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Dimitrov outlasts Anderson to reach Toronto semis

August 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov saved two match-points to beat Kevin Anderson a gruelling three-setter in the quarterfinal of the Rogers Cup

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Bulgaria’s Ludogorets to play Steaua Bucharest in Champions League play-off

August 8, 2014August 8, 2014 Independent Balkan News Agency

Bulgaria’s three-time champions Ludogorets Razgrad were handed a short trip across the Danube River, drawing Steaua Bucharest as their opponent

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Bulgarian TV channel Nova secures rights to Klitschko-Pulev bout

August 6, 2014August 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Nova Broadcasting Group said on August 6 that it has secured the rights to show the IBF boxing title

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Grigor Dimitrov climbs to eighth in ATP Tour rankings

August 4, 2014August 4, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov returns to the ATP Tour circuit this week, nearly a month after reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals, with

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Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria’s natural antidepressant

July 10, 2014May 10, 2024 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Grigor Dimitrov

Around the latter half of the afternoon of July 4, the streets of Sofia and most towns and villages in

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Bulgaria’s Pulev drops new doping hints ahead of Klitschko fight

July 10, 2014July 13, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgarian boxer Koubrat Pulev, who will fight Ukrainian heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko for the IBF title in September, has once

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Grigor Dimitrov breaks into ATP Tour top 10 after Wimbledon run

July 7, 2014July 7, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov rose four spots to ninth in the ATP Tour rankings after making the semi-finals at Wimbledon, reaching the goal

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Bulgaria’s Dimitrov battles hard, loses Wimbledon semi to Djokovic

July 4, 2014July 9, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov put a spirited fight against number one seed Novak Djokovic on a slippery Centre Court at Wimbledon, but

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Dimitrov ousts defending champ Murray in Wimbledon quarterfinal

July 2, 2014July 5, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov ended Andy Murray’s Wimbledon title defence in straight sets 6-1, 7-6, 6-2 to advance to his first

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