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Maleeva Enters Acura Classic Tournament's 1/8

Bulgaria's best tennis player Magdalena Maleeva entered the third round of the Acura Classic tournament in San Diego, California after she beat 6-1, 6-3 Australia's Alicia Molik. Bulgaria's Maleeva, seeded tenth, will meet at the 1/8 finals Russia's Elen

Sports | July 31, 2003, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 565

Bulgaria's Two Leading Football Clubs Meet November 2nd

Bulgaria's Supreme Football League leader CSKA will meet its main rival Levski on November 2nd. The match will be part of the 11th round of Bulgaria's First Division Championship.

Sports | July 29, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 571

Bulgaria's Best Tennis Player Retains WTA Ranking

Bulgaria's best tennis player Magdalena Maleeva retained the 13th position in the World Tennis Association (WTA) Ranking. Maleeva has secured 1,700 points.

Sports | July 28, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 535

UK Soccer Team Ipswich Interested in Bulgaria's Goalkeeper

British soccer team Ipswich is interested in Bulgaria's national goalkeeper Dimitur Ivankov.

Sports | July 27, 2003, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 817

Bulgaria's CSKA Might Play against Turkish Soccer Heavyweight

In case Bulgarian soccer team CSKA beats Armenia's Punic, it would face Turkish heavyweight Galatasaray in the third preliminary round of the Champions League. This is what the lot drawn on Friday in the UEFA headquarters in Swiss city Nyon showed.

Sports | July 25, 2003, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 612

Teenage Bulgarian Wins European Shooting Championship

Bulgaria's 14-years old Monika Kostova became European sports shooting champion at the championship in Pilzen, Czech Republic (rifle, pistol, running). Kostova ranked first among the girls in 25 m pistol dicipline.

Sports | July 25, 2003, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 629

Bulgaria's Milev Wins Silver in European Shooting Championship

Bulgaria's Emil Milev won silver medal in the shooting championship in Plzen, Czech Republic (rifle, pistol, running). Milev was ranked second in 25m pistol quick shooting.

Sports | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 592

Bulgarian Football Forward Joins Stuttgart Club

Bulgaria's Ivan Stoyanov, forward of the Sliven 2000 football team will join Germany's Stuttgart Football Club. Stoyanov was approved by the Stuttgart team coach Felix Magath and is expected to sign the contract by the end of this week.

Sports | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 879

Another Brazilian to Join One of Sofia's Best Soccer Teams

Brazilian forward Rodrigo da Sousa will join one of Bulgaria's two most popular soccer clubs -CSKA Sofia. He is expected in Bulgaria after the team returns from Bad Sassendorf in Germeny where it is preparing for friendlies, the BTA agency reported.

Sports | July 22, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 476

Bulgaria's Best Tennis Player Retains WTA Ranking

Bulgaria's best tennis player Magdalena Maleeva retained 13th place in the World Tennis Association (WTA) Ranking. Maleveeva has 1700 points.

Sports | July 21, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 609

Bulgaria's Kiryakov Won Silver in European Shooting Championship

Bulgaria's Tanyo Kiryakov- two times Olympic winner in sports shooting- won silver medal in 50 m pistol in the shooting championship in Plzen, Czech Republic (rifle, pistol, running). Kiraykov entered the final with the same points as the Ukrainian Makar

Sports | July 20, 2003, Sunday // 00:00 | Viewed: 594

Bulgaria's Grozdeva Wins European Shooting Championship

Bulgaria's Mariya Grozdeva became European champion in 25 m air pistol in the shooting championship in Plzen, Czech Republic (rifle, pistol, running).

Sports | July 19, 2003, Saturday // 00:00 | Viewed: 719

Bulgaria's Top Athlete Skips European Championship

Bulgaria's top athlete Tereza Marinova will skip the World Athletics Championship in French capital Paris in August. The reason is that Marinova still haven't recovered after a serious injury of her right foot.

Sports | July 16, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 603

Bulgaria Up with 9 Places in Ranglist of World Volleyball Federation

Bulgaria has gone up by nine places in the ranglist of the world volleyball federation. The team of Milorad Kijac was ranked 11 with 51.

Sports | July 15, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 620

Bulgaria Ranked 6th in World's Volleyball League

Bulgaria took the sixth place in the ranking of the World's volleyball league. Spain's team left behind Bulgaria.

Sports | July 11, 2003, Friday // 00:00 | Viewed: 516

Bulgaria's Volleyball Team Won Victory Over Russia

Bulgaria won a dramatic 3:1 (18:25, 25:23, 25:18, 25:22) victory over Russia's team at the World's volleyball league in Spain This is the first victory of the Bulgarian team following the two matches with Brazil and Italy when Bulgaria was defeated.

Sports | July 10, 2003, Thursday // 00:00 | Viewed: 644

Bulgaria Defeated Again in World's Volleyball League

Bulgaria's volleyball team lost in a dramatic game 1:3 (25:21, 25:19, 25:23, 23:25) from Italy at the final tournament of World's Volleyball League. That was Bulgarian team's second match at the finals

Sports | July 9, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 650

Four Bulgarians Enter World's Boxing Finals

Four Bulgarian boxers will enter Wednesday finals of the World Boxing Championship. In the category for players up to 69 kilos Bulgaria's Spas Genov will meet 2001 Cuban World Champion Loren Armentieros Aragon.

Sports | July 9, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 592

Retired Bulgarian Football Captain Balakov Invited Back on Field

Krassimir Balakov, former captain of Bulgaria's national football team, may return on the football field, German newspaper wrote Wednesday. Balakov may return in Germany's Stuttgart Football Club if we fail to find a player to replace him, team coach Fel

Sports | July 9, 2003, Wednesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 597

Brazil Beat Bulgaria at World's Volleyball League

Brazil won a 3:1 victory over Bulgaria's volleyball team at the final tournament of World's Volleyball Championship. That was Bulgarian team's first match at the finals.

Sports | July 8, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00 | Viewed: 583

Tour de France Crash Shakes Up Armstrong

A little shaken, Lance Armstrong emerged from the wreckage of a crash at the Tour de France, his hopes of a record-tying fifth victory still intact.

Sports | July 7, 2003, Monday // 00:00 | Viewed: 601
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