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In Sports News: leading Czech cross country skier Katerina Neumannova wins
the first World Cup event of her career in front of home fans; little
known Czech tennis player Ivo Minar is knocked out in the final of the
Sydney International; Sparta Prague football club find out this week if
they are to be investigated for corruption; this year's Dakar Rally is one
to forget for Czech drivers; and Robert Lang is not, after all, going to
play in the Czech ice hockey league.
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Current AffairsCzech hockey league sees return of NHL stars
A long-standing dispute between players and owners in North America's
National Hockey League came to a head on Thursday when the league
locked-out players on a day they would have normally started training
camp. The dispute has put the regular season — as well as next year's
Stanley Cup play-offs — at threat, and as a result many European players
have returned home to play in their national leagues. More
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In Sports News: as the Czech football team prepare for their opening game
at Euro 2004, experienced midfielder Vladimir Smicer tells us even though
their opponents on Tuesday are the unfancied Latvia, the first game is
always very difficult. In ice hockey, goaltender Dominik Hasek looks set
to join Ottawa and Czech tennis number one Jiri Novak has recorded his
best ever placing on grass, just a week before Wimbledon.
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For the 8th time in ten years the Prague International Marathon has been
won by a Kenyan; Robert Stefko made marathon history by becoming the first
Czech to make the winners' podium by coming in third; the Czech national
football side has entered its final training phase ahead of Euro 2004; at
least one Czech's name will grace this year's Stanley Cup no matter who
wins.
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Current AffairsIce hockey star Jaromir Jagr looking forward to "home" World Championships
The Czech Republic has been gripped by ice hockey fever, with the sport's
World Championships due to start in Prague and Ostrava on Saturday. On the
eve of the competition, the biggest Czech hockey star of all time, Jaromir
Jagr, talks about the Czech team's chance of success, the passion Czechs
have for the sport and how his club team-mates from North America will
enjoy visiting the Czech Republic with their national teams.
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The Czech ice hockey team have had mixed results in their last competitive
games before the World Championships, which get underway in Prague on
Saturday. Meanwhile, coach Lener says selecting a squad will not be easy,
with several Czech NHL stars now available. In football, leaders Ostrava
have found their winning touch again, while internationals Rosicky and
Smicer are both back after injury. And in tennis, Iveta Benesova has been
defeated in the final of the Estoril Open in Portugal.
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Jaromir Jagr returns to the Czech Rep to train for the upcoming Ice Hockey
World Championships; goalie Tomas Vokoun backstops the Nashville Predators
to an important win over the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the
Stanley Cup play-offs; Sparta Prague downs Pilsen to keep chances against
Ostrava Banik alive; and Jiri Welsch is set to make NBA history as the
first Czech to ever appear in a post-season NBA game.
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Prague's new state-of-the-art ice hockey arena saw its first game on
Sunday, when Slavia Prague took on Hame Zlin in the third game of the
Extraliga playoff finals. In the NHL, Patrik Elias was the Czech player
with the most points in the regular season. In football news, Sparta
Prague have played their first game under new coach, and former Sparta
star, Frantisek Straka. Elsewhere, Ostrava slipped up at Zlin while
Olomouc have gone second, at least for a short time.
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Sparta Prague have sacked their fourth manager in two years, Jiri Kotrba.
The Czech football league champions are ten points behind leaders Ostrava,
with only seven games to go. In ice hockey, defending champions Slavia
Prague have made a remarkable comeback in the Extraliga semi-finals.
Further afield, Czech star Petr Nedved has scored his 300th NHL goal, and
against a Czech goalie to boot. In tennis, Jiri Novak has been beaten in
the third round of the big-money Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami.
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