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Bulgaria Facing Croatia in UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifiers

Bulgaria's football team is to play against Croatia in a Group H match of the EURO 2016 qualifying round.

The game begins at 20:45 local time, CEST (21:45 EEST) in Croatia's capital Zagreb.

The previous encounter in Sofia, on the same day a year ago, ended with a loss for Bulgaria (0:1).

2015 Men's Volleyball European Championship Begins in Bulgaria, Italy

The 29th edition of the men's volleyball European Championship begins in Bulgaria and Italy on Friday.

The final round of the tournament, which will last between October 9 and 18, is hosted by four cities - Sofia and Varna in Bulgaria and Turin and Busto Arsizio in Italy.

A total of sixteen teams are split into four groups with four teams each.

EC Prez. Juncker proposed number of refugees per each EU country

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker speaking at Strasbourg Wednesday called on EU member states to receive a portion of the refugees currently in Greece, Italy and Hungary, by presenting a proposal with the number he believed should be relocated to each country. According to the Commission’s estimates there are currently 54,000 in Hungary, 50,400 in Greece and 15,600 in Italy.

All you want to know about Eurobasket 2015

16 days if Eurobasket kicked off on Saturday with six days of group play at several European locations before the action is transferred to Lille, France.
Group play will be split between Berlin (Germany), Zagreb (Croatia), Riga (Latvia) and Montpellier (France).

Group A

Greek National basketball team easily beats fYRoM (85-65) in opening Eurobasket 2015 match

The Greek national baseball team, as expected did the job and comfortably disposed of the lowly rated fYRoM team in its opening Group C match of the 2015 Eurobasket competition 85-65, in Zagreb Croatia. The Greek ‘big’ men dominated in the paint, as Bourousis and Printezis shared over 30 points between them, while the Greeks also had 23 assists.

Bulgaria's Chances of Qualifying for EURO 2016 Diminish After Losing 0:1 to Norway

The Bulgarian men's national football team suffered 0:1 defeat to visiting side Norway in a decisive UEFA EURO 2016 qualifier on Thursday.

Thus, Bulgaria's chances of qualifying for EURO 2016 diminished as Bulgaria is lagging five points behind its direct opponent for the third place in qualification Group H - Norway.

Bulgaria to Face Norway in Decisive EURO 2016 Qualifier

The Bulgarian men's national football team will face Norway in a decisive qualifier for the UEFA EURO 2016 on Thursday evening.

At present, Bulgaria occupies the fourth place in qualification Group H with eight points, being two points behind the team of Norway, which is third.

2015 Eurobasket starts on September 5

Preparation matches for European national basketball teams are over as they line up for the opening jump ball of the 2015 Eurobasket championships in just two days (September 5). It is the first time in history that the competition will be hosted in 4 European countries -Berlin, Germany; Montpellier, France; Riga, Latvia; and Zagreb, Croatia.

Croatian TV shows medals ceremony "after public pressure"

Croatia's state broadcaster HRT showed a short video of the medals ceremony from the FINA World Championships water polo tournament "late on Sunday."

Serbia beat Croatia to win water polo world title

Serbia's men's water polo team have won the gold medal at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

In the final match played late on Saturday, they defeated Croatia 11-4 (2-2, 3-0, 2-2, 4-0).

Nikolic: Croatia's parade is message to Serbs not to return

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic says Croatia's military parade to celebrate Operation Storm sent a message to the expelled Serbs "not to return."

Greece beat Australia to advance to water polo semis

The Greek state should take some pointers on how to be successful by the country’s national sports teams. After the U18 men’s basketball team conquered top spot in the Euro2015 basketball tournament Sunday, it was the turn of the men’s national water polo team to clinch a berth in the semi-finals of the FINA world championship in Kazan, Russia.