THIS is the bizarre moment a footballer was sent off for stuttering his penalty run-up. Dinamo Zagreb forward Bruno Petkovic was shown red for his juddering run-up whilst taking a last minute ...

That attitude has restored a measure of pride not merely to Serbian football but to a battered nation. At the funeral of the actor Ljuba Tadic, an old man tottered up to Petkovic, seized his hand ...

He has football in his little finger, it was a pleasure to play with him.” Petkovic has made 29 appearances for the Croatian national team during his career. He played 40 minutes in the FIFA ...

Petkovic's position was compromised further the day after the defeat in Verona when the Swiss Football Federation announced that he would be leaving Lazio at the end of the season to replace ...