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Real Madrid Arrives In Sofia
The Spanish football team Real Madrid arrived in Sofia on Tuesday afternoon for its match against Bulgaria's Ludogorets in the Champions League.
The team was welcomed by many fans and had a practice at the Vasil Levski national stadium where the two teams will play on Wednesday evening.
The tickets for the game have been sold out last week.
Bulgaria's Dimitrov Beats Verdasco in First China Open Match
Tennis player Grigor Dimitrov managed to secure a hard victory against Spain's Fernando Verdasco in his first encounter at China Open in Beijing.
Dimitrov won the match that lasted 1 h 36 min and ended 6:1, 3:6, 6:3.
After an easy first set for Dimitrov, Verdasco posed a tough challenge to the Bulgarian, who lost the second one.
Bulgaria’s Women’s Volleyball Team Defeats Canada at World Championship
The women's national volleyball team of Bulgaria has scored a new remarkable victory at the World Championship in Italy.
The Bulgarians won against Canada with 3: 0 (25:17, 25:16, 25:18) thus landing the 3rd place in the group with nine points, leaving Turkey behind, Nova TV reports.
Tennis: Andreea Mitu wins ITF Podgorica (Montenegro) tournament
Romanian tennis player Andreea Mitu (seeded fourth) has won the 25,000-dollar ITF Podgorica (Montenegro) tournament, on Sunday, after disposing of Russian player Vitalia Diatchenko in the final, by 6-1, 6-4.
Grigor Dimitrov Eyes ATP Finals in London This Season
Making it into the ATP World Tour finals in London will be Grigor Dimitrov's main goal until the end of the season, Bulgaria's top tennis player delcared on Sunday.
Dimitrov described the past months as "the best season" in his career while speaking at his first press conference before the China Open tournament in Chinese capital Beijing.
Bulgaria Wins Gold at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championship
The Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team won the gold medal at the AA competition of the 33rd Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Izmir, Turkey.
A breathtaking performance of two routines brought a total of 34 449 points to Reneta Kamberova, Mihaela Maevska-Velichkova, Tsvetelina Naydenova, Tsvetelina Stoyanova, Hristiyana Todorova.
Turkey to face giant Brazil in Volleyball World Cup
Turkey’s national women’s volleyball team will meet heavyweight Brazil in the 2014 FIVB Women’s World Championship on Sept. 27, following a defeat to Bulgaria
Men's volleyball team still third in CEV ranking
BELGRADE - Men's volleyball team of Serbia still takes the third place in the latest European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) ranking.
CEV has published the ranking after the end of the world championship in Poland, and Serbia is still ranked third with 324 points, the Serbian Volleyball Association released in a statement.
Bulgaria's Pironkova Starts China Open with Victory
Bulgaria's tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova started her participation in the China Open tennis tournament with a victory.
She beat the American Nicole Gibbs by 4:6, 6:2, 7:5, and qualified for the next round. There the Bulgarian tennis player will face Croatian Ajla Tomljanović.
Serbia ease past Cameroon for third World Championship win
TRIESTE - The Serbian women's volleyball team beat Cameroon 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 26-24) in their World Championship Pool B, Round 3 match in Trieste, Italy on Thursday.
Coach Zoran Terzic's team scored their third consecutive victory after beating Turkey (3-0) and Bulgaria (3-2).
There will be no fixtures on Friday, and Serbia will next face Canada on Saturday.
Bulgaria Wins 16 Medals at 2014 Special Olympics European Summer Games
Bulgarian athletes have won 16 medals at the 2014 Special Olympics European Summer Games in Antwerp.
The competitions took place on September 9-21 and brought together over 2000 athletes with intellectual disabilities from 58 countries, 1000 coaches, more than 4000 volunteers and over 300 officials, thousands of families, friends and journalists from all over the world.
Bulgarians Win 12 Medals at World Arm Wrestling Championship in Vilnius
Bulgaria has won 4 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals in the first two days of the 36th World Arm Wrestling Championship.
The arm wrestling championship takes place in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 17-20 September, according to reports of the BGNES news agency.
Sofia Fails to Become Host City for Euro 2020 Matches
Bulgaria will not host any matches of the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship, according to an announcement of UEFA.
UEFA announced the 13 venues that would host matches for the championship after a meeting of its executive committee in Geneva on Friday.
Sofia was one of the 19 candidates to host matches of Euro 2020 but it failed to make it among the 13 winners.
Ludogorets Loses 1-2 to Liverpool in Champions League Clash
Liverpool kicked off their return to UEFA Champions League after beating Bulgaria's Ludogorets 2-1 on Tuesday night.
It was far from plain sailing for the hosts at Anfield, as the Bulgarian champions proved worthy opponents in their first ever Champions League appearance.
Bulgaria Men's Volleyball Team Loses to Finland
Bulgaria was defeated 3:0 by Finland as the team played its last match at the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championships Poland 2014.
Sunday's loss was the sixth in a row for the Bulgarians, who only managed to beat Mexico, China and Egypt during the world tournament.