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Vesela Lecheva and Stefka Kostadinova will run for chair of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee

Vesela Lecheva is running for chair of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC), her press service informed. The general election meeting of the headquarters is scheduled for March 19 in Sofia.  Lecheva, a two-time Olympic silver medalist and..

published on 2/28/25 1:56 PM
Bulgarian Olympic champion Karlos Nassar

Karlos Nassar named Bulgaria's Athlete of the Year for 2024

Olympic, world and European weightlifting champion Кarlos Nassar has been named Bulgaria's Athlete of the Year for 2024. Olympic champion Karlos Nasar: My limit is still very far  137 sports journalists participated in the 67th Athlete of the..

published on 2/25/25 8:55 AM
Isabella Shinikova

Isabella Shinikova is in the final of a tennis tournament in Egypt

Bulgaria's Isabella Shinikova has qualified for the singles final of the hard court tennis tournament in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) with a prize fund of 15 thousand dollars. The number 1 seed Shinikova defeated the representative of the hosts..

published on 2/22/25 3:48 PM
Александра Тончева

Bulgarian MMA fighter Aleksandra Toncheva will fight for a title in Sweden

Professional MMA fighter Aleksandra Toncheva will fight for the title of the leading Swedish fighting organization "Battle of Botnia". Toncheva will face Nina Beck in the main event of the gala evening, which will be held on April 26 in Skelleftea,..

published on 2/20/25 5:26 PM

Rahim Rashaida wins world gold for Bulgaria in fencing

Competing against 180 athletes from 36 countries, Rahim Rashaida achieved a historic victory for Bulgarian fencing. Rashaida, who trains at the National Sports Academy Fencing Club under coach Dimitar Nikolov, secured first place at the World Junior..

published on 2/16/25 3:51 PM
Radoslav Yankov

Radoslav Yankov takes 3rd place in Parallel Giant Slalom - Val St. Come

Veteran Slovenian snowboarder Žan Košir won the men's parallel giant slalom in Val St. Come, Canada , after defeating Austrian Benjamin Karl in the final.  Third place went to Bulgaria's Radoslav Yankov, who edged out Italy's Daniele Bagozza in the..

published on 2/16/25 3:15 PM
Minister of Youth and Sports Ivan Peshev congratulates Tsanko Tsankov for the excellent performance at the Gdynia Winter Swimming Cup

Tsanko Tsankov returns to Bulgaria with three gold medals

Tsanko Tsankov is back on home soil in Burgas after his recent participation in the Gdynia Winter Swimming Cup in Poland. The Bulgarian swimmer won three gold medals in the 1,000m, 200m and 450m freestyle events in the Baltic Sea. In an..

published on 2/13/25 10:57 AM
Adriana Boyadzhieva brought the first gold medal for Bulgaria from the European Cadet. Junior Karate Championships in the Polish city of Bielsko-Biala

Bulgaria's Adriana Boyadzhieva wins gold medal at European Karate Championship

Adriana Boyadzhieva brought Bulgaria's first gold medal at the European Karate Championship in the Polish city of Bielsko-Biala . In the final of the 54 kg category kumite Adriana recorded a new convincing success - over Sofia Halievska from Ukraine..

published on 2/9/25 4:03 PM
Stanka Zlateva

Stanka Zlateva: Naturalization of athletes is becoming a business

The wrestlers from the "Stanka Zlateva" sports club in Sliven, Emine Osman and Nesrin Suleymanova, will turn their attention to applying to the Academy of the Ministry of Interior. This was announced by their personal trainer Stanka..

published on 2/6/25 10:16 AM
Iva Ereminova

Bulgarian athletes earn seven medals at a diving tournament in the Netherlands

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..

published on 2/2/25 2:55 PM