Sport in Bulgaria

Bulgaria's national stadium “Vasil Levski” will be partially renovated this year. 

According to the director of National Sports Bases Mario Primdzhanov, the renovation will start in the end of April and will be completed by the start of the European football tournaments in July. 

It was the debilitation of Bulgarian Interior Ministry that led to Friday's tragedy in the town of Lyaskovets .

These comments were made for Bulgarian National Television by the expert Tihomir Bezlov from the Center for the Study of Democracy.

CSKA Sofia defeated their biggest rivals Levski 1:0 in the first round of the Bulgarian league playoffs.

The match was quite an even encounter and was heading for a goalless draw, when Plamen Krachunov headed a winning goal from a corner kick in the 93rd minute.

This was the second consecutive win for CSKA over Levski in the span of a week.

Police in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia have detained 98 people ahead of Saturday’s football derby between rivals Levski Sofia and CSKA.

The first round of the Bulgarian league playoffs between the country’s bitterest rivals is on Saturday from 4:15 PM local time at the Vasil Levski National Stadium.

Petko Petkov who today killed a police officer and wounded three other during a police operation in Bulgarian town of Lyaskovets was aggressive and emotionally unstable. 

The coach of Bulgarian football champions Ludogorets Razgrad, Stoycho Stoev, had no bitter feelings after his team's 0:3 loss to Valencia on Thursday night.

The Europa League 1/8 finals first leg was played at Sofia’s Vasil Levski National Stadium in front of 42,000 spectators.

Bulgaria's national team coach Lyuboslav Penev received a warm welcome by the officials of Valencia Football Club, where he played for 6 years (1989-1995).