Kiril Despodov has been selected Footballer of the Year of Bulgaria for 2021.
The Ludogorets forward wins the distinction for the second time in his career, vying against Martin Kamburov (Beroe) and Georgi Yomov (CSKA). Despodov earned 203 points, 156 points ahead of Kamburov and 72 ahead of Tomov at the 61st award ceremony, held online due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Martin Kamburov, who broke Petar Zhekov’s record of 253 goals, received a special prize.
Simona Petkova from the Swiss club Young Boys wins the Female Footballer of the Year title, in competition with Evdokiya Popadinova from the Italian Napoli and Lilyana Kostova from the Polish Czarni Sosnowiec.
The Bulgarian women's national chess team and 2023 European chess champions won their first round games against Zimbabwe at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary. All four Bulgarian representatives - Nurgul Salimova, Victoria Radeva, Beloslava..
Bulgarians are the first in the world to have dared and succeeded in crossing from end to end the most unpredictable ocean expanse - the Arctic Ocean, by rowing boat. Stefan and Maxim Ivanov, father and son, who have previously undertaken..
Tennis star Grigor Dimitrov will give an open lesson to children from various schools in Sofia hours before his charity match against Novak Djokovic at "Arena 8888 Sofia" on September 17. This was confirmed by the staff of the best Bulgarian tennis..
More than 6,000 runners will take part in the 41st edition of Wizz Air Sofia Marathon, the organizers announced at a press conference..
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