“17 May is the day of Bulgarian sports. I congratulate all Bulgarian competitors, coaches, sports officials and friends on the occasion of Bulgarian sports day,” writes Krasen Kralev, Minister of Youth and Sports in a congratulatory address.
Sports personalities have always been a treasure for society. This has been so since the very start on 17 May, 1894, when the first 10 physical education teachers came from Switzerland and laid the beginning of organized sport in the country, the address reads.
After becoming European champion in the 100m for girls under 18, Bulgaria's Radina Velichkova won a second medal at the European championships in Banska Bystrica (Slovakia). She took the bronze in the long jump after achieving 6.16 metres. Radina..
Nikola Tsolov, 17, has claimed his third Formula 3 victory and his first in a F3 feature race after triumphing in the long race at the Hungaroring racetrack in Hungary. The Bulgarian racing driver has so far had two sprint successes in Monaco and..
Bulgaria's Dimo Andreev took the silver medal in the hammer throw (5 kg) at the European Athletics U18 Championships in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia , on 20 July. He scored 72.49m in his best attempt and was only behind world rankings leader Thomas..
Boxer Javier Ibáñez qualified for the Olympic semi-finals in the category of up to 57 kg thus securing at least a bronze medal in..
More than 220 contestants from 7 countries will take part in the 84 th edition of the Galata-Varna International Swimming Marathon – from Bulgaria,..
In the quarterfinals in Paris, the current European champion and bronze medallist from the last world championships lost to Taiwan's..
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