Sports news about Varna, Bulgaria

Today is the opening ceremony of the Veterans World Fencing Championships in Varna, Bulgaria. Over the next six days, this city on the Black Sea will host the most dedicated, passionate, and hard working group of competitive fencers on the planet. The 17th Veterans World Fencing Championships will be organized by the Bulgarian Fencing Federation [...]

Home grown poker player, Petar Zografov, has taken the crown at the Eureka Poker Tour in Varna. H e took on a field of 246 players and came out on top of the game to take home €48,745 which, due to a deal struck with his heads-up opponent, was less than the player who came [...]

The Black Sea city of Varna hosted a two-day training camp and tournament of American football on July 16 and 17. The main organisers were volunteers from the Peace Corps and Varna municipality along with the visiting football team of Sofia Bears. The first day’s training saw a turnout of 80 enthusiastic players eager to [...]

Freestyle wrestling team of Iran claimed title of the Petko Sirakov and Ivan Iliev Junior International tournament in Varna. The Iranian team won five gold and four bronze medals from the event. Kazakhstan team won Greco-Roman wrestling competition. The tournament brought the wrestlers from 15 countries together. The three-day International tournament held in the memory [...]

Bulgarian club Cherno More Varna’s 4-0 defeat in the domestic championship on Sunday sparked a Hollywood-style highway chase, a midnight crisis meeting and the sacking of three players. Cherno More fans were so disgusted by their team’s performance against Black Sea rivals Kaliakra that they set up a road blockade on the 64-km trip back [...]

Velizar Popov became the eighth coaching victim since the Bulgarian league season started in August when he quit football club Cherno More Varna on Sunday. Popov left following a 4-0 defeat by Montana which left the ambitious Varna-based club ninth in the standings with 15 points from 11 matches, 10 points behind leaders Levski Sofia. [...]


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