Bulgaria’s best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov qualified for the round of sixteen at Beijing tennis tournament after defeating Steve Johnson from the USA- 7:5; 6:7; 6:4 in the first round. The match lasted for 2.44 hours. The tennis tournament in Beijing is part of ATP 500 and its prize fund amounts to USD 4.16 million. Dimitrov had the chance to close the match much earlier, but missed 4 set balls in the tiebreak of the second set. His next opponent in the second round is Luka Pui from France who defeated Rafael Nadal at the US Open and later reached the quarterfinals of that tournament.
In one of the mountains near Sofia - Vitosha, a new mountain race - Hut Hop Race will take place today starting at 10 am. The race is a run/walk with elements of map orientation using any navigational aids. Organizers are Kiril Nikolov "Dizela",..
Nurgyul Salimova scored her first victory at the Grand Prix chess tournament in the Kazakh city of Shymkent . In an eighth-round match, she defeated Mongolia's Batkhuyag Munguntuul with the black pieces. Salimova took the initiative from the start and..
Arm wrestling is rarely talked about in Bulgaria as a prestigious sport, but we can boast with being a world power in this sport as our athletes have become European and world arm wrestling champions more than once. Thanks to athletes such as Plamen..
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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