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author: Wilhelm Baltagian

Hristo Stoichkov – from “Expel Him” to “Hosanna!”

The most successful Bulgarian football player and winner of the Golden Ball and the Golden Shoe awards, as well as winner of the UEFA Champions League, legendary Hristo Stoichkov celebrates his 50 th birthday. Hristo Stoichkov was born on..

08.02.16 15:25 |

European Pétanque Championship Albena 2015 – Bulgaria secures place in world elite

Petanque is an ancient but growing sport, which is accessible to both children and old people. In order to practice the sport one needs 12 metal balls, a smaller wooden ball called cochonnet (literally "piglet"), flat but not very hard surface where you..

30.09.15 14:29 |
The Bulgarian football champion from the past few years Ludogorets started with a 0-1 loss against a team from Southeastern Bulgaria

New Bulgarian football championship follows old patterns

Just a week after the end of the biggest football event – the World Cup in Brazil, the first round of the Bulgarian A Football Group, season 2014-2015, started. Unfortunately, the new championship promises to follow old patterns. The reasons for such..

21.07.14 13:43 |

FC Levski turns 100

There are ancient crafts in Bulgaria and traditions are kept by few masters transferred from one generation to another. There are also generations of artists, doctors, lawyers, but one of the most popular traditions is the respect towards the..

23.05.14 13:45 |

Bulgarian Football Championship ends – Ludogorets era continues

The Bulgarian football championship season 2013-2014 has ended. For the first time the championship was organized in a different scheme. 14 participants in the A group played the record 38 matches during two stages of the championship. The end..

20.05.14 14:35 |
The long-awaited derby match between Levski and CSKA offered the fans of football rough play

First stage of Bulgarian football championship ends

Real vs Barcelona, Inter versus Milan, Celtics vs Rangers... In almost every football tournament in the world there are derbies that gather a great number of fans. This is also true for the Bulgarian football league. In the 26-th round of this..

10.03.14 14:27 |

Sports Roundup: The XXII Winter Olympics opened in Sochi

A spectacular show that started symbolically at 20:14 Moscow time on Friday, opened in Sochi the XXII Winter Olympics. 40,000 spectators in the stadium and about 3 billion in front of the TV sets watched the event. Bulgarian alpine skier Maria..

10.02.14 13:58 |