Sport in Bulgaria

Bulgaria will host the decisive play-off against Hungary from the third round of Group II Europe/Africa of the Davis Cup in September.

The winner from the encounter will be promoted to Group I of the Davis Cup.

The matches will be played at the National tennis centre in Sofia and will take place between September 18 and 20.

The holders of the Bulgarian Cup Cherno More surprisingly claimed the country's Supercup on Wednesday.

The team from Varna defeated the reigning football champion Ludogorets with 1:0 and won its first ever Supercup.

Jora and Black, the two Bulgarian circus lions awaiting relocation to a sanctuary in Africa by The Born Free Foundation, have been moved to a local zoo from their confinement in a small cage near Sofia.

The Bulgarian men's volleyball team on Sunday defeated Cuba for a second time in 24 hours in a FIVB World League match in Varna, Bulgaria.

Unlike in the Saturday match, which ended with a sweeping 3:0 victory, Bulgaria lost a game the next day, but triumphed 25:19, 25:19, 19:25, 25:17.

The Bulgarian men's national volleyball team won a silver medal after losing the final against Germany at the First European Games in Baku.

Bulgaria lost 1-3 (16-25, 18-25, 31-29, 21-25) in a thrilling match on Sunday, offering a staunch resistance in the third set.

Bulgarian businessman Todor Batkov has announced he is transferring all his shares in the Levski football club to three shareholders.

The ownership of Levski, which was not until long ago one of Bulgaria's best-known and most professional football teams, will be in the hands of Ivo Tonev, Aleksandar Angelov, and Nikolay Ivanov.

No charges have yet been pressed against Georgi Georgiev, mayor of the town of Botevgrad in Northwestern Bulgaria, the Sofia District Prosecutor's Office has said.

A probe has been launched into allegedly flawed public procurement.

On Monday morning Georgiev was detained by Sofia police officers who escorted him to the capital.

The Bulgarian men's national volleyball team recorded on Tuesday its second consecutive victory at the European Games in Baku.

Bulgaria defeated Italy with 3:1 (25-21, 22-25, 34-32, 25-19) and continued its successful performance after having defeated Belgium in its first match at the games.

Georgi Dermendzhiev, the coach of Bulgaria's reigning football champion Ludogorets Razgrad, announced his withdrawal from the club on Sunday.

Dermendzhiev made the announcement seconds after the final whistle of his team's last game for the season, sportal.bg reports.

Bulgarian tennis player Sesil Karatancheva is now ranked #104 in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

This is two spots up from her previous position, in the rankings of the main organizing body in women's professional tennis.