FC Arda Kardzhali, the club that currently is fifth in the First Professional Football League standings, had observed a minute’s silence in memory of Petko Ganchev ahead of their league match against ...

A Bulgarian football club has issued an apology after mistakenly holding a minute’s silence for a former player, only to later discover he is still alive and well.

A top-flight Bulgarian football team mourned one of their former players before discovering he was in fact still alive during ...

A Bulgarian football club has been forced to issue an unfortunate apology after holding a minute’s silence for a former ...

A Bulgarian football club has been forced to issue an unfortunate apology after holding a minute’s silence for a former ...

When officials realised their mistake, they said they wished their former player "many more years of good health".

A Bulgarian football club has apologised after holding a minute’s silence for a former player who is still alive. Top-flight ...

"The management of PFC Arda would like to express its deepest apologies to the team's former footballer, Petko Ganchev, and ...

The management of Bulgarian top-flight side Arda Kardzhali apologised after their former player Petko Ganchev, whose death they mourned in a minute's silence before Sunday's match with Levski Sofia, ...