Tsvetana Pironkova dropped out of the US Open quarter finals, after losing to 23-times Grand Slam champion Serene Williams by 2-1 sets.
At a press conference after the match Pironkova stated she was happy with her overall performance at the tennis tournament and had a message to Bulgarians anywhere in the world: “My message is that one must always believe in oneself because that is what matters most.”
After the match Serena Williams said Pironkova had played “unbelievably”, and that “it just shows me how tough moms are.”
Ivan Vezyuv won gold in the 100-metre cross-country skiing event at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin. In the same discipline, two other Bulgarian athletes made the podium in different divisions - Asya Todorova and Darina Bogdanova took..
Bulgarian Milena Todorova finished second in the 12.5 km mass start. of the Biathlon World Cup in the Slovenian winter resort of Pokljuka. Todorova shot down all 20 targets and remained 16.4 seconds behind the winner Lou Jeanmonot (France). This is..
Stanka Zlateva has been elected chairperson of the Bulgarian Wrestling Federation . This was decided today by the representatives of 120 Bulgarian clubs at the regular reporting and election meeting of the headquarters, which was held in Varna...
After placing 21st in the women’s event at the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston (USA), Alexandra Feigin has earned a quota for next year’s..
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