Basketball player Aleksandar Vezenkov has won the Sportsperson of the Year Award for 2023. This is the second consecutive award for the best Bulgarian basketball player, who now plays for the team of Sacramento Kings in NBA. Vezenkov collected 1009 points to top the 66th edition of the traditional poll conducted by the Bulgarian Association of Sports Journalists. He topped the fan vote as well.
The Bulgarian national women's chess team won the first place among the teams with 940 points. In the category for Sportsperson with Disabilities of Bulgaria for 2023, winner became athlete Hristiyan Stoyanov with 430 points. The winner of the 40th edition of the poll for "Coach of the Year" in Bulgaria, organized by Trud Daily, is Nikolay Vakareev, personal trainer of swimmer Petar Mitsin.
Denislava Glushkova won the title at the clay court tennis tournament in Antalya, with a total prize fund of USD 15,000. The 6th-seeded Bulgarian defeated the top-seeded Natalija Senic (Serbia) 6-4, 6-0, claiming the title with five consecutive..
Elizara Yaneva has qualified for the girls final at the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships in Plantation, Florida. The J500 competition is considered an unofficial world championship for tennis talents aged 12 to 18. In a semifinal..
Grigor Dimitrov has been selected by fellow players as the winner of the 2024 Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award . Part of the ATP Awards, the honour recognises the Bulgarian's fair play, professionalism and integrity on and off the court...
Albert Popov triumphed in the slalom in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy. The best Bulgarian skier achieved the first World Cup win in his..
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