Football: Patrik Berger to return to Sparta

Thirty-four-year-old former Czech international Patrik Berger is to return to the Czech Republic next season, to play for his very first club, Sparta Prague. The footballer made the statement at a press conference on Thursday, adding that he had signed a two-year contract with this year’s runners-up in the Gambrinus Liga. Berger has been playing club football abroad now for 17 years, the last ten of which he has spent in England. The player said he was leaving Aston Villa and the English Premier League for family reasons.