The President of the Bulgarian Athletic Federation Dobromir Karamarinov was elected interim President of the European Athletic Association until October 21. Karamarinov replaces European Athletics President Svein Arne Hansen who suffered a severe stroke and has to recover from this illness. Te decision was taken at a video conference meeting of the Executive Board of the European Athletics. According to the rules of the federation, in the event of the President’s inability to perform his duties, the First Vice President of the European Athletics becomes in charge until the next congress. Dobromir Karamarinov has been serving his second term in office as First Vice President of European Athletics. He is a member of the World Athletics Council and President of the Association of the Balkan Athletics Federations since 2010.
The best Bulgarian tennis player Viktoriya Tomova won the first round of the powerful WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Beijing with a prize fund of nearly 9 million euros. She defeated Lesia Tsurenko from Ukraine 6:3, 6:3. The next opponent of the..
The Bulgarian female chess players finished in 10th place in the final ranking of the 4th Chess Olympiad, which was held in Budapest, Hungary. On the last day of the competition, Bulgaria beat Italy 3.5 to 0.5. Antoineta Stefanova, Nurgyul Salimova..
This is the tenth year that Bulgaria is taking part in the European Week of Sport #BeActive . From 23 to 30 September, the Ministry of Youth and Sports is organising a series of events to promote active lifestyles, increase physical activity and..
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