Bulgaria’s men’s team lost 1:3 to Georgia at the fourth round of the Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Bulgarians who until then had had two wins and a draw, lost after Veselin Topalov with the black pieces and Momchil Nikolov with the white ones were defeated by Baadur Jobava and Mikheil Mchedlishvili respectively. At third and fourth boards Valentin Iotov and Krasimir Rusev drew Levan Patsulaia and Tornike Sanikidze respectively. Unlike men, the Bulgarian women rejoiced at their sweeping victory over Costa Rica, 4:0. The Bulgarian team including Antoaneta Stefanova, Iva Videnova, Adriana Nikolova and Elitsa Raeva had no problems with the Costa Ricans and thus took some revenge for their unexpected loss to Kazakhstan on the previous day. In the rankings Bulgaria’s men’s team is 53rd with five points, and the women’s one is 41st with the same score.
The best Bulgarian tennis player Viktoriya Tomova won the first round of the powerful WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Beijing with a prize fund of nearly 9 million euros. She defeated Lesia Tsurenko from Ukraine 6:3, 6:3. The next opponent of the..
The Bulgarian female chess players finished in 10th place in the final ranking of the 4th Chess Olympiad, which was held in Budapest, Hungary. On the last day of the competition, Bulgaria beat Italy 3.5 to 0.5. Antoineta Stefanova, Nurgyul Salimova..
This is the tenth year that Bulgaria is taking part in the European Week of Sport #BeActive . From 23 to 30 September, the Ministry of Youth and Sports is organising a series of events to promote active lifestyles, increase physical activity and..
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