Bulgaria

FIBA Europe has appointed two key new executives.

Long-term rights holder and production distributor Dorna has forecast that television coverage of motorcycling's MX World Championships will reach new highs in 2002.

Bulgarian capital Sofia will bid to hold the Winter Olympic Games in 2014, its third attempt to host the Games after two previous bids failed, local media reported over the weekend.

Bulgaria will have a play-off system for its premier league next season in a bid to prevent match fixing, the Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) announced yesterday.

The World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has signed new television distribution deals in Russia and Bulgaria.

Weightlifting's world governing body has said there was no question of Bulgaria's disgraced lifting team paying a $50,000 fine to gain readmission to the Olympic Games.

International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch will return to the Sydney Games today after attending a funeral service in Barcelona for his wife Maria Teresa Salisachs.

Moldovan side Constructorul-93 Chisinau have been banned from European club competitions for one year and had player Iurii Mirza banned for two years following last month's tie against CSKA Sofia.

UEFA has ordered the Moldova soccer federation (MSF) to close down the main stadium in the capital of the tiny, impoverished ex-Soviet republic for safety reasons.

The Extreme Group and UPCtv is to make joint venture the Extreme Sports Channel available in Romania and Bulgaria adding a total of potential 120,000 subscribers to its reach.

NHL International, in conjunction with ESPN International, will distribute the 2000 NHL

News Corp and Liberty Media has announced that its joint venture Fox Sports International is to launch a sports television channel targeting viewers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey.

Yugoslavia's three teams competing in the UEFA Cup will play their "home" matches in the Netherlands, Bulgaria and Macedonia.

The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has had its licence revoked and been ordered to replace several leading

Colombian leftist guerrillas toasted Brazil's and Mexico's World Cup victories and vowed to fight for the right of every Colombian to enjoy "happiness, fiesta and football."

Crvena Zvezda Belgrade has said they planned to ignore an order by UEFA to play a European match at a neutral venue because of political tension.

Sofia mayor Stefan Sofianski has said he wanted to help Bulgarian soccer out of its chaotic state by becoming leader of the sport's governing body in Bulgaria.

The Bulgarian arm of Russian oil firm LUKOIL is in talks to buy a majority stake in Bulgarian soccer club Neftochimik Bourgas, Neftochimik's president said on Tuesday.