Sofia has been conferred the permanent title of European Capital of Sport, Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova announced, citing a letter received from ACES Europe, a non-profit association based in Brussels which assigns every year since 2001 the recognitions of European Capital, City, Community and Town of Sport.
Mayor Fandakova made a review of the work accomplished as part of this initiative, and of the investments Sofia municipality has made towards the development of sports on the territory of the city. She also presented the sports events programme for 2019.
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...
Bulgarian snowboarder, Radoslav Yankov, has won the parallel giant slalom of the World Cup in Carezza (Italy) and made his first podium of the season. The Bulgarian skied the red course for the first time in the qualifiers and won after his rival..
Nineteen-year-old Tervel Zamfirov achieved his highest ever World Cup finish in alpine snowboarding with a career-best fourth place in the parallel giant..
The winner of the 51st edition of the Bulgarian News Agency's "Athlete of the Balkans" poll for 2024 is Greek track and field athlete Miltiadis Tentoglou..
A total of 135 competitors from 19 countries will compete in the VISA FIS Snowboard Alpine World Cup in Bansko this weekend, January 18-19...
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