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Bulgaria Involved in Yet Another Rigged Friendly Scandal - Report [Feb 20, 2012] Bulgarians have allegedly tried to "fix" the Romania-Uruguay football friendly scheduled for the end of February. The Bulgarians have called Romanian Football Federation President Mircea Sandu proposing EUR 20 000 in exchange of substituting the referee of the game with "their man", explaining that they needed just one more game to reach FIFA's Elite Category. Sandu, however, became suspicious ... [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's Kaliakra boycott game over referee appointment [Mar 20, 2011] Bulgaria's Kaliakra boycotted their league match with Levski Sofia on Saturday in protest over the appointment of a referee for another weekend game. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Kaliakra boycott game over referee appointment [Mar 19, 2011] Bulgaria's Kaliakra boycotted their league match with Levski Sofia on Saturday in protest over the appointment of a referee for another weekend game. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria coach Stoilov expects Man Utd ace Rooney to lose rag [Sep 03, 2010] Manchester United Wayne Rooney Bulgaria coach Stanimir Stoilov wants match officials to keep an eye on England's Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney for their Euro2012 qualifier. Stoilov believes the pressure could get to Rooney and urged Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai and his fellow officials to stamp out any aggression he might show towards his players. Stoilov said: "If Rooney is nervous ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria coach Stoilov expects Man Utd ace Rooney to lose rag [Sep 03, 2010] Manchester United Wayne Rooney Bulgaria coach Stanimir Stoilov wants match officials to keep an eye on England's Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney for their Euro2012 qualifier. Stoilov believes the pressure could get to Rooney and urged Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai and his fellow officials to stamp out any aggression he might show towards his players. Stoilov said: "If Rooney is nervous ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria Coach Stanimir Stoilov Warns Referee Ahead of England Match [Sep 03, 2010] Bulgaria coach Stanimir Stoilov has warned referee Viktor Kassai that if Wayne Rooney was to get aggressive during their match against England , he must act properly when serving out punishment. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria coach Stoilov stokes fire with Rooney temper jibe [Sep 03, 2010] BULGARIA coach Stanimir Stoilov has called for referee Viktor Kassai to protect his players should England striker Wayne Rooney lose his cool in today?s Euro 2012 qualifier at Wembley. [via YahooNews] More >>

BULGARIA WARN REF OVER ROONEY [Sep 02, 2010] Bulgaria coach Stanimir Stoilov has called for referee Viktor Kassai to protect his players should England striker Wayne Rooney lose his cool in Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier at Wembley. [via YahooNews] More >>