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In Sports News: Katerina Kurkova has won the first Czech medal at the
Athens Olympics - we have the reactions of both the shooter herself and
her trainer father; tennis number one Jiri Novak has beaten Tim Hemnan in
Athens, while Martina Navratilova is enjoying her first games. In other
sports: Robert Lang has been named Czech ice hockey player of the year,
and football goalkeeper Petr Cech has got off to a great star at glamour
club Chelsea. More
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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 AffairsCanada strikes gold at the 68th Ice Hockey World Championship in Prague
The 68th Ice Hockey World Championship wrapped up in Prague on Sunday with
a dramatic comeback by Team Canada against Sweden to take the title for
the second year in a row. Jan Velinger reports on the match and how it
marked the end of an exciting of three weeks in Prague and Ostrava that
hockey fans won't soon forget. More
Letter from PragueHockey matters
A week after the Czech Republic joined the European Union, European issues
were put on the backburner by most ordinary Czechs in favour of matters of
"worldly" importance - namely the 68th Ice Hockey World
Championship. A tournament the Czechs won three times in a row, last in
2001. Think the world championship isn't important for European hockey
fans? Nothing could be further from the truth!
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Current AffairsTeam USA ends Czechs' dream of gold on "home ice"
This was the ending all Czech ice hockey fans secretly feared: going out
early at the 68th Ice Hockey World Championship. Now, it has happened:
Wednesday night 17, 360 fans at the Sazka Arena watched as the Czechs were
downed by Team USA in a nail-biter filled with plenty of chances and
fast-skating, but also mistakes and missed opportunities. More
Current AffairsCzechs slam Canada in 6 - 2 win at Ice Hockey World Championship
After a week of some Czech players' complaining they weren't getting any
opportunity to measure their skills against tougher opponents, fans saw a
real corker of a game Monday night as the Czechs faced off against
traditional rival Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championship. The two
teams have done battle on countless occasions, but it was the Czechs who
persevered on Monday with an exciting 6 -2 win. They made it look easy
even when events around them almost got ugly. Jan Velinger explains. More
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Banik Ostrava have won their first Czech football league title in 23 years,
triggering huge celebrations in the north Moravian city. Police have
arrested a Synot official and a linesman over allegations of match-fixing.
At the World Ice Hockey Championships, the Czech Republic have won five
games out of five but face their toughest test yet in a game against
Canada on Monday evening.
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