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Popular sports and a monthly golf column by Alan Rogut of Pravets Golf Club.

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Greek Olympian disqualified after racist tweet

July 26, 2012July 26, 2012 VOANews

A member of the Greek Olympic team has been expelled from the Olympic games for a posting a racist comment

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Bulgaria Europe News Sport 

Bulgarian troops not involved in football fan fight in Sarajevo, MoD says

July 23, 2012July 23, 2012 The Sofia Globe staff

Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence has rejected media reports from Bosnia that Bulgarian military personnel were involved in a brawl in

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Europe News Sport 

Strikes to disrupt Olympics transit

July 19, 2012May 22, 2013 VOANews

British border officials have announced they will conduct a 24-hour strike the day before the London Olympics begin, threatening to

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Perspectives Sport 

Bulgaria hosts World League finals amid unending controversy

July 3, 2012July 4, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

Bulgaria hosting the annual World League final tournament was meant to be a glorious occasion – the first major international

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News Sport World 

Golf: The British Open – Picking a major winner

June 29, 2012June 29, 2012 Alan Rogut

With the next major championship, the British Open, on the horizon, it is becoming harder than ever to pick a

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Dimitrov makes Queen’s Club semis

June 15, 2012February 6, 2014 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s top men’s tennis player Grigor Dimitrov qualified on June 15 for the Queen’s Club Championships, one of the main

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s volleyball quagmire deepens

June 15, 2012June 15, 2012 Hristina Dimitrova

The meeting of Bulgaria’s volleyball federation on June 14 in Pravets was expected to help solve the crisis surrounding the

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a pair of handcuffs
Europe News Sport World 

First court sentences for Euro 2012 hooligans

June 15, 2012June 15, 2012 The Warsaw Voice

Fast-track courts in Warsaw have handed out 23 sentences so far to hooligans following clashes that broke out ahead of

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Sport 

Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov makes Queen’s Club quarterfinals

June 14, 2012May 27, 2013 The Sofia Globe staff Grigor Dimitrov

Bulgaria’s top men’s tennis player Grigor Dimitrov qualified on June 14 for the Queen’s Club Championships, one of the main

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