"Be self-assured, be determined. In recent years sports have grown to be more and more important strategically for any nation and it is vital that we use sports to boost the national pride of Bulgarians. I wish you success, make your dreams come true, here at these Olympic Games,” said President Rosen Plevneliev during his meeting with Bulgarian athletes in Rio de Janeiro. The Bulgarian head of state visited the Olympic village and met with competitors, coaches, officials and the media. President Plevneliev is in Rio de Janeiro at the invitation of the International Olympic Committee. He will attend the closing ceremony tomorrow.
Bulgarian divers won seven medals at the first international competition of the year on the calendar of the swimming federation, held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Tsvetomir Ereminov took first place in the men's platform competition with 35415..
The Bulgarian national tennis team returned to the Davis Cup World Group I after defeating Romania 3-1 in Craiova. The decisive point came from Adrian Andreev, who, despite suffering from a severe flu during the past week, defeated Romania’s top..
After it became clear that the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation was on the verge of bankruptcy, DPS-New Beginning leader Delyan Peevski met with the federation's president Stefan Botev and promised to find a solution to the problem. "Thanks to this..
Vesela Lecheva is running for chair of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC), her press service informed. The general election meeting of the..
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