Bulgaria’s best tennis player dropped out of the Australian Open tennis tournament because of an injury. At a quarterfinal match played in Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Dimitrov lost to Aslan Karatsev (Russia) 6:2; 4:6; 1:6; 2:6.
Grigor Dimitrov struggled with a back injury throughout the last two sets. Throughout the third set Dimitrov struggled with his movement on the court and was unable to serve at full speed. Dimitrov has earned 180 points for the ATP rankings and next week is expected to climb to number 17.
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..
Bulgaria's Svetlana Kamenova started with a convincing victory in the 57 kg category of the Olympic boxing tournament in Paris, defeating Michaela Walsh..
Desislava Angelova came in sixth place in the skiff at the rowing competition at the Olympics in Paris. Angelova, who is a first-timer at the..
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..
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