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Sports Roundup: Grigor Dimitrov continues to climb in ATP rankings

Grigor Dimitrov continues to climb in the ATP rankings.The Bulgarian reached for the first time in his career the quarter final of the Australian Open. Dimitrov won 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 against Roberto Bautista-Agut. Dimitrov's serve played an..

20.01.14 13:50 |

Tsvetana Pironkova ganó su primer título en un campeonato de WTA

Tsvetana Pironkova ganó su primer título en un campeonato de WTA. La semana pasada la tenista búlgara logró ocho triunfos consecutivos   en su camino hacia el título. En la final, Pironkova superó a Angelique Kerber de Alemania, por 6:4, 6:4...

13.01.14 15:20 |

Sports Roundup: Best Bulgarian female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova wins her first WTA title

Best Bulgarian female tennis player Tsvetana Pironkova won her first WTA title in her professional tennis career. Last week the Bulgarian athlete scored eight consecutive victories on her road to the trophy in Sydney. She defeated 6:4; 6:4 the No..

13.01.14 14:52 |

Sports Roundup

Kubrat Pulev has convincingly defended his IBF intercontinental title and his place as pretender for a match with Wladimir Klitschko. The Cobra won by TKO against Joey Abell during a boxing gala in Neubrandenburg (Germany). The first round of the game..

16.12.13 12:14 |
The CSKA – Levski derby ended in a 0:0 draw

Sports Roundup

The football derby between the football teams of CSKA and Levski in the round of 16 of the Cup of Bulgaria tournament ended in a scoreless draw. Martin Petrov started the match as a striker for CSKA, but was replaced in the second half. CSKA played in its..

18.11.13 10:41 |
Ivan Markov snatched the silver at the World Weightlifting Championship in Poland

Sports Roundup

Ivan Markov won silver medal in the 85 kilo category contest at the World Weightlifting Championship in Poland with a total of 381 kilograms (175 kilos in the snatch category and 206 kilograms in the clean and jerk one). Russian athlete Apti Aukhadov..

28.10.13 11:13 |
Best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov secured his first ATP tour title in Stockholm

Sports Roundup

Best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov secured his first ATP tour title on Sunday at the Stockholm Open winning against top-seeded David Ferrer of Spain 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. In an impressive match Dimitrov broke Ferrer's serve three times to win one of the..

21.10.13 11:52 |
The boxer with Minister of Sports and Youth Mariana Georgieva

Bulgarian boxer Kubrat Pulev- the legend continues

The Bulgarian people were used to the sport achievements of Bulgarian athletes in the nearest past in disciplines such as weightlifting, rhythmic gymnastics and athletics. Currently the situation looks quite different and the performance of the Bulgarian..

12.09.13 08:16 |
The first 11 football players in Slavia, 1913

Slavia Sports Club turns 100

A number of events in Sofia during the recent days mark the 100th anniversary of the oldest, still existing football club in Bulgaria – Slavia. © Photo: slavia-bg.com The White Bible The first protocol book of the sports club, which fans call..

10.04.13 11:25 |

Most popular rally competitions in Bulgaria

Motor sports have always been popular in Bulgaria and historical data show that the first competitions in this country took place before the 1920s. With the spread of cars during the 50s, motor sports started to develop fast in Bulgaria. In 1959 the first..

05.10.12 12:38 |