¡@PRAGUE, July 26(Xinhuanet)-- Former Czech hockey forward Josef Kus, a world champion from 1947, died on Saturday in Sumperk, Czech Republic, aged 84.

Kus, who played for Prague's clubs LTC and Spartak, succumbed to a serious disease. His funeral will take place in Sumperk on Wednesday.

After he ended his career as a professional hockey player, Kus became a coach. He trained the Austrian and Yugoslav national teams. In the mid-1950s he lectured on hockey in China. Enditem