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Villa captain Petrov announces retirement

Aston Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov has announced his retirement.

Petrov has announced his retirement from football as he continues to fight leukaemia.

The Bulgarian is in remission from a disease which was diagnosed in March 2012 after he complained of feeling fatigued during a game at Arsenal.

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