At his first match in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Bulgarian boxer Daniel Asenov defeated Argentine Fernando Martinez in the 52 kg category. His next rival is Africa’s champion and bronze medalist from the latest world championships Mohamed Flissi from Algeria, fourth seeded in the Olympic boxing tournament. “It was not easy but I am satisfied I was successful in the match. The next one will be much tougher. I hope it will be better for me”, Daniel Asenov told the Bulgarian National Radio correspondent to Rio de Janeiro Teodor Chereshev.
Three Bulgarian tennis players have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros Junior Championships, BTA reports. Rositsa Dencheva defeated the 16th seed, Laima Vladson of Lithuania, 7–5, 6–4, and will face Luna Maria Sinalli..
Bulgarian tennis player Viktoriya Tomova achieved a decisive victory at the start of the WTA 125 tournament on clay with a prize fund of 100,000 euros in the Italian city of Bari. Tomova won 6:0, 6:2 against Guiomar..
Rositsa Dencheva got off to a flying start at the French open tennis tournament Roland-Garros. In the girls’ singles she won versus against No. 2 seed Kristina Penickova, USA, by 6-4, 6-1. One more Bulgarian player qualified for the..
The 3rd FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics Junior World Championships in Sofia were officially opened by Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Assoc. Prof. Stoyan..
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