Borislav Mihaylov stepped down as president of the Bulgarian Football Union after the prime minister urged him to quit his post following racist abuse and monkey chants from Bulgaria fans towards black England players during their Euro 2020 qualifier. Borislav Mihaylov stepped down as president of the Bulgarian Football Union after the prime minister urged him to quit his post following racist abuse and monkey chants from Bulgaria fans towards black England players during their Euro 2020 qualifier. "Today, the president of the Bulgarian Football Union Borislav Mihailov submitted his resignation, which will be presented to the members of the Executive Committee at the meeting on Friday," the BFU said in a statement. "His position is a consequence of recent tensions: an environment that is detrimental to Bulgarian football and the Bulgarian Football Union." "The football union cannot be held responsible for the hooliganism of a group of people," BFU's spokesman Hristo Zapryanov had said earlier.

Source: Irish Independent October 15, 2019 13:31 UTC