Sun, Nov 22 2009
Bulgaria's female junior basketball team lost from France with a result of 65:77.
Because of the loss the Bulgarian team cannot climb higher than seventh place in the final standing of the international tournament, BGNES Sport reported.
The Bulgarians started the first quarter well but made many mistakes which prevented them from winning.
Zhaklin Zlatanova performed best with 18 points scored.
Bulgaria would face Hungary in a competition for the seventh and eighth place on July 31.
Previously Sweden defeated the Bulgarian team in a round of the quarterfinals.
Reports in British media have resumed speculating that the Manchester City and Bulgaria winger Martin Petrov is poised to leave the Eastlands en route to White Hart Lane.
Berbatov's brace was his third in four matches against Malta and gave him 48 goals in 74 appearances for the national team.
Dimitar Berbatov is one goal shy of equalling Hristo Bonev's all-time record, set 30 years ago
The left winger sustained yet another injury to his knee, which will keep the player out for at least two weeks.
Bulgaria harboured high aspirations to stage a Formula One race and permanently put the country on the international racing map.