Recreation

The Bulgarian Ina Dimitrova set a world record for the deepest scuba dive in saltwater for women.

Dimitrova descended to a depth of 201 metres during a training dive in the Red Sea on Tuesday, private bTV station reports.

Thus, the Bulgarian became the second woman to reach a depth of more than 200 metres.

Diving points in and around the southern province of Antalya have become popular attractions for adventurers. 

Besides natural diving spots, the wrecks of war planes and ships draw great interest, while the Side Underwater Museum has also become very popular among diving enthusiasts. 

Model/actress Liz Hurley, currently starring in “The Royals”, set temperatures soaring when she shared a photo of herself pole dancing.

Not a flaw on her body could be seen as she posed upside down in a microscopic bikini and diamond-studded boots.

Irish actor Liam Neeson has added his voice to those of other celebrities calling for the UK to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece.

Erotic display or serious sport? At the World Pole Dancing Championships finals in Beijing on April 12, competitors in skin-tight suits insisted that their challenging discipline deserves Olympic recognition.
      

Free running, a martial discipline that was developed in 2003 as a more inclusive form of parkour, is based on the principle that one should express oneself by moving fluidly in the environment and that there are no limitations on the form of this movement.

BELGRADE - Serbian contestants won gold in the men's and bronze in the women's category in the final round of the 2014 Paragliding Accuracy World Cup in Serdivan, Turkey.

In the competition held on October 17-19, Dragan Popov from Vrsac shared the first place with George Cotet of Romania, the Aeronautical Union of Serbia (VSS) released on its website on Wednesday.

Turkey has been chosen third in the world in 2014 with its 397 blue-flagged beaches, according to the Chamber of Shipping’s (DTO) İzmir Branch.

In 2012, the number of blue-flagged beaches in Turkey was 355, marinas 19 and yachts 13, while in 2013 the number of blue-flagged beaches numbered 383, marinas 21 and yachts 13.

By Iota Myrtsioti

A group of writers (genshaku-sha), and cartoonists (mangaka) in the northern port city of Thessaloniki are making a splash with manga fans by producing their own online series, which has already drawn 700,000 views from around the world.

A 6-year-old Russian boy has drowned in a swimming pool at a holiday resort in the Turkish city of Antalya, where he was staying with his family.

Hotel officers immediately jumped into the pool to rescue Dimitri Samoilenko when they realized he was not able to get out of the water after going down a water slide.