Sat, Nov 21 2009
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In the heat of Bucharest, Bulgarian players won 20-12 against the hosts, Bucharest Warriors, for their first win since the team was established in 2007
On Sunday November 23, for the first time in Sofia, a full-contact game of American football will take place between the local Team Sofia and their Romanian guests, the Bucharest Warriors. Not quite the NFL, but something in a country where the popularity of the sports appears to be limited to expats mostly. The match is scheduled to kick off at the National Sports Academy pitch in Studentski Grad at 11am. To get there, one can take busses 94 or 280, both of which pass by Orlov Most (Eagles Bridge).
For the first time in Bulgaria, a game of American football was played on October 19 in Razlog in Rila Mountain. It was a friendly affair, with Team Sofia facing the Turkish Istanbul Cavaliers. What ensued was a tough battle on the field with the more experienced Turks asserting gradual domination, beating the Bulgarian side 28-0.
Reports in British media have resumed speculating that the Manchester City and Bulgaria winger Martin Petrov is poised to leave the Eastlands en route to White Hart Lane.
Berbatov's brace was his third in four matches against Malta and gave him 48 goals in 74 appearances for the national team.
Dimitar Berbatov is one goal shy of equalling Hristo Bonev's all-time record, set 30 years ago
The left winger sustained yet another injury to his knee, which will keep the player out for at least two weeks.
Bulgaria harboured high aspirations to stage a Formula One race and permanently put the country on the international racing map.