Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic was named Balkan Athlete of the Year in a poll conducted by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency. The National news agencies from the region- BTA (Bulgaria), ANA-MPA (Greece), AGERPRESS (Romania), Anatolu Agency (Turkey), TANJUG (Serbia), MINA (Montenegro), MIA (north Macedonia), HINA (Croatia), FENA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and ATA (Albania) participated at the 48th edition of the traditional poll.
Basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greece) and athlete Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece) also placed in top 3. Bulgarian karate player Ivet Goranova placed 6th, followed by wrestler Biliyana Dudova.
Bulgaria won two silver medals at the World Boxing Cup 2025 in Warsaw. European vice-champion Zlatislava Chukanova earned a silver medal in the women’s 51 kg category after a match against Pihla Kaivo-Oja (Finland), who placed fifth at the Paris..
Stiliana Nikolova won a gold medal with ball and Dara Stoyanova won a silver with hoop on the first day of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Cup, which is being held in Burgas. In the all-around standings of the Cross Battles..
Lia Karatancheva won the singles title at the clay court tennis tournament W50 Indian Harbour Beach (USA), with a prize fund of USD 40,000. In the final, the 21-year-old Karatancheva defeated top seed Arina Rodionova (Australia, World Rank 204) 6–2,..
Professional boxer Joana Nwamerue is returning to the ring after taking more than a year out of competition . The Bulgarian boxer, whose father is..
Grigor Dimitrov has qualified for the second round of the Wimbledon Championships. The Bulgarian tennis player won 6-2, 6-3, 6-4..
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