Slovenia's cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar made history yet again, winning his fifth mountain victory at this year's Tour de France, something last achieved by another great, Gino Bartali, 76 years ago.
Pogačar, a 25-year-old UAE Team Emirates rider, edged his closest general classification rival,
Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) collected his fourth stage win at this year's Tour de France from Embrun to Isola 2000 in the Alps to extend his overall lead ahead of Dane Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) to 5:03 minutes.
Pogačar attacked 9.5 km to go to the finish line of s
Slovenian athletes will travel to the Paris Olympics with a medical team that will provide them with quality care to ensure they are in the best possible shape. They are confident the Games may well be one of the more successful.
Slovenians will be cheering on a record 90 Slovenian athletes at this
Slovenian cycling superstar Tadej Pogačar swooped two back-to-back Tour de France stage wins in the Pyrenees over the past weekend in a display of dominance to extend his overall lead. He seems poised to win his third Tour de France title, but he told a virtual press conference on 15 July that the
Tadej Pogačar delivered a stunning solo performance on the first summit finish at the Tour de France on 13 July to strengthen his grip on the yellow jersey in stage 14 as the classic race entered its decisive phase in the Pyrenees.
For most of the 152-kilometre stage, Pogačar's UAE Team Emirates pa
Slovenia will field 90 athletes in the Paris Olympics, eleven athletes more than in the previous largest national team of 79 athletes, who competed in Athens in 2004.
"It will not only be the largest but also a very gender-balanced team, with 44 female and 46 male athletes," Slovenian Olympic Commi
Slovenian cycling star Primož Roglič is out of the Tour de France after suffering a nasty crash during stage 12 from Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot.
The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe racer crashed some 12 kilometres before the finish line, falling on his right shoulder, which appeared to be heavily scrat
As athletes are counting down to the Paris Olympic Games, the city of Novo Mesto is paying tribute to gymnast Leon Štukelj, the first Slovenian Olympic champion, who won his first two Olympic golds in Paris a century ago.
Štukelj was born on 12 November 1898 in Rudolfovo, which is how Novo Mesto wa
Slovenia will not appear in the basketball tournament at the Paris Olympic Games, having been routed by Greece 68:96 in the semi-finals of the FIBA qualifying tournament in Piraeus. To qualify, they would have to win the tournament.
Having already suffered a loss at the hands of Croatia earlier in
