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Bulgarian National Volleyball Team to Participate in the European Championship in Poland
Men's national volleyball team kicks off today at 6:30 pm to participate in the European Championship in Poland, reported bTV.
The first rival of Bulgaria is Russian team and they will play at Arena Krakow. The match is from Preliminary Group C, where are also Slovenia and Spain.
Today is the Draw for the Champions League Groups
After the last matches in the Champions League final round, all the teams for the group stage of the tournament were announced last night, informs the Bulgarian National Television.
Real Madrid (Spain), Bayern (Germany), Chelsea (England), Juventus (Italy), Monaco (France), Benfica (Portugal), Spartak (Russia) and Shakhtar (Ukraine) are in the first pot.
Young Turkish javelin thrower makes it to final in London
Turkish athlete Eda Tuğsuz will be aiming for another career milestone on Aug. 8 in the women's javelin event at the World Athletics Championships in London.
Tuğsuz, 20, made the final with a throw of 63.87 meters in the qualifications on Aug. 6, beating the mark of 63.50 meters for automatic qualification.
Slovenian football fans chant "Kill, kill, kill Ustasha"
Croatian media are abuzz with reports of the scandalous behavior displayed by the fans of Slovenia's Maribor football club, during an UEFA CL qualifier.
Maribor FC squared off with Zrinjski FC from Bosnia-Herzegovina - a club that represents the Croat population from the town of Mostar."
Panionios beats Gorica in Slovenia too
Panionios triumphed 3-2 at Gorica on Thursday to go through to the third qualifying round of the Europa League with a 5-2 aggregate score.
The Nea Smyrni team traveled to Slovenia armed with the 2-0 home win from the first leg, and scored three times in the first half from four chances it got against a wobbly defense.
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Slovenian football fans chant "Kill, kill, kill Ustasha"
Croatian media are abuzz with reports of the scandalous behavior displayed by the fans of Slovenia's Maribor football club, during an UEFA CL qualifier.
Maribor FC squared off with Zrinjski FC from Bosnia-Herzegovina - a club that represents the Croat population from the town of Mostar."
Yesil brace give Panionios win over Gorica
Panionios returned to European action after nine years of absence with a 2-0 home win over Slovenia's Gorica on Thursday at the first leg of the second qualifying round of the Europa League.
Basketball team gets first naturalised player after 20 years
The 27-year-old, who was born in Germany, has been recently put on a 30-man preliminary roster of the Slovenian national team ahead of the training camp for the EuroBasket in September.
Sports Digest: Panionios to face Shirak or Gorica
SOCCER: In the second qualifying round of the Europa League Panionios will face the winner of the first-round tie between Shirak of Armenia and Gorica of Slovenia, according to the draw that took place on Monday. The Nea Smyrni team's games are scheduled on July 13 and 20, with the first leg taking place in Greece.
Sports Digest: World-class jump by Tentoglou
TRACK & FIELD: Teenager Miltos Tentoglou produced a new national Under-20 record in the men's long jump and the fourth best jump in the world this year measuring 8.29 meters at the National Championship that took place over the weekend in Patra.
Slovenia beat Malta to stay in play for 2018 World Cup
Slovenia were dominant from the very beginning but needed a whole half to break the pesky Maltese, with Josip Iličić scoring in the stoppage time of the first period with a beautiful one-on-one action.
Hockey: Slovenia finish last in group at World Championships
Slovenia lost all seven matches in the group stage and already after the sixth defeat it was clear the team would be relegated to Division I A.
Jan Muršak scored the only goal for Slovenia against France.
Hockey: Slovenia relegated at World Championship
Žiga Jeglič and David Rodman scored the only goals for Slovenia in the first third.
Nik Zupančič, Slovenia's head coach, said after the game that the first third was okay, but that everything came crumbling down in the second: "Four goals are too much at this level of competition."
Judoka Trstenjak defends European champion title
This is the fifth medal at European judo championships for Trstenjak, who is also the reigning Olympic and world champion in the category.
In the gold medal match, the 26-year-old from Celje defeated Margaux Pinot of France after four and a half minutes of extended time.