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Mt Kopaonik hosts Snowboard Europa Cup

KOPAONIK - Mt Kopaonik has hosted the Snowboard Europa Cup, with Yekaterina Kosova (Russia), Lea Jugovac (Croatia) and Angelina Milutinovic (Serbia) winning the women's Slope Style event, and Arturus Cukudre (Lithuania), Petar Gosharkov (Bulgaria) and Dusan Kriz (Czech Republic) the winners of the men's event.

Bulgaria Lost First Match Against Latvia in Davis Cup

Bulgaria lost its first match against Latvia in Group II Europe/Africa Zone of the Davis Cup on Friday.

Aleksandar Lazov lost to Martins Podzus with 3:6, 5:7, 5:7 in a match that lasted slightly over two hours and a half, daily Dnevnik reports.

The match did not start well for Lazov, who conceded a break and came 1:4 behind.

At Least 110 Bulgarians to Compete in European Games 2015

At least 110 Bulgarians will represent the country in the first European Games, which are scheduled to take place in Baku between June 12 and 28.

For some of the sports, such as wrestling and judo, the continental games will have the status of European championship.

Quotas for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be allocated in twelve sports, daily Dnevnik reports.

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov Drops Out of ATP Top Ten

Bulgaria's best male tennis player, Grigor Dimitrov, has dropped out of the ATP top ten.

On Wednesday Dimitrov dropped out of the Acapulco tennis tournament in the second round after losing the match with Ryan Harrison of the US.

Harrison defeated Dimitrov 7-5 4-6 6-0 in Acapulco to proceed to the next round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco.

Anna Fenninger Wins Alpine Skiing World Cup Combined Race in Bansko

Austria's Anna Fenninger won the Alpine Skiing World Cup Ladies Combined Race in Bulgaria's Bansko on Sunday witn a total time of 2 minutes 5.06 seconds from the two legs.

Overall leader Tina Maze of Slovenia followed 0.39 seconds behind.

Kathrin Zettel of Austria was third with 2 minutes 6.12 seconds.

Fenninger Wins First Run of World Cup Ladies Combined in Bansko

Austria's Anna Fenninger is leading after Run 1 of the Alpine Skiing World Cup - Ladies - Combined race in Bulgaria's Bansko witn one minute 12.73 seconds, followed by overall leader Tina Maze of Slovenia with one minute 13.18 seconds.

Nicole Hosp of Austria and Switzerland's Dominique Gisin were both third with one minute 13.32 seconds each.

World Ski Cup Race in Bulgaria's Bansko Cancelled over Heavy Fog

The second Super G race of the Alpine Skiing World Cup taking place in Bansko, Bulgaria, has been called off due to the thick fog.

This comes after Friday's weather conditions also imposed a reschedule, with the Friday event now set for Monday.

The Super Giant Slalom began at 11:15 EET (09:15 GMT), but came to a halt as fog fell and limited visibility.

Bulgaria's Karatancheva Qualifies for Acapulco Semifinals

Sesil Karatancheva stays in the fight for the title in the Acapulco tennis tournament after winning against Monica Puig from Puerto Rico in a three-set quarterfinals.

Karatancheva won after a match that laster 2 h and 24 minutes and secured a win after 2-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-4.

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov Suffers Heavy Defeat in Acapulco

Bulgaria's top male tennis player Grigor Dimitrov was ousted from the second round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tournament in Acapulco on Wednesday.

Dimitrov was defeated by Ryan Harrison from the USA with 5:7, 6:4, 0:6 in a match that lasted one hour 45 minutes, daily Dnevnik reports.

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov Defeats Serbia's Filip Krajinovic in Acapulco

Bulgaria's top tennis player Grigor Dimitrov has defeated Serbia's Filip Krajinovic 6:3, 5:7, 6:0 in a match of the first round of the ATP Acapulco 2015.

Tuesday's match lasted 2.02 hours, according to reports of dnevnik.bg.

In the second round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel tennis tournament, 23-year-old Dimitrov is to play Ryan Harrison of the US.

Bulgarian Rhythmic Gymnastics Team Takes Home Gold at Moscow Grand Prix

The Bulgarian ensemble in rhythmic gymnastics started the new season in the most convincing way possible.

With a total score of 34.650, the Bulgarian team took the gold in the all-round phase after brilliant performances in the two routines, Gong.bg reported.