European Football

SOFIA, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's Football Union (BFU) has suspended referee Nikolay Yordanov for four matches after he made a series of blunders in a game that ended a 33-match unbeaten league run for champions CSKA Sofia.

CSKA lost 3-1 to promoted Sliven in a tense affair on Friday that featured two red cards and three penalties.

"We were convinced of the accuracy of the match delegate's report after watching a video of the game and we decided to ban him," BFU referees' commission chairman Borislav Alexandrov told reporters on Tuesday.

Referee bans are not uncommon in the Balkan country and Alexandrov had issued a pre-season warning that his commission would be even stricter with officials who made mistakes.