When officials realised their mistake, they said they wished their former player "many more years of good health".
A Bulgarian first-division team has been forced into an embarrassing apology after holding a minute's silence for a former player who was not dead.
"The management of PFC Arda would like to express its deepest apologies to the team's former footballer, Petko Ganchev, and ...
A Bulgarian top-flight team has apologised for holding a minute's silence for a former player, only to discover he is still ...
Bulgarian football club FC Arda has issued an apology to former player Petko Ganchev for mistakenly holding a moment of silence in his memory, erroneously announcing his death.
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, ...
Bulgarian football club Arda Kardzhali found itself in an awkward situation after mistakenly holding a minute’s silence for former player ...
A Bulgarian football club has apologised after holding a minute’s silence for a former player who is still alive. Top-flight ...
A Bulgarian football side have apologised to a former player after holding a minute’s silence to honour his death, only to ...
Bulgarian football club Arda Kardzhali inadvertently mourned their former player, Petko Ganchev, after receiving incorrect information about his death before a match against Levski Sofia. The club ...
A top club in the Bulgarian league has tendered its apologies after holding a minute’s silence for a former footballer, only to discover later that he is still alive. Before the club’s ...