Breaking: Decorated coach steps down amidst bribery scandal.

Some sad and scandalous news to report from the international hockey world today. According to a report from Yahoo! Sports the coach of the Czech National team Vladimir Ruzicka has resigned as pressure continues to mount after multiple accusations of bribery. Ruzicka made this statement on Tuesday.

"I've decided to stand down following a concerted media campaign directed against me since April," he explained in a statement released by his lawyer.

"I've never done anything illegal and I will continue to defend myself, to clear my name," he added

Ruzicka, a former NHL player, is accused of accepting payments of 18,000 and 20,000 euros from a man believed to be Miroslav Palascak in order to keep his son on the team. It's a severe black eye for international hockey, and for the highly decorated former Czech player a coach. Ruzicka won three gold medals for his country, one as a player in 1998, and two as a coach in 2005 and 2010 respectively.