Czech players punished with hard labour

PRAGUE: Banik Ostrava coach Radomir Korytar has hit on a novel way of penalising his players for a run of poor performances — sentencing them to a spell of hard labour.
With Banik propping up the Czech top-flight, Korytar has taken drastic action in a bid to turn the club´s fortunes around.
Equipped with hoes, rakes, spades and saws, the players gather every morning to work on improving the look of their training centre.
Korytar said the players would at least know “what they are in for if they don´t do their jobs properly”.