Two Sparta Prague players are being forced to train with the club's women's team as a result of sexist comments made at a female match official.
Goalkeeper Tomas Koubek said "women belong at the stove" after assistant referee Lucie Ratajova failed to flag an opponent offside in a 3-3 draw with Brno. He also said "Women should not officiate men's football" in a post-match interview.
Lukas Vacha also made sexist remarks when he tweeted a picture of the official in question, with the caption "to the stove".
Chief executive Adam Kotalík was understandably unhappy with the comments, branding it "unacceptable" and then saying the players "will see for themselves that women can be handy not only at the stove".
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Both players are Czech Republic internationals and both have since apologised for their remarks.
Koubek posted the following message on Facebook:
Vach also issued a response and said that his comment on social media was "directed to a specific error which affected the outcome of the game, not for any other women".
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Czech Republic's governing body are scheduled to deal with the incident on Thursday, but Sparta have already acted swiftly by making the two guilty players train with the women's team.
(h/t BBC)
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