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CSKA Sofia Reach Europa League Playoffs on Aggregate CSKA Sofia reached the third qualifying round of the Europa League despite suffering a heavy home defeat to Maccabi Tel Aviv Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast Stiliana Nikolova finished the 2026 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Frankfurt with a gold medal, three silver medals and an Olympic quota place for the Los Angeles 2028 Games. Nikolova won the world title in the clubs final, while also taking silver in the individual all-around, ribbon and team competitions. Her all-around silver secured Bulgaria’s quota place for the 2028 Olympics. Her clubs victory ended a 25-year wait for Bulgaria to produce a world champion in an individual rhythmic gymnastics event. The last Bulgarian gymnast to achieve the feat was Simona Peycheva, who won three apparatus titles at the 2001 World Championships in Madrid. Following the World Championships, Nikolova thanked the Bulgarian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, the members of the national group team and everyone who had contributed to her success. “From now on, the training will become even more intensive because two demanding years are ahead of us, and we will fight for the best possible results,” the gymnast said. She added that she preferred to keep her personal goals and dreams to herself. Nikolova’s outstanding performance at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Frankfurt further established her among the world’s leading gymnasts and marks the beginning of her preparations for the Olympic cycle leading to Los Angeles 2028. CSKA Sofia reached the third qualifying round of the Europa League despite suffering a heavy home defeat to Maccabi Tel Aviv Bulgaria celebrates a world champion in athletics as 17-year-old Viktoria Angelova won the triple jump at the World Athletics Championships for juniors under 20 in Eugene, Oregon Bulgaria is strengthening its position as a host of international tennis events, with Plovdiv increasingly emerging as the country’s leading tennis destination CSKA Sofia took a major step toward the Europa League play-offs with a commanding 3-0 away victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv, putting the Bulgarian side in a dominant position ahead of next week's return leg in Sofia FIFA President Gianni Infantino has abandoned plans to sell stakes in a new company that would have managed the commercial and operational aspects of the men's and women's World Cups after facing strong opposition from football organizations, clubs and fo UEFA has unanimously agreed to boycott FIFA competitions if the world governing body proceeds with plans to create a new commercial subsidiary and sell a minority stake in it to private investors, escalating a growing dispute over the future governance of Revealed: How Bulgaria Has Been Arming Ukraine for Four Years Mystery EU Objection Blocks Bulgaria’s First €2 Commemorative Coin