Tsvetana Pironkova is 52nd in the latest edition of the Women’s Tennis Association’s weekly rankings. The Bulgarian has a score of 991 points and has climbed 15 notches from the 67th place. Pironkova begins her participation in Australian Open with a match versus Brit Heather Watson. In case of success the Bulgarian tennis player will defend her score from last year. In another development, Grigor Dimitrov remains 11th in the weekly ATP rankings. Bulgaria’s top male star has 3645 points and begins Australian Open with a match versus German Dustin Brown. The Bulgarian star has to defend 360 points after he reached the semifinals last year.
Petar Stoychev has become the first Bulgarian to swim the Strait of Gibraltar under the Oceans Seven rules without a wetsuit. Stoychev covered the distance from the European coast in the Spanish town of Tarifa to the African coast in Morocco in..
Bulgaria's Viktorio Iliev has become European boxing champion at the EUBC Youth Men and Women European Boxing Championships in Poreč, Croatia, in the under-60 kg category. In the final, he defeated Bohdan Cheldyk from Ukraine. Bulgaria..
Bulgaria won five medals on the last day of the 2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Sofia. Stiliana Nikolova won the gold in the ball and the ribbon finals, and a silver medal in the hoop final. Boryana Kaleyn won silver medal at the clubs..
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