Toppmoller out of running for Czech football coach job

Klaus Toppmoller has ruled himself out as a candidate for the post of manager of the Czech national football team. The German coach told a newspaper there were two points on which the prospective appointment foundered – the Czech football association’s insistence that he move to the Czech Republic, and its refusal to hire Toppmoller’s assistants. The new Czech manager is due to be unveiled on Thursday, with the most likely candidate said to be Jozef Chovanec. It would not be his first stint in charge: he held the job before Karel Bruckner, who stepped down after Euro 2008.