Thursday, May 9

Visitors incident sidelines Czech footballer Jankto

PRAGUE — Czech Republic midfielder Jakub Jankto, who not too long ago got here out as homosexual, is taking break day from soccer following a site visitors incident.

Jankto’s Sparta Prague membership mentioned he was not with the crew anymore and was given time to take care of his “personal situation.” Sparta declined to present extra particulars and requested the general public and media to respect Jankto’s privateness.

Jankto mentioned in an announcement that his well being didn’t make it potential to proceed serving to Sparta in title and cup races and thanked the membership and the followers for his or her assist.

Police mentioned he was checked by officers after they have been notified by one other driver on Tuesday. An alcohol take a look at was destructive however Jankto refused to be examined for different medicine.

According to media studies, he additionally didn’t have a driver’s licence, which was taken from him beforehand by police. Failure to have a licence was punishable by a jail time period.

Jankto’s future was not clear.

He was enjoying for Sparta Prague this season on mortgage from Spanish membership Getafe. He has beforehand performed for Italian golf equipment Sampdoria and Udinese. He scored solely as soon as for Sparta and was principally used in its place. ___ More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports

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