Bulgarian chess grandmaster Kiril Georgiev has won for a fourth year in a row the title in the Karpos Open chess tournament in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. Georgiev scored 7.5 points from nine games. Dmitry Svetushkin (Moldova) is next with 7 points followed by Danyyil Dvirnyy, Italy, 7 points. 206 chess players from 25 countries joined the tournament, of them 15 Bulgarians. The Karpos Open prize fund is worth ER 10,000 and it was held in nine rounds according to the Swiss system.
Just a few days after the official recognition of the world record of Tsanko Tsankov for the longest continuous and unassisted swim on the Danube River, the World Records Association cancelled his achievement. Tsanko Tsankov’s open waters swim..
The first run Vazrazhdane 5K is taking place from the centre of Sofia today to popularize outdoor track and field as a suitable kind of sport for elite runners but also for people of all ages and social groups. Mirela Demireva, silver medal..
Two weeks after the marathon swim in the Danube, when Tsanko Tsankov swam a distance of 120 kms. nonstop, the achievement was officially ratified by the World Record Association. The swimmer received an authenticity certificate from the..
Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov has been nominated for the World Tennis Association’s Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award. He will be vying against Carlos..
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