Association football

Representatives of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFS) and UEFA carried out an inspection of Beroe stadium in the Bulgarian city of Stara Zagora on Wednesday.

The goal of the inspection was to establish whether the stadium meets the requirements for hosting some of the qualification matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Croatia's footballers beat Malta on Tuesday and qualified for the Euro 2016 tournament finals in France, but some fans and media have not been sharing in the sporting enthusiasm - instead, they have been boycotting the team.

Once on the verge of total humiliation in its qualification campaign, Turkey's national football team has managed to earn a direct ticket to the 2016 European Championship finals in France next summer.

Turkey snatched automatic qualification for Euro 2016 as the best third-placed team with a last-gasp goal to secure a 1-0 win at home to Iceland thanks to Selçuk ?nan's freekick on Oct. 13. 

Bulgaria's football team has defeated Azerbaijan in a UEFA EURO 2016 Qualifiers match which grants it the fourth place in its group.

Bulgaria is not going to the 2016 tournament in France next year, but considered it essential to defend its "honor" as the country's football team is not going through the best of times.

Bulgarian men's team defeated The Netherlands 3:2 in their last Group A qualifier of the 29th edition of the European Volleyball Championship in Sofia on Sunday.

The Bulgarian team snatched the victory, winning the tie-break 17:15 after nearly three hours of play.

Bulgaria and the Netherlands were tied in a 2:2 draw after two hours of play in their last Group A qualifier of the 29th edition of the European Volleyball Championship in Sofia on Sunday.

The Bulgarian team lost the fourth game 23:25 after leading 2:1 (29:27, 20:25, 28:26).

The Croatian football scooped an easy victory against Bulgaria in a UEFA EURO 2016 qualifier game in Zagreb on Saturday evening.

Croatia's Ivan Peri?i? managed to score as early as the 2nd minute of the first half, and the second goal followed in the 42nd minute by Ivan Rakiti?. N. Kalini? followed in the 81st minute.

Bulgaria has secured a tough victory over the Czech Republic in a match of the 2015 Men's European Volleyball Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria. 

After losing a weak game by 19:25, the Bulgarian team started the second one catching up on the opponent point after point and eventually winning the game 25:20.

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).