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Bulgaria's Pironkova Advances at French Open [May 22, 2011] Bulgaria's top female tennis player, Tsvetana Pironkova, is through to round two, completing a 7-5 6-3 win over Australia's Casey Dellacqua at the French Open tournament. Pironkova made two unforced errors all game and while even though she experienced some differences in the first set against the 26-year old Australian, ranked 317th in the world, she secured herself 100 WTA points and EUR 25 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Face Switzerland in Crucial Euro 2012 Qualifier [Mar 26, 2011] The embattled Bulgarians of Lothar Mathaeus will face the football team of Switzerland in Sofia Saturday evening in a game they have to win to keep any chances of getting to Euro 2012. At this stage, Bulgaria is fourth out of 5 teams in Group G, while it has to end up at least second in order to have a chance to qualify. Out of its 3 games this far, Bulgaria lost to England (4:0) and Montenegro ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Record-High Jackpot Goes to Kubrat [Feb 11, 2011] The record-high BGN 7 M jackpot in Bulgaria's State lottery "Toto" was drawn late Thursday at second draw in the 6/49 game. The winner is reported to be a man from the northeastern town of Kubrat guessing all 6 numbers - 25, 26, 27, 32, 37, 43. He bet BGN 2.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Anticipates Record-High Jackpot [Feb 10, 2011] The jackpot in Bulgaria's state lottery "Toto" is expected to reach the record-high BGN 7 M in the Thursday drawing. On Sunday, the jackpot in the Toto 2 6/49 game survived after failing to find winners 24 draws in a row. The Toto craze in Bulgaria continues as a total of 1 500 370 tickets worth BGN 4 M were bought for the Sunday drawing.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Dimitrov Out of Australian Open [Jan 19, 2011] Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's best male tennis player, has been eliminated in the second round of the Australian Open after losing 5-7, 3-6, 3-6 by Stanislas Wawrinka on Wednesday. Even though the Bulgarian youngster showed a decent performance and had his chances, Wawrinka, ranked 19th in the world, took the best of the game, especially in the last two sets. Wawrinka is trained by Dimitrov's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Capello: 'Bulgaria is Dangerous Team' [Aug 30, 2010] England coach Fabio Capello warned that Bulgaria will be a difficult adversary, some days before Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier game against Bulgaria in London. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Men Volley Team Beats South Korea in World League Game [Jun 12, 2010] Bulgaria's Matey Kaziyski, was the top player from the National Men Volleyball Team in the game against South Korea. Photo by BGNES [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria PM 'Blames' Journalists for Budget Deficit [May 15, 2010] Upon returning from his visit to the city of Pleven, Bulgarias PM, Boyko Borisov (center) won a game of tennis against businessman Nikolay Gigov and journalist Sasho Yovkov as part of the amateur tournament The Cup of the Group. [via YahooNews] More >>

Anand Retains World Chess Title in Bulgaria [May 11, 2010] Viswanathan Anand has defeated Bulgaria star Veselin Topalov to retain his world chess title after winning the final 12 th game in Sofia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Chess Champion Karpov Arrives in Bulgaria for Topalov -Anand Battle [May 02, 2010] Russian chess player, Anatoly Karpov (R), four times world champion of the International Federation of Chess is in Sofia for the 7th game between Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov and Viswanathan Anand of India. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Cricket Chief Backs Twenty20 as Olympic Sport [Apr 30, 2010] Bulgaria cricket chief Nikolay Kolev has supported the idea of Twenty20 cricket being included in the Olympic Games program. We believe that the future development of cricket in Bulgaria should focus on the Twenty20 format of the game. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Cricket Chief Backs Twenty20 as Olympic Sport [Apr 30, 2010] Kolev said we believe that the future development of cricket in Bulgaria should focus on the Twenty20 format of the game." Private Photo [via YahooNews] More >>

Scotland Destroy Bulgaria in Women's World Cup Qualifier [Apr 03, 2010] Bulgaria s national womens football team was destroyed 1-8 in Scotland late Friday in qualifying for the Womens World Cup 2011. Julie Fleeting marked her return to international football after the birth of her daughter with four goals as Scotland dominated the game, the BBC reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

England starts Euro 2012 campaign against Bulgaria (Connecticut Post) [Mar 25, 2010] TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ? England will kick off its Euro 2012 qualification campaign with a home match against Bulgaria on Sept. 3. The game was announced Thursday at a UEFA draw. [via YahooNews] More >>

England to start Euro campaign against Bulgaria (Connecticut Post) [Mar 25, 2010] TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ? England will kick off its Euro 2012 qualification campaign with a home match against Bulgaria on Sept. 3. The game was scheduled Thursday at a UEFA draw in Tel Aviv. [via YahooNews] More >>

England start Euro 2012 campaign against Bulgaria (AP via Yahoo! Sports) [Mar 25, 2010] England will kick off its Euro 2012 qualification campaign with a home match against Bulgaria on Sept. 3. The game was scheduled Thursday at a UEFA draw in Tel Aviv. Group G, which contains Fabio Capello's team, was one of four pools where UEFA was forced to hold a draw to determine the schedule after the competing football associations were unable to come to an agreement. [via YahooNews] More >>

EC Interim Report on Bulgaria Tied Up with Penal Code (Novinite.com) [Mar 01, 2010] Brussels is playing a wait-and-see game, which is the reason for the delay in the issuing of its interim report in connection with mechanisms for collaboration and control of internal affairs and justice systems in Bulgaria, reports say. [via YahooNews] More >>

EC Interim Report on Bulgaria Tied Up with Penal Code (Novinite.com) [Mar 01, 2010] Brussels is playing a wait-and-see game, which is the reason for the delay in the issuing of its interim report in connection with mechanisms for collaboration and control of internal affairs and justice systems in Bulgaria, unofficial information says. [via YahooNews] More >>