 4-0 in the 58 kilogram (127 3/4 p
Sports | December 8, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviyski won the bronze in free skating competition in Kumamoto, Japan Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat of France won the gold medal. Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas of Lithuania took the silver medal.
Sports | December 2, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Nikolay Paslar won gold medal at the 69 kg finals of the 35th World Freestyle Wrestling Championship for men in Sofia on November 25. So far the Bessarabian Bulgarian had won 2 bronze medals for Bulgaria at European Championships.
Sports | November 26, 2001, Monday // 00:00
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Nikolay Paslar qualified for the 69 kg final at the 35th World Freestyle Wrestling Championship for men in Sofia. Thus the Bessarabian Bulgarian provided himself the silver medal at least.
Sports | November 25, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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Two Bulgarians, Serafim Barzakov (63 kg) and Krasimir Kochev (97 kg) advanced to the finals. Barzakov won the gold medal with 3-1 against world and Olympic champion Alireza Dabir of Iran.
Sports | November 24, 2001, Saturday // 00:00
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The Minister of State Administration Dimitur Kalchev opened on November 22 the World Freestyle Wrestling Championships in Sofia. The wrestling tournament scheduled for Sept.
Sports | November 23, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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Jordan Jovtchev was pronounced N 1 Gymnast of the already ended 35th World Gymnastics Championship in Gent (Belgium). The Bulgarian won the biggest number of medals in the men's competition - 3, becoming champion at the standing exercises and the loops, a
Sports | November 6, 2001, Tuesday // 00:00
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Bulgaria's Jordan Jovtchev and Russia's elegant Svetlana Khorkina took the limelight by winning two gold medals each out of five individual apparatus finals at the World Gymnastics Championships here on Saturday, AP reported. Jovtchev, bronze medalist on
Sports | November 4, 2001, Sunday // 00:00
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The bosses of Levski had offered to the legendary German footballer in the recent times to take the helm of the 'blues', Todor Batkov, member of the Supervisory Board, said yesterday. 'Schuster insisted on a salary, accounting for 15 percent of the annual
Sports | October 31, 2001, Wednesday // 00:00
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The Bulgarian branch of the Russian oil company LUKoil became major sponsor of the Burgas football club Neftochimik. LUKoil however did not buy the club’s controlling stake.
Sports | October 29, 2001, Monday // 00:00
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CSKA Kyiv (Ukr) 0 - 2 Club Brugge (Bel)
Osijek (Cro) 1 - 2 AEK Athens (Gre)
Sports | October 19, 2001, Friday // 00:00
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