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Bulgaria Gymnastics Legend Qualifies for London Olympics [Jan 11, 2012] The living legend of Bulgarian male gymnastics, Yordan Yovchev, has won a quota for the London Summer Olympics, which will be his sixth participation in Olympic Games. On Wednesday, the fourth times world champion scored a total of 82.698 points in the all-round competition and ranked among the top 30, which qualifies them for the games. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Ex-World Chess Champion Drops in Rating [Dec 31, 2010] Former World Champion Vesein Topalov. File photo Bulgaria's chess star and former World Champion Veselin Topalov has dropped one more spot in the FIDE ranking list, reaching 6th for January with a score of 2775. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria's Topalov, Anand Draw 10th Game of World Chess Title Match [May 07, 2010] Bulgaria's Topalov and the world champion Anand each have 5 points with two more games to go before the end of the Sofia World Chess Title Match. Photo by BGNES [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 >>

Laier dominates opening Women's World Championship GP in Bulgaria [Apr 05, 2010] Red Bull KTM factory rider and current world champion was in a class of her own on the challenging MX track at Sevlievo, Bulgaria this weekend, winning both her opening moto on Saturday afternoon and the second moto on Sunday to take her first GP victory in the 2010 racing season. ... [via YahooNews] More >>