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Bulgaria's Volleyball Team Grab December's Top Athlete Prize
 Bulgaria's volleyball team are still riding on the thrills of world bronze medals won in Japan and they keep on reaping awards. The latest one was granted for best team of December 2006 becoming its 10th trophy in the traditional monthly survey of Pressclub Bulgaria. Moved by their victory, 23 of the 24 media that took part in the survey dubbed the team as the most deserving athletes in Bulgaria for December. Martin Stoev was also named the top coach of the month, bringing a second big win to the volleyball players. Together with Boyan Yordanov of the team, they left their prints for the Wall of Fame of the press club. With the European championship coming up in 2007, the team's goal is to secure a silver or a golden medal, thus clearing the way to the World cup in the end of the year. The players and their coach also believe that they may be able to reach the Olympics and even take one of the three top spots in the World League again. |
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Bulgaria's Star Striker Signs with Croatian FC
Bulgaria's Star Striker Signs with Croatian FC
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Bulgaria's top player Georgi Ivanov signed a one-year contract with a Croatian team, becoming the country's first footballer to play in Croatia.
Ivanov, better known as Gonzo, contracted with Croatia's Rijeka on Friday. The contract, which will expire on December 12, 2007, could be continued for one more year.
At the signing Gonzo posed for picture with the jersey he will wear, with the emblematical number 9 on it.
FC Rijeka is the sixth in Gonzo's career in his eleventh season as a professional player. |
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Bulgarian Striker Bojinov Rubbishes City Exit Talk
Bulgarian Striker Bojinov Rubbishes City Exit Talk
Bulgarian striker Valery Bojinov, currently recovering from ruptured cruciate ligaments in his knee, rubbished on Thursday talk of his exit from English Premier League side Manchester City.
Reports in Turkish press have claimed Bojinov, who has been out since the Manchester derby on August 19, will join Istanbul team Galatasaray, but the striker himself claims he has no such plans.
"This is nothing but speculation, I don't understand the people who come up with such stuff. I have a club, where I am happy, where the manager [Sven Goran Ericsson] has confidence in me," the striker told Bulgarian sports website Gong.
"I've spent a whole evening talking to Galatasaray? What nonsense, that never happened," he added.
Bojinov was stretchered off the pitch in the 6th minute of the Manchester derby and had to undergo surgery for ruptured cruciate ligaments in his knee in Rome.
The striker, who became a father during his lay off, is not listed as injured by website physioroom.com, which tracks injuries to Premier League players, and is working to regain full fitness.
"I've never said I want to leave City, quite the opposite, I can't wait to get back on the pitch. I want to help the team into Europe," he said. |
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