Today, the Bulgarian Olympic Committee approved the composition of the Bulgarian delegation to the XXXII Summer Olympics in Tokyo which open on 23 July. The flag bearer of the Bulgarian delegation at the opening will be 5-times Olympics medal..
President Rumen Radev has presented the national flag to the Bulgarian Olympic delegation, which will take part in the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The head of state congratulated the athletes who won Olympic quotas. "We all know that in the past..
FIFA has invited Bulgarian Georgi Kabakov and his assistants Martin Margaritov and Diyan Valkov to be the referees at matches of the Olympic football tournament, which will be held in the period July 27 - August 7, 2021 in Japan...
Bulgaria's Minister of Sports Krasen Kralev has extended a greeting to Bulgarian athletes, coaches and sports fans on the occasion of the International Olympic Day and the Day of the Bulgarian Olympic Athletes. He stated Bulgaria was one of the 14..
The Tokyo Summer Olympics could be held in 2021 without available vaccine against Covid-19. Stefan Strugarov, a longtime doctor of the Bulgarian Olympic delegations, has told the BNR. According to him by next summer the majority of people would..
Chair of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee and world record holder in high jump, Stefka Kostadinova, has given courage to all Bulgarians and urged them to be patient and to obey the instructions for protection against COVID-19. In an interview with..
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has announced that Bulgaria will be hosting the men’s Olympic qualification tournament on August 9 and 10. Bulgaria’s national team will be vying for the first place with Brazil, Olympic champion..
Today Yordanka Blagoeva, the first Bulgarian to have set a world record in athletics, 194 cm in the high jump (1972), celebrates her 70 th birthday. Yordanka Blagoeva is holder of two Olympic medals – a silver one from Munich 1972 , and a bronze..
Bulgaria ended its participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with one silver medal for Mirela Demireva in the high jump, one bronze for the group rhythmic gymnastics team and one bronze medal for Elitsa Yankova, wrestling. In the..
The National Anti-Doping Laboratory has refused to take a sample from athlete Silvia Danekova after her return from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where she tested positive for a banned substance. In an interview for the Bulgarian National Radio,..
