Stiliana Nikolova won a bronze medal at the individual all-around final at the 39th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia. The seventeen-year-old athlete claimed the first world individual all-around medal for Bulgaria since 2001, when Simona Peycheva won the silver in Madrid.
Earlier, Nikolova claimed three silver medals in the apparatus finals, at hoop, ribbon and clubs.
Boryana Kaleyn, who was among the favourites for a gold medal at the 39th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Sofia had to pull out of the competition due to an illness.
Sofia Raffaeli won the gold medal for Italy. The all-around silver went to Darja Varfolomeev of Germany. Sofia Raffaeli, Darja Varfolomeev and Stiliana Nikolova earned quotas for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
Bulgaria lost 0–4 to European football champion Spain in a World Cup qualifier of Group “E”. Mikel Merino scored twice for Spain. Atanas Chernev scored an own goal 11 minutes before the end of the match. In stoppage time, Mikel Oyarzabal sealed the..
Sofia will host the matches of the Bulgarian national volleyball team in the group stage of the 2026 Men's European Volleyball Championship. The decision was made by the management board of the Bulgarian Volleyball Federation at an extraordinary..
Another tough test for the Bulgarian national football team is coming up on October 14 against Spain in a match from the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The match will take place in Valladolid at 9:45 p.m., with the European champion being the absolute..
Bulgarian football champion Ludogorets Razgrad lost 2–3 to Young Boys in an away match from the third round of the Europa League group stage. Petar..
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