Jakub Jankto, the Czech Republic international and Getafe midfielder on loan at Sparta Prague, has come out as gay. The 27-year-old is the highest-profile current male footballer to publicly come out. In a video published on Twitter, Jankto said: 'like everybody else, I also want to live my life in freedom without fears, without prejudice, without violence, but with love. I am homosexual, and I no longer want to hide myself' 

• ‘I no longer want to hide’: Jakub Jankto, Czech international, comes out as gay