At the European Weightlifting Championships in Batumi, Bulgarian Bozhidar Andreev became the first European weightlifting champion in the newly established category of 73 kg. The 22-year-old weightlifter won the gold medal with a European record for men up to 23 years of age of 153 kg in the snatch, and a European record for men in the clean and jerk of 192 kg. The last time Bulgaria won the European title in weightlifting was in 2014 in Tel Aviv when Georgi Markov triumphed in the category of 85 kg.
Karlos Nassar won a gold medal at this year's Weightlifting World Cup tournament in Phuket, Thailand. The Bulgarian became the champion with a total of 396 kg from the snatch and the clean and jerk events in the category of up to 89 kilograms for men...
Nurgyul Salimova has recorded a second draw at the Candidates Tournament for the world chess title in the Canadian city of Toronto. The 20-year-old Bulgarian, who played with the white pieces, finished in a tie with the Chinese grandmaster Lei Tingjie..
Nurgyul Salimova is the only one to represent Bulgaria at the FIDE Candidates Tournament starting today in Toronto, having earned her place there with a brilliant performance at the World Cup last September, when she reached the final, but lost in a..
Boryana Kaleyn won a bronze medal in the all-around at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup in Tashkent. The other Bulgarian competitor Nikol Todorova..
Bulgaria's Kristian Vasilev has qualified for the skiff final at the European Rowing Olympic Qualifiers in Szeged , Hungary. He won the second semi-final..
The Interior Ministry is planning an extra police presence in the capital for the final derby of the season between professional football clubs "CSKA -..
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