More than 580 runners gathered for the 37th edition of the Vitosha 100-kilometer run, bgathletic.com has reported. Among the participants were representatives of 22 countries, including employees of a number of embassies in Bulgaria. The mountain terrain presented many obstacles after the recent heavy rains.
Winner in the competition, which started at midnight on Sunday, is Ivaylo Atanasov with a result of 8.18:20 hours, or 6 minutes more than the current record. In the women's event, winner is Maria Nikolova, who finished in 9.17: 32 hours and improved her own record by 20 minutes.
The Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation has filed documents for bankruptcy due to its heavy debts. Weightlifters Karlos Nasar and Bozhidar Andreev, who won a gold and a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, have been without..
Ludogorets won its first point in the Europa League after drawing 0-0 in an away match versus Viktoria Plzen. The match was evenly balanced but the best chance of scoring was for the Bulgarian team which missed a penalty kick in the 52 nd minute...
More than 6,000 runners will take part in the 41st edition of Wizz Air Sofia Marathon, the organizers announced at a press conference nearly two weeks before the start. The longest 42-kilometer course this year will have a changed..
Arm wrestling is rarely talked about in Bulgaria as a prestigious sport, but we can boast with being a world power in this sport as our athletes have..
Nurgyul Salimova scored her first victory at the Grand Prix chess tournament in the Kazakh city of Shymkent . In an eighth-round match, she defeated..
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