Yordan Lechkov

The Bulgarian Football Union will initiate a meeting between Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the bosses of professional football clubs because of the pressure on the referees and the tensions surrounding the games in the First League lately, said Borislav Mihaylov.

The friendly match of the national team against Saudi Arabia, which BFU Vice President Yordan Lechkov first reported a week ago, was confirmed yesterday.

Bulgaria's national football coach Ivaylo Petev has turned down an offer from Dinamo Zagreb, a leading Croatian club, according to private broadcaster bTV.

However, the Bulgarian Football Union's President Yordan Lechkov has said Bulgaria will have a new coach within a few days.

The wife of a mayoral candidate in the village of Kamen, Southern Bulgaria, has been injured in a blast at the candidate's home, media reports suggest.

The device was reportedly attached to a stone and thrown into the house of Yordan Todorov on Thursday evening.

Bulgaria will have a record number of representatives in the committees of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).

This became clear after the first meeting of the newly elected executive committee of UEFA in Prague, daily Dnevnik reports.

June 26 marks the 20th anniversary of Bulgaria’s first ever win in a World Cup match, 4:0 against Greece.

Yordan Lechkov's winning goal against Germany in the 1994 quarterfinal was selected in the 100 Greatest World Cup Moments of UK's The Independent.

The British edition is selecting some of the most memorable moments in the history of the competition ahead of this summer's World Cup in Brazil.