FIFA World Cup

Bulgarian Football has fallen a long way since the peak of the national team that finished fourth in the 1994 World Cup powered by the goals of the outstanding Hristo Stoichkov, who finished the tournament as the golden boot winner with six strikes.

While the country has enjoyed some memorable moments in major tournaments, the Bulgarian national football team isn't in great shape right now. The squad failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, making it 24 years since Bulgaria last featured in the biggest competition of all.

The ball that Diego Maradona used to score his infamous "Hand of God" World Cup goal for Argentina against England in 1986 will go under the hammer next month and could fetch up to 3 million pounds.

If there's a football event that not only millions but billions of people would watch, it's the FIFA World Cup, and this year, it's finally back with its 22nd edition. For the first time, the FIFA World Cup will be hosted in the Arab world too by Qatar.

The jersey that Argentina football legend Diego Maradona wore while scoring twice against England in the 1986 World Cup, including the infamous "hand of God" goal, was auctioned for $9.3 million, a record for any item of sports memorabilia, Sotheby's said on May 4.

Diego Maradona's eldest daughter claims that the Argentina shirt expected to sell for several million dollars when it is sold at auction this month is not the one her late father wore when he scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England.

The jersey worn by Diego Maradona when he scored twice against England in the 1986 World Cup, including the infamous "hand of God" goal, is to be auctioned off this month, Sotheby's announced on April 6.

Brdo pri Kranju – The most successful Slovenian football referee Damir Skomina officially announced the end of his career at Monday’s press conference at Brdo pri Kranju. He stated that he wanted to stay in football, revealing that he would run for the presidency of the third division team Izola.

Paolo Rossi, Italy's goalscoring hero from their victorious 1982 World Cup campaign, has died from "an incurable disease", aged 64.

His death comes with the football world still in mourning for Argentina icon Diego Maradona, who passed away late last month.

Bulgarian national football team fell into group "C" of the qualifiers in the "Europe" zone for the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.

The "Tricolors", who were in the fourth ballot box, will fight for a place in the first World Cup since 1998 against Italy, Switzerland, Northern Ireland and Lithuania. This was determined by the draw in Zurich.