Footballer fined 200,000 crowns for Nazi salute

Czech footballer Pavel Horvath, who plays for Sparta Prague, will have to pay a fine of 200,000 crowns (the equivalent of almost 10,000 US dollars) for a gesture in a recent match reminiscent of the Nazi salute. The gesture was made towards fans. A disciplinary commission of the Football Association of the Czech Republic reached the decision on Thursday that the salute had damaged the reputation of Czech football. The player has admitted the gesture was a mistake but denied it was meant as a racist act.