Vladimir Nikolov

The Bulgarian national volleyball team qualified for the semifinals of the World Under-19 Championship.

The team led by the coach Martin Stoev won 3: 2 (25:27, 27:25, 21:25, 31:29, 18:16) against Italy in an extremely contested and spectacular match.

Over 145,000 families in Bulgaria have reproductive problems and about 50,000 are the births for 2017. According to data from the "National Cause Movement", which has been engaged in the promotion of increase of birth rates for more than two years, the BNT reported.

The Black Sea city of Varna is to host some of the FIVB Volleyball World League matches next year, a volleyball official says.

The Palace of Varna has been preferred over Arena Armeec sports hall in Sofia for its more affordable rent, news website Dnevnik.bg quotes the secretary general of Bulgaria's volleyball federation, Vladimir Nikolov, as saying.

Triple jumper Gabriela Petrova was announced on Tuesday as this year's winner of the Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year award.

This year Petrova won a silver medal in the European Indoors Championship and finished fourth at the World Championships, setting a personal record.

Three Bulgarian players were selected in the dream team of this year's edition of the men's volleyball European Championship, which ended on Sunday.

Bulgaria's Viktor Yosifov was declared second best middle blocker of the tournament, while his fellow national Teodor Todorov was awarded as best middle blocker.