The Ministry of Youth and Sports has approved funding amounting to EUR 21.5 million for the activities, during the current year, of federations administering Olympic sports, with each headquarters will receiving increased state financing as compared to 2023. The increase in funding for federations under the Olympic training programme is connected with the upcoming participation of Bulgarian athletes in the Olympic Games in Paris, and the possibility of earning more Olympic quotas.
According to the changes, the Olympic training programme will be provided 27% more in monthly financing for the training of athletes who have earned quotas. A 15% increase in pay for coaches and their teams has been set down in the amended accompanying staffing programme.
Antonio Papazov, Tihomir Barotev and Borislava Ivanova won a bronze medal in the "Trios" category at the 2024 Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships in Pesaro (Italy). The only teams ahead of them were from China and France. With their..
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..
The forehand of the best Bulgarian tennis player Grigor Dimitrov is a real cannon , writes ATP. ATP Infosys Beyond The Numbers analysis of average stroke..
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