Figure skating

Bulgaria's golden couple Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski, who won their second consecutive ice dance world title last month in Tokyo, have decided to postpone their plans to retire from competitive skating. Staviski's resemblance to David Beckham...

Bulgaria's golden couple Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski, who won their second consecutive ice dance world title last month in Tokyo, have decided to postpone their plans to retire from competitive skating.

Staviski's resemblance to David Beckham made him a big crowd favourite in the Japanese capital.

Partners since 1996, Denkova and Staviski had hinted several times that the worlds would be their last competition but they now seem likely to continue competing for at least one more season.

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