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Maze said she wanted to appear one last time at the top level to wrap up her career in front of fans and friends in Maribor at the Golden Fox giant slalom race on 7 January next year. Her first appearance in World Cup was in Maribor in 1999, when she was just 15.

Bulgarian snowboarder Radoslav Yankov won the world cup in men's parallel giant slalom on Sunday.

The 26-year-old from the town of Chepelare reached the quarterfinals and finished sixth in the last race for the season in Winterberg on Sunday, earning 400 points and becoming unchallenged in the final standing.

Bulgarian snowboarder Alexandra Jekova is taking home her first this season in the ladies' snowboard cross final as part of the Snowboard World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland.

Jekova has scored a third victory for her career, and also the first in five years. It was in Veysonnaz, in March 2014, where she was in Top 3 for the last time, finishing third.

The Bulgarian resort of Borovets is hosting the ladies' giant slalom of the FIS European Cup on Friday and Saturday.

The official opening will take place at 17.45 o'clock on Friday with free mulled wine provided to all.

The opening will be followed by the award ceremony of Friday's winners and the draw for the competition on Saturday.

The Bulgarian resort of Pamporovo is hosting the ladies' slalom of the European Cup on Tuesday and Wednesday, with more than seventy participants from twenty countries expected to compete.

The slalom on Tuesday was won by Ksenia Alopina from Russia and Chiara Gmuer from Switzerland, who finished the two runs in 1:42.10.

Lindsey Vonn broke Annemarie Moser-Proell's record for most World Cup downhill victories with her 37th in skiing's marquee event on Jan. 23.

Vonn beat Larisa Yurkiw of Canada by 0.28 seconds on the Olympia delle Tofane course - the same site where she eclipsed Moser-Proell's overall women's record of 62 victories a year ago - with a nearly flawless run amid windy conditions.

Hundreds of visitors from all over Bosnia descended at the weekend on Mount Jahorina, one of the country's three 'Olympic mountains', to enjoy the early winter sunshine and mark the official opening of a new ski season.

Local officials and rock bands from Sarajevo and Belgrade also arrived for the opening ceremony, but the main ingredient was still missing - snow. 

The resort town of Bansko on Saturday is welcoming its first ski tourists this year with a special inauguration ceremony.

Sports Minister Krasen Kralev attended the festive events which began at the new lift built in the Shiligarnika area, specialized websites report.

Beijing has beat out Almaty (44-40) votes to become the first city to host the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, as it hosted the 2008 Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the close results for the 2022 Winter Games.

After the Super-G races at the Bulgarian ski resort Bansko were cancelled on Friday and Saturday on account of the heavy fog, a number of skiers complained about the harsh conditions and the FIS reaction on Sunday.

Despite the similar situation, ski federation made sure that the competition went ahead anyway, thus posing a danger to a number of skiers, Reuters reported.