Basketball player Aleksandar Vezenkov has won the Sportsperson of the Year Award for 2023. This is the second consecutive award for the best Bulgarian basketball player, who now plays for the team of Sacramento Kings in NBA. Vezenkov collected 1009 points to top the 66th edition of the traditional poll conducted by the Bulgarian Association of Sports Journalists. He topped the fan vote as well.
The Bulgarian national women's chess team won the first place among the teams with 940 points. In the category for Sportsperson with Disabilities of Bulgaria for 2023, winner became athlete Hristiyan Stoyanov with 430 points. The winner of the 40th edition of the poll for "Coach of the Year" in Bulgaria, organized by Trud Daily, is Nikolay Vakareev, personal trainer of swimmer Petar Mitsin.
The Bulgarian national football team drew 1-1 with Belarus in the final round of the group stage of the Nations League. Vasil Panayotov scored for Bulgaria in the 13th minute . Yury Kovalev from Belarus equalized in the 70th minute. Bulgaria..
Bulgaria’s best tennis player Grigor Dimitrov ended the 2024 season in the Top 10 of the world rankings. The 33-year-old Bulgarian has an asset of 3350 points and retains his 10th position. This is Dimitrov's best achievement since the end of 2017,..
Ivan Cheparinov scored a victory in the eighth round of the European Individual Chess Championship in Petrovac, Montenegro. The Bulgarian grandmaster played with the black pieces and secured a brilliant win over Ukrainian Ihor Samunenkov. The..
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