The municipalities of Brda and Nova Gorica are all set for the 15th stage of the Giro that will take place on 23 May and will run from Grado to Gorizia across Slovenia. Numerous activities are under way to make this an unforgettable day, although it is not yet clear whether spectators will be allowed to watch the race from the sides.

The most successful Slovenian biathlete Jakov Fak has been appointed one of the ten ambassadors of International Biathlon Union's (IBU) Biathlon Climate Challenge, an environmental project that aims to plant 100,000 trees as part of the IBU's sustainability programme.

Slovenian canoeists have been going from strength to strength, with silver for Eva Terčelj and bronze for Peter Kauzer at the European Canoe Slalom Championships on Saturday raising hopes for top positions at the Tokyo Olympics.

The Slovenian Olympic torch set out on its 81-day journey around Slovenia in Bovec on Monday to visit all 212 municipalities until 23 July, after it was taken to Triglav, the country's highest mountain, at the weekend. Over 5,000 runners will carry the symbol of the Olympic Games in the run-up to the Tokyo Summer Olympics.

The Slovenian men's handball team has qualified for the 2022 European Championship in Hungary and Slovakia despite Thursday's 26:27 loss to Poland in the penultimate round of qualifying in Group 5, as it cannot finish worse than in the second place in the group.

Team Slovenia, the champion of the 2017 Eurobasket, will play Germany, Lithuania, France, Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina in the preliminary round of the FIBA EuroBasket championships 2022. It will play the preliminary matches in Cologne, Germany, while the knockout stage will be played in Berlin.

Slovenia's rider Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) won the Belgian one-day classic Liege-Bastogne-Liege in what is his sixth win this season and 23rd overall, as his compatriot Primož Roglič failed to defend the title.