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In Sports News: Sparta win the Prague derby in hockey, though their
goaltender is slightly late arriving on the ice; Slavia, meanwhile, go top
of the Czech football league, temporarily at least; with 72 shutouts,
Dominik Hasek is closing in on a career milestone; and ski jumper Jakub
Janda's season picks up, ever so slightly.
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Current AffairsJagr surpasses Kurri to become NHL's greatest ever European-born scorer
Only a few days ago the Czech Republic's greatest hockey player Jaromir
Jagr made history by becoming only the 16th player in the NHL to ever
score 600 goals. Now, he's made history again. On Tuesday night when his
New York Rangers beat Carolina, Jagr scored twice more, inching past
Finnish legend Jari Kurri to become the greatest European-born scorer
ever. Earlier Jan Velinger spoke to Pavel Barta, a specialist in ice
hockey and reporter for the Czech newspaper Mlada Fronta Dnes.
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In Sports News: it was a successful weekend for Czech skiing, with first
place for Katerina Neumannova and third for the men's relay team at a
meeting in Sweden; Sparta Prague lead the domestic football league into
the winter break, despite conceding their first league goal in almost 800
minutes; Aston Villa's manager threatens Czech striker Milan Baros with
the boot: and Jaromir Jagr has scored his 600th NHL goal.
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In Sports News: after a poor start Sparta Prague are closing in on football
league leaders Slovan Liberec, though Sparta's manager says it's too soon
to get excited; Liberec defender Tomas Zapotocny says he's keen to leave
the Czech league after receiving a record fine from the football
association; Tomas Kaberle scores his first hat trick in ice hockey's NHL,
while Jaromir Jagr leads the players' points table; and Katerina Neumannova
begins her final season in cross country skiing.
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Netminder Cech undergoes operation for skull fracture; Czechs draw 1:1
against Ireland in Euro 2008 qualifier; Sparta third in domestic league;
Vaidisova comes close but fails to reach final of Kremlin Cup; Czech
authorities consider F1 circuit in Prague; Jagr, Havlat top players' point
standings in NHL. More
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In Sports News this week: there are no Czech teams in football's Champions
League this season but a record three have reached the group stage of the
UEFA Cup, including Mlada Boleslav, who scored a famous victory over
Marseille - we hear from the former's manager; Jaromir Jagr is back - and
scoring again - after a shoulder operation in June; and last season's
finalists Slavia Prague are bottom of the Czech ice hockey league.
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In Sports News: the Czech men's tennis team are back in the elite World
Group in the Davis Cup after a resounding victory over the Netherlands;
Mlada Boleslav are now two points clear in the Czech football league;
Sparta fine Repka for giving the finger to Teplice fans, while disgraced
former Zizkov boss Hornik is back in the game; and hockey goaltender
Dominik Hasek wins on his return with the Detroit Red Wings.
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