World-famous climber Nirmal Purja is arriving in Sofia and, on 8 June, will address a Bulgarian audience for the first time, the website 360mag writes.
Purja is notable for having climbed all 14 eight-thousanders (peaks above 8,000 metres) in a record time of 6 months and 6 days, improving by far the previous record of 7 years, 6 months and 6 days. He was also the first person to have reached the summits of Mount Everest, Lhotse and Makalu within 48 hours, and in 2021, along with a team of nine other Nepalese mountaineers, he completed the first-ever winter ascent of K2.
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..
The Bulgarian national team won a 1-0 victory versus Luxembourg in the penultimate match from the C3 group of the Nations League. The Bulgarian footballers performed up to par in the first half, but the second half was a challenge for them,..
Bulgarian tennis star Grigor Dimitrov used emotional words to send a message of love to his favourite sport in the "Love Letter to Tennis" column of the..
Today, President Rumen Radev awarded prominent Bulgarian athletes with the Presidential Badge of Honor. At a ceremony at the presidential institution,..
It is high time that Bulgaria has a modern stadium that can host finals of European club tournaments. This opinion was expressed by..
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