Bulgarian side Arda Kardzhali welcomed club great Petko Ganchev as a special guest to their match against Cherno More on Wednesday – two weeks after holding a minute’s silence for him. Arda mourned Ganchev before their match with Levski Sofia last month, wrongly believing he had died, with both teams lining up on the centre...
“When I heard the terrible news, I poured myself a small brandy.” For Petko Ganchev, a regular Sunday afternoon spent watching his former club Arda Kardzhali play Levski Sofia turned into an evening of reassuring friends and family he was still alive. The Bulgarian top-flight side held a minute’s silence for Ganchev before kick-off in...