Košťál quits Czech FA position

Vlastimil Košťál has resigned as deputy chairman of the Czech football association, the website tyden.cz reported. Mr Košťál has a long association with Sparta Prague and was until last summer the business manager of the Czech national team. He is one is one of the most powerful – but also most unpopular – people in Czech football. In a letter of resignation Mr Košťál said he was quitting for personal reasons.