Ludogorets lost the return away match, by 0-1, versus Dinamo Batumi, Georgia, but did qualify for the Champions’ League’s second qualifying round with a score of 3-2.
The Bulgarian team won the first match a week ago in their home town of Razgrad by 3-1 and were considered the favourite for the return match but, expectedly, encountered stiff resistance from the Georgian champion. Dinamo Batumi started out by scoring in the 3rd minute, another of their goals was cancelled. Ludogorets’ goalkeeper Sergio Padt had several saves, but in the last seconds of the match disappointed fans started started throwing things at him. In the second round, Ludogorets will be playing against the champion of Belarus Dinamo Minsk which eliminated Armenia’s Pyunic.
Bulgarian open-water swimmer Tsanko Tsankov swam one of the most difficult swimming marathons in the Ocean's Seven, his manager Nikolai Iliev reported. Tsankov swam the longest of the seven marathons, from the Molokai Island to Oahu in the..
In one of the mountains near Sofia - Vitosha, a new mountain race - Hut Hop Race will take place today starting at 10 am. The race is a run/walk with elements of map orientation using any navigational aids. Organizers are Kiril Nikolov "Dizela",..
Nurgyul Salimova scored her first victory at the Grand Prix chess tournament in the Kazakh city of Shymkent . In an eighth-round match, she defeated Mongolia's Batkhuyag Munguntuul with the black pieces. Salimova took the initiative from the start and..
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