CSKA 1948 aim for new heights after rapid rise

CSKA 1948's Chief Executive Dobrin Gionov speaks during an interview with Reuters in Sofia, Bulgaria, June 11, 2020. Picture taken June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov

SOFIA (Reuters) - CSKA 1948, founded four years ago after a dispute at Bulgaria's most successful club CSKA Sofia, will know they have hit the big time in their maiden Bulgarian top-flight game next month.

The Balkan country's sporting prowess went into a dizzy decline as money dried up from the state after 1989 when communism collapsed.