Association football

The teams of Bulgaria and Italy are tied 2:2 in a EURO 2016 qualifiers game played Saturday at the Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria.

This comes after Bulgaria had been leading for more than an hour in a match that to a large extent will determine its chances for the EURO 2016 championship.   

Bulgaria's Yordan Minev scoring an own goal in the 4th minute of the match.

Bulgaria's men national football team faces Italy on Saturday in matchday 5 of the EURO 2016 qualification Group H.

The outcome of the match will to a large extent determine whether Bulgaria will preserve its meager chances of qualifying for EURO 2016.

Turkey's national football team will be hosted by European football giants the Netherlands in a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying group match at Amsterdam Arena on March 28.

Both Turkey and Netherlands need to win the game if they want to maintain their fight to qualify for France.

The Greek soccer federation on Friday insisted that international defender Jose Holebas had been dropped from team training in Austria because of injury and not for any other reason.

Media reports out of Italy said that the 30-year-old player had trained normally with his Roma squad after departing from Austria on Tuesday.

Greek second-division side AEK Athens on Friday was deducted three points by the Greek football federation for a pitch invasion by its fans earlier this month.

The disciplinary committee of the federation also ordered AEK to play two matches behind closed doors and fined the club 17,000 euros.

Dutch midfielder and captain Wesley Sneijder says the Netherlands want a win against Turkey in their UEFA Euro 2016 qualification match in Amsterdam on March 28, despite the squad being dogged by injuries.

The Galatasaray star told Anadolu Agency they will try to do their best against Turkey despite the absence of two of the squad's regulars, Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie.

BELGRADE - Zoran Milinkovic is the new head coach of FK Partizan, the football club's CEO Milos Vazura confirmed on Wednesday.

The dismissal of former coach Marko Nikolic was necessary in order to achieve progress in terms of performances and results, FK Partizan said in a statement.

Liverpool's Martin Skrtel will serve a three-game suspension after losing his appeal against a charge for standing on Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea, the Football Association announced on March 25.
      

GORNJI MILANOVAC - Swiss packaging giant Tetra Pak opened on Tuesday a new warehouse for finished products in Gornji Milanovac, western Serbia, as part of the company's investment totaling EUR 11.9 million over the past two years.

The new warehouse, covering an area of 4,000 square meters, is planned to employ 38 people.

The President of the Bulgarian Football Union (BFS) Borislav Mihaylov was reelected to the Executive Committee of UEFA on Tuesday.

Mihaylov was elected at the second round of voting during the XXXIX Ordinary UEFA Congress, which is taking place in Vienna.