Slovakia coach Weiss extends deal until 2014

Slovakia coach Vladimir Weiss, fresh from guiding the team to the last 16 of the World Cup, yesterday extended his contract until 2014.

"I had other offers from abroad but I prefer working with the Slovak Football Association," Weiss said.

Weiss, who took charge of the national team in 2008, said his priorities were to prepare the team for the Euro 2012 and World Cup 2014 tournaments.

"The team is relatively young but experienced. The World Cup showed them new possibilities," the 45-year-old added.

A World Cup newcomer, the Slovak team beat defending champions Italy 3-2 in the group stage to advance to the last 16 before losing to the Netherlands.

Weiss, who played for the former Czechoslovakia at the World Cup in Italy in 1990, previously coached Slovak top-flight side Artmedia Petrzalka and Russia's Saturn Ramenskoye.

His 20-year-old son Vladimir, a midfielder on Manchester City's books, was also part of the Slovak team.

The coach's father, also Vladimir, helped Czechoslovakia win the silver medal in the football tournament at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964.