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I've come today to the industrial town of Kladno, around 25 kilometres west
of Prague. The first recorded mention of Kladno comes from the middle of
the 14th century when it was a village owned by the Kladensky family.
Centuries later it was bought by the Benedictine monks from the Brevnov
monastery, who were its owners until 1848.
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Images from around the world dominate today's Czech dailies: from pictures
of Muslim women protesting the ban on religious headscarves in France, to
the crash of a plane that killed 40 in the United Arab Emirates. On the
domestic scene the dailies focus on several top stories, including the
continuing split in the governing coalition over raising regulated rents
and star goaltender Dominik Hasek's announcement that due to injury he'll
be out for the rest of the NHL hockey season; that in a year Mr Hasek had
widely been expected to make a come-back in his sport. Mlada Fronta Dnes,
meanwhile, writes that changes could be in store for public broadcaster
Czech TV.
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Martina Navratilova's last ever match at tennis's Australian Open ended in
defeat in the mixed doubles final on Sunday. Another Czech sporting great,
ice hockey forward Jaromir Jagr, played his 1,000th NHL game on Friday,
though the game could have gone better for the famous no. 68. In football,
Jiri Stajner has joined Sparta Prague on loan from Hanover, while other
Czech players had mixed fortunes as the Bundesliga started again.
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In football, Vaclav Kolousek has finally joined Slavia Prague, after weeks
of negotiations. Tomas Rosicky, meanwhile, is staying at Dortmund, at
least until the end of the season. Czech international coach Karel
Brueckner has come second in a poll of the world's best managers in 2003.
Ice hockey star Jaromir Jagr has been having mixed fortunes at his new
club New York Rangers, and is it the end of the line for another Czech
legend, Dominik Hasek?
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The Czech ice hockey megastar Jaromir Jagr has left Washington for the New
York Rangers. However, Jagr's first game for Rangers saw them being
thrashed in a game the player described as a "kick in the
behind". Jiri Novak bowed out in the third round of tennis's
Australian Open, despite having led 2:0 on sets against Pavel of Romania.
Katerina Holubcova has come second in a Biathlon World Cup event while
Ales Valenta has won the second World Cup event of his career in freestyle
aerial skiing.
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The bad weather makes the front pages, although what's bad for some is not
necessarily bad for others. MLADA FRONTA DNES shows a man cross-country
skiing along the tram tracks in Prague's Bila Hora district, while LIDOVE
NOVINY has a photo of someone snowboarding on Petrin Hill, with a
snow-topped Prague Castle behind him.
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Czech ice hockey megastar Jaromir Jagr has had mixed fortunes this season:
after returning to form, the Kladno-born player is now out of action until
the end of January after busting his thumb. Meanwhile, his Washington
team-mate Robert Lang has returned to the top of the NHL points rankings.
Czech football captain Pavel Nedved came fourth in the FIFA World Player
of the Year awards, but will he get Europe's Golden Boot next week? And
cross-country skier Katerina Neummanova is looking forward to experiencing
pre-race nerves once again, after taking a break to have a baby.
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Will a dispute over rights prevent television coverage of the Czech-held
2004 World Ice Hockey Championships? There has been no change at the top
of the Czech Extraliga. In football, wonderboy Vaclav Sverkos has made the
headlines by getting three goals against the best defence in Germany,
while another young Czech sportsman has described his first taste of
Formula 1 as "fantastic".
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Czech tennis number one Jiri Novak reached the semi-final of the Paris
Masters, in what he describes as the second best season of his career. In
football, a record crowd at Banik Ostrava saw the league leaders go six
points clear of nearest rivals Sparta, who lost to bogey team Zlin, and
Czech internationals have been in the news around Europe. Czech ice hockey
league leaders Pardubice won their first game after five outings, and
legendary goaltender Dominik Hasek is going through a difficult period at
the moment.
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Imagine coming home to your flat to find it has been invaded by 500 bats.
No, that's not the latest horror movie - it is a real life story that
happened to a woman in Plzen, west Bohemia. Who won the Man of the Year
contest in the Czech Republic? And, the police in Pribram are
investigating the theft of one of their colleagues - who may be gracing
someone's garden. Find out more in this week's Magazine with Daniela
Lazarova.
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