Soccer-Angelov double boosts Levski Sofia title bid

SOFIA, April 14 | Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:17pm BST

SOFIA, April 14 (Reuters) - A double from Emil Angelov and an own goal by Stefan Uchikov led Levski Sofia to a 3-0 win over Rodopa Smolyan on Saturday which kept them three points clear at the top of the Bulgarian Premier League.

Levski have 57 points from 22 matches, followed by city rivals Lokomotiv on 54. CSKA Sofia are third on 51.

Marcho Dafchev converted a 58th-minute penalty to give 10-man Lokomotiv a 1-0 victory over fourth-placed Litex Lovech.

Lokomotiv's Tsvetan Genkov, the league's top scorer, was sent off in the first half.

CSKA laboured to a 1-0 victory at Slavia Sofia, Yordan Yurukov netting in the 56th minute.

Yordan Todorov of CSKA and Slavia's Todor Kolev were sent off.

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