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Bulgaria's Panagyurishte Enters Race to Host Chess Candidates Battle [Jan 31, 2012] Bulgaria has endorsed the town of Panagyurishte to run for host of this year's Candidates Tournament chess clashes, it has been revealed. London and Baku have already entered the race to host the prestigious event, while New York is expected to join them. Bulgaria recently hosted two key chess battles ? the Candidate Match between Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky in 2009 and Topalov's subsequent ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Protests Rude Treatment of Volleyball Fans by Greece [Jan 12, 2012] Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has announced that it will send a note of protest over a serious incident involving Bulgarian citizens on the Bulgarian-Greek border. Bulgarian citizens with no aggressive intentions had not been allowed to see a volleyball match in Thessalon [via YahooNews] More >>

Hopman referee steps in to part angry Fish and Dimitrov [Jan 06, 2012] PERTH (Reuters) - American Mardy Fish and Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov had to be separated by the match referee when they squared up to each other during a changeover in a bad-tempered Hopman Cup encounter on Friday. The pair traded insults throughout their singles match and the mixed doubles before the tie between the two bottom teams in Group A ended with a 2-1 win for Bulgaria over the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria wins mixed doubles over Denmark to clinch Hopman Cup win [Jan 04, 2012] PERTH, Australia ? Bulgaria?s Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov came back from a set down to win the deciding mixed doubles and complete a 2-1 victory over Denmark?s Caroline Wozniacki and Frederik Nielsen at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday. The Bulgarians won the mixed doubles 3-6, 6-4, 10-1 in the match tiebreak, leaving both teams with 1-1 records in Group A. Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria to Play Friendly with Netherlands on Euro 2012 Eve [Dec 10, 2011] Bulgaria will face the Netherlands in a friendly on May 26, turning thus into one of the last rivals the tulips will clash with before the Euro 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine. The venue of the match has not been picked yet. The Dutch team had tough luck during the draw of its rivals in the European Championship.... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Dimitrov Ousted by Raonic at Stockholm Open [Oct 22, 2011] Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's biggest male tennis hopeful, failed to advance to the semifinals at the Stockholm Open, as he was defeated 5-7, 4-6 by another up-and-comer, Milos Raonic. Dimitrov managed to stay even for much of the first set, but he cracked with a poor service game at 5-5 and failed to recover for the rest of the match. The Canadian achieved 14 aces and hit 34 winners in 78 minutes ... [via YahooNews] More >>

UEFA opens racism investigation against Bulgaria (AP) [Oct 05, 2011] UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Bulgaria over allegations that racist abuse was directed at England players during a Euro 2012 qualifying match last month. European football's governing body says the Bulgarian Football Union faces charges of "discriminatory behavior relating to chanting by home supporters" from the Group G game in Sofia on Sept. [via YahooNews] More >>

UEFA opens racism investigation against Bulgaria [Oct 05, 2011] UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Bulgaria over allegations that racist abuse was directed at England players during a Euro 2012 qualifying match last month. European football's governing body says the Bulgarian Football Union faces charges of "discriminatory behavior relating to chanting by home supporters" from the Group G game in Sofia on Sept. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Dimitrov Upsets Croatian Dodig at Bangkok ATP Tournament [Sep 26, 2011] Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria returns to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France during their second round match for the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 23 June ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Top Players Out of Squad for Wales Clash - Report [Sep 23, 2011] Bulgaria will go to the euro qualifier against Wales next month without two of its top players ? Stiliyan Petrov and Martin Petrov, according to local media reports. If confirmed, the move will be an echo of the recently dismissed former coach Lothar Matthaeus' tactics, who left out of the match against Belarus the most experienced pair only to be put to shame after a humiliating but well ... [via YahooNews] More >>

England Attract Little Interest in Bulgaria [Aug 31, 2011] Bulgaria are struggling to sell tickets for Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier at home to England, despite coach Lothar Matthaeus saying that the match is the biggest of the year so far for football in the Balkan country. [via YahooNews] More >>

England attract little interest in Bulgaria [Aug 31, 2011] Bulgaria are struggling to sell tickets for Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier at home to England, despite coach Lothar Matthaeus saying that the match is the biggest of the year so far for football in the Balkan country. [via YahooNews] More >>

England attract little interest in Bulgaria (Reuters) [Aug 31, 2011] Bulgaria are struggling to sell tickets for Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier at home to England, despite coach Lothar Matthaeus saying that the match is the biggest of the year so far for football in the Balkan country. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hitzfeld opts for young Swiss squad vs. Bulgaria (AP) [Aug 28, 2011] Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld has named a young and inexperienced squad for a 2012 European Championship qualifying match against Bulgaria. Hitzfeld's 22-player roster includes three teenagers, and eight players who have played no more than two international matches. Backup goalkeeper Marco Woelfli, who turned 29 last week, is the oldest player. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Cheers Up Football Fans with Patriotic T-Shirt [Aug 18, 2011] Ahead of Bulgaria's qualifier against England on September 2, the football union in Sofia plans to launch on the market - in an apparent fit of patriotism, combined with commercial flair - T-shirts with the Balkan country anthem on it. The T-shirt is white and on its front side there is a ball with the flags of both countries and the date of the match stamped. On the back the text of the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov Scores 1st ATP Masters Win [Aug 16, 2011] Bulgaria's best male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has won his matchup against Turk Marsel Ilhan, in the opening round of Western and Southern Financial Group Masters. Grigor Dimitrov, aka Grisho beat Ilhan 6:3, 7:5 in the match at the outdoor hard courts of the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, near Cincinnati, United States, on Monday afternoon. This was Grisho's first win in the ATP ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Wins Palermo Opener [Jul 12, 2011] Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova is through to the second round of the Palermo tournament after she beat Georgian Anna Tatishvili 6-2 7-5 in one hour and 30 minutes. Both players traded breaks regularly in the match, with world number 83 Tatishvili giving up her serve seven times and Bulgarian Pironkova saving just one of the five break-point opportunities she conceded ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Stuns Venus Williams at Wimbledon Again [Jun 27, 2011] Bulgaria's Tsvetana Pironkova produced a brilliant display on Monday to score a historic victory over Venus Williams at Wimbledon for the second time, making her way to the quarter-finals. In one of the most fascinating match-ups of the tournament, the Bulgarian top female tennis player clinched her victory against the US star confidently 6:2, 6:3. Pironkova and Williams faced off after on ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Pironkova Off to Flying Start at Wimbledon [Jun 21, 2011] Bulgaria's top female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova smashed Italian Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-1 for less than an hour in her opening match at the Wimbledon Grand Slam Tournament. The first set took Pironkova just 21 minutes, as she succeeded in breaking two of the 19-year-old Italian's service games. The Bulgarian then closed the second set with even greater ease, giving away just one game to her ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Dimitrov Out of French Open [May 25, 2011] Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's hot young tennis prospect, failed to advance to the second round in his first Roland Garros debut. Dimitrov played a weak match in the first round of Roland Garros in Paris, France. Jeremy Chardy of France easily defeated the Bulgarian in straight sets 6-2 6-4 6-4.... [via YahooNews] More >>