Star cyclist, Tadej Pogačar, winner of the Tour de France, is one of the many top atheletes that will become an ambassador promoting Slovenia as a tourist destination. The athlete with Tourism Board will define all the spots across the country for cycling and leisure activities. © from /Tadej Pogačar, winner of Tour de France,
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The Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships will be held this year partly at Slovenian ski resort of Rogla on 1 and 2 March. © from /Snowboarding Championships to be held at Rogla The segment of parallel giant slalom and parallel slalom disciplines will be held at Rogla after the original host in China cancelled
Slovenia conducted the cycling Marathon Franja professionally and following the current situation. This time the Italian won the marathon, and only moments behind him, the Slovenian Matej Lovše arrived at the finish line. Photo: Bicycle marathon Franja/ The biggest cycling event in Slovenia, where competitors have to cycle for as much as 156 km, occurs
Slovenian Damir Skomina is recognised as the world’s best football referee 2019 according to a survey held by the International Institute of Football History and Statistics. The Institute survey involved experts from 90 countries. According to the results of the voting, the 43-year-old Skomina scored 136 points, thereby beating the winner of 2017 – German
Slovenian Maja Povšnar took third place at the European Open Championship in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which has recently ended in Rome. The Slovene performed in the category of up to 61.5 kg. Povšnar had previously won the high titles of the European champion and the world champion in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. At the end of November 2019,
From Thursday, 24 October to Saturday, 26 October 2019, the UAE hosted the Grand Prix series tournament, at which Slovenian judokas won three medals. Thus, on the first day of the Grand Prix series, Maruša Štangar received silver medal in the category of up to 48 kilograms. On the second day of the tournament, the
On Sunday, 27 October 2019, the largest track and field event of Slovenia – the 24 Ljubljana Marathon – will be held in Ljubljana. Almost 14 thousand participants will run at the distances of 10, 21 and 42 kilometres. About 2 thousand athletes will run a classic marathon. The day before, on Saturday, 26 October
“The heart was longing, the body didn’t give the way,” RTV Slovenija reporters describe the results of the European Volleyball Championship. On Sunday, 29 September 2019, in the final match, which took place in Paris at the Bercy Arena in the presence of 12,650 fans, Slovenes yielded the palm to the Serbian National Team (1:3).
Slovenian cyclist Primož Roglič went down in history as the 60th winner of La Vuelta – the 3-week road bicycle racing in Spain. In the overall team standing, Slovenia became the 20th country in history to be the winner of the three-week races. According to their coach Andrej Hauptman, Primož Roglič proved to be an
The International Association of Professional Football Players (FIFPro) has announced a list of 55 candidates for the best squad in 2019. The largest number of candidates are from Barcelona (11) and the winner of the Champions League – Liverpool (4). The widest representation belongs to the English Premier League (21 players). The list of candidates
