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Two bronzes put Bulgaria back among Winter Olympics medal winners

February 22, 2026February 22, 2026 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian athletes won two bronzes at the 2026 Winter Olympics held in Milano and Cortina d’Ampezzo, the first medals for

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Bulgaria wraps up Paris Olympics with three golds, seven medals total

August 11, 2024August 11, 2024 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian athletes won three gold medals and seven in total at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, making it

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Bulgaria wins women’s rhythmic group all-around Olympic Gold in Tokyo

August 8, 2021April 3, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The Bulgarian team won gold in the women’s rhythmic group all-around at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo on August 8.

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Bulgarian boxer wins country’s second gold medal at Tokyo Olympics

August 7, 2021August 14, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Stoiko Krusteva won her country’s second gold medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on August 7, defeating Turkey’s

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Ivet Goranova wins Bulgaria’s first Olympic gold medal in 13 years

August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

Ivet Goranova won gold for Bulgaria at the Tokyo Summer Olympics on August 5, winning the final bout in the

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4th Ambassador Champions Trophy cricket tournament held in Sofia

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 The Sofia Globe staff

The Medical University Cricket Club won a closely-fought match against the India-Bulgarian Cricket Club (IBCC) in the finals of the

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Bulgaria Sport 

European Cricket Series Bulgaria begins on September 7

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff

The European Cricket Series Bulgaria is being held from September 7 to 12 2020, the European Cricket Network (ECN) and

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Bulgaria Health Minister greenlights restart of football matches on June 5

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgaria’s Health Minister Kiril Ananiev said on June 2 that he approved the plans to resume domestic professional football matches

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Coronavirus: Bulgaria football matches, other sports events suspended

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) said on March 13 that it was suspending all matches in the two divisions of its

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