Podcast in English
Text size
Bulgarian National Radio © 2025 All Rights Reserved

Boxing should remain Olympic sport: Bulgarian Boxing Federation

Photo: Bulgarian Boxing Federation

Boxing should remain an Olympic sport. This is what the Bulgarian Boxing Federation wrote in a letter to the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach. In the beginning of February this year the executive body of the International Olympic Committee decided to reconsider whether boxing should remain part of the Olympic movement and discuss whether this sport should be excluded from the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Bulgarian Boxing Federation points out in its letter to Thomas Bach that boxing is one of the six sports which founded the modern Olympic movement and has been part of the Summer Olympics since 1904. Boxing is one of Bulgaria’s most successful sports and brought the country 18 medals from summer Olympics games, including 4 gold medals.




Последвайте ни и в Google News Showcase, за да научите най-важното от деня!
Listen to the daily news from Bulgaria presented in "Bulgaria Today" podcast, available in Spotify.

More from category

Real Madrid defeats Hapoel Tel Aviv in a EuroLeague basketball game played in Botevgrad

Real Madrid defeated Hapoel Tel Aviv 75:74 (22:18, 17:18, 21:22, 15:16) in a Round 13 EuroLeague basketball match. The game was played at Arena Botevgrad in Bulgaria. The Israeli team chose Sofia and Botevgrad as the venues for their home games due..

published on 11/26/25 9:21 AM

Grigor Dimitrov receives yet another nomination for a prestigious sportsmanship award

Grigor Dimitrov has been nominated for the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the season on the highest level of men’s tennis – the ATP Tour . Joining the winners from the past three years of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award – Grigor Dimitrov..

published on 11/21/25 6:29 PM
Stephanie Kostowicz

Another American joins the Bulgarian women’s national basketball team

The Bulgarian women’s national basketball team will rely on another naturalized player following Khaalia Hillsman. Coach Tanya Gateva will be able to include Stephanie Kostowicz in the EuroBasket 2027 qualifiers in March 2026, the Bulgarian..

published on 11/21/25 10:37 AM