Czech football great Panenka in stable condition after being hospitalised with COVID-19

Antonín Panenka, the 71-year-old footballer who became famous for his unconventional penalty kick that helped win Czechoslovakia the UEFA EURO championship in 1976, is in stable condition and will be transferred from Benešov Hospital to Prague on Friday where he will be cared for by a doctor, Panenka’s former club Bohemians 1905 announced earlier in the day.

Mr. Panenka was hospitalised in serious condition on Wednesday and placed in Benešov Hospital’s intensive care unit. According to his wife, he was suffering from breathing dificulties and a strong cough.