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Bulgaria faces tough group in European volleyball championship

September 20, 2013September 20, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria faces a tough challenge at the men’s European volleyball championship, which starts in on September 20, having been drawn

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Bulgarian runner Naimova banned for life for doping

September 17, 2013September 17, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s athletics federation ruled on September 17 to ban sprinter Tezdjan Naimova, 26, for life after she tested positive for

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Russia’s anti-gay law tests Olympic tenets

September 13, 2013February 6, 2014 David Byrd of VOANews Russia, Sochi Olympics

The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, are less than six month months away.  But a controversy over a Russian

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Bulgaria survives Malta scare to keep slim hope of World Cup qualification alive

September 11, 2013September 11, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s national football team held out against a late rally from Malta to win 2-1 in their latest World Cup

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Bulgarian midfielder Petrov ends career with testimonial at Celtic Park

September 9, 2013September 9, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s former national football team captain Stiliyan Petrov made his good-byes in front of a full Celtic Park on September

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Tokyo chosen by IOC to host 2020 Olympics

September 7, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

Tokyo is to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee decided on September 7 2013. It beat Turkey’s

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IOC set to choose 2020 Olympics host city

September 5, 2013September 6, 2013 VOANews

The International Olympic Committee is meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, this week and will vote Saturday on the host city

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Footballers past and present to play in Petrov’s testimonial match

September 5, 2013September 5, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency

A host of big names have been confirmed for former Aston Villa and Bulgaria midfielder Stiliyan Petrov’s testimonial match at

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63rd International Cycling Tour of Bulgaria starts on September 1 2013

August 31, 2013February 11, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff

President Rossen Plevneliev, patron of the event, will start the 63rd International Cycling Tour of Bulgaria on September 1 2013

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