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In Sports News: Czech tennis number one Jiri Novak wins the sixth ATP title
of his career, the Japan Open; the Czech football team take the first
points of their campaign to reach the 2006 World Cup; Tomas Jun scores a
hat trick for the Under 21s and receives a debut call-up for the senior
squad; Sparta and Ostrava are fined by UEFA; the famous Velka Pardubicka
steeplechase is won for the second year in a row by German-trained
Registana. More
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In Sports News: the Czech Davis Cup team beat Paraguay to stay in the World
Group; Martin Kovar is the star of the Czech Paralympics team, with three
golds in swimming; Jaromir Jagr scores a hat trick for 'home' club Kladno;
Sparta win ahead of their Champions League game against Lyon in Prague;
sparks are still flying over the circumstances of Pavel Nedved's
retirement from international football; Josef Masopust says Petr Cech
should be made Czech captain; decathlete Roman Sebrle ends a great season
with another win.
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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: the Ice Hockey World Cup came to Prague last Friday and the
Czechs got their first win of the tournament - we talk to Czech stars
Jaromir Jagr and Petr Sykora about the team's chances of going further in
the tournament; in football, the Czech midfield is in disarray ahead of a
World Cup qualifier against Holland; and Czech tennis has a new hero in
Tomas Berdych, who has reached the last 16 at the US Open. More
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In Sports News today: the new Czech football season began with poor
performances by some of the league's top teams: Ostrava and Slavia were
both beaten, while Sparta could only manage a draw; meanwhile, the bribery
scandal engulfing the game is due to continue, with more arrests expected
this week; canoeist Martin Doktor has taken his 70th (!) Czech national
title, just days before the start of the Olympics, while Czech-born golfer
Alex Cejka has narrowly missed out on his first PGA trophy. More
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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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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