Women’s field hockey coach named new National Sports Agency head

The government has named a new National Sports Agency head, to succeed Milan Hnilička, who resigned on Monday. It is Filip Neusser, the current coach of the women’s field hockey team.

Neusser’s appointment also means that he will withdraw his candidacy to head the Czech Olympic Committee.

The National Sports Agency was founded in August 2019 to distribute funding in the sector. Hnilička, its first chairman, had been under pressure to resign since January, when he took part in a celebration in violation of anti-coronavirus measures.