Stanimira Petrova qualified for the forthcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro after winning the semifinal boxing match against Tetyana Kob from Ukraine at the Olympic qualifier in Samsun (Turkey). Petrova won a convincing victory by points against Kob at the 51 kilogram category contest. All three side referees gave the same result 40:36; 40:36: 40:36. In the final match Petrova is to face British boxer Nicola Adams.
Tsanko Tsankov is back on home soil in Burgas after his recent participation in the Gdynia Winter Swimming Cup in Poland. The Bulgarian swimmer won three gold medals in the 1,000m, 200m and 450m freestyle events in the Baltic Sea. In an..
Adriana Boyadzhieva brought Bulgaria's first gold medal at the European Karate Championship in the Polish city of Bielsko-Biala . In the final of the 54 kg category kumite Adriana recorded a new convincing success - over Sofia Halievska from Ukraine..
The wrestlers from the "Stanka Zlateva" sports club in Sliven, Emine Osman and Nesrin Suleymanova, will turn their attention to applying to the Academy of the Ministry of Interior. This was announced by their personal trainer Stanka..
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..
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..
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