Victims of a coach who avoided prison despite secretly filming women footballers in changing rooms and showers have called for him to receive a global lifetime ban. Petr Vlachovsky was given a suspended one-year prison sentence and five-year coaching ban in the Czech Republic after being convicted of filming 14 players over four years. FC Slovacko for almost 15 years, and previously led the Czech Republic Under-19s women's team. Once voted the best women's coach in the Czech Republic, Vlachovsky was arrested in September 2023 after police discovered the covertly filmed footage online. He was given a one-year suspended prison sentence in May last year, and recently a group of the victims came forward to demand further action.

Source: BBC March 05, 2026 08:33 UTC