Sun, Nov 22 2009
The International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) named wrestler Stanka Zlateva best female competitor for 2006.
Zlateva is a free wrestling world and European champion.
Winners in other categories included wrestlers from Belarus, Ukraine, France, Japan, Poland and Spain, BGNES Sport reported.
Another Bulgarian competitor, the winner of European championship silver Venelin Venkov, ranked second in the 55kg category. Rovshan Bayramov from Azerbaijan ranked first.
Radoslav Velikov, free wrestling world championship, heads the ranking in this style in the 55kg category.
One more Bulgarian is listed in the ranking. Serafim Burzakov took the fourth position in the 66kg category.
FILA's ranking takes into consideration results of world and European championships. It also counts the Grand Prix final results of the eight strongest competitors in each category.
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.