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Current AffairsWith own team absent, many Czechs supporting Slovakia at World Cup
The Czech Republic’s soccer players failed to qualify for this year’s
World Cup, and, like Czech fans, will be watching the football extravaganza
on television. But with their own team not there, who will Czechs be
supporting in South Africa? Well, Slovakia has finished top of a poll
asking just that question: that despite the facts the Slovaks perhaps
don’t always cheer for their one-time fellow citizens.
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Current AffairsMichal Bílek becomes fourth Czech football manager this year – but is he up to the task?
Less than a week after Ivan Hašek stepped down as manager of the Czech
international football team his successor has been announced. Michal
Bílek, hitherto Hašek’s assistant, has been given a three-year contract
and a clear task: rebuild the Czech squad and lead them to Euro 2012. But
does the 44-year-old have what it takes?
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Current AffairsSlavia successfully defend Czech football league title for first time since 1943
Slavia Prague have won the Czech football league for the second time in a
row, after beating Viktoria Žižkov on Monday evening. For decades they
have had been accused of being věčně druhý (forever second),
overshadowed by the country’s richest club, Sparta Prague. So do
Slavia’s two titles in two seasons represent a real power shift in Czech
football?
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Business NewsBusiness News
This week in Business News, TV Prima makes money broadcasting the Euro
2008, despite the Czech team's exit; women managers on the rise; good trade
results see the Czech crown break a new record against the Euro; the
haléř is on its way out and drivers flock to independent gas stations in
search of cheaper fuel.
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Current AffairsCzech footballers making headlines for wrong reasons in wake of Euro 2008
The Czech football team may have come home from Euro 2008 earlier than they
would have liked, but they haven't been out of the headlines. With players
involved in a bar brawl in downtown Prague, and a war of words between
goalkeeper Petr Čech and a senior figure in the Czech football
association, it seems all is not well in and around the Czech side at
present.
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Letter from PragueThe year I gave up on professional sports
Some may say 2008 has been a good year for sport and all in all I’d have
to agree all except for one thing, one small niggling detail, one small
unfortunate item: every team, every professional sportsman or woman I’ve
set hopes for has done either outright badly this year, or worse, done well
but stumbled on the final hurdle.
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Current AffairsFarewell, King Karel…
Following Sunday’s dramatic defeat against Turkey in the Euro 2008
football championships, Czech coach Karel Brückner confirmed that he will
step down. We examine his life and career:
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