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In Sports News: the Czech Republic are beaten by the Netherlands in a
crucial World Cup qualifier - we hear the reaction from both sides; Czech
women's tennis number Nicole Vaidisova is enjoying the best spell of her
short career, winning her second WTA title in two weeks; and the 115th
Velka Pardubicka Grand Steeplechase is won by the Czech-owned Maskul.
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Current AffairsFan power breathes new life into Bohemians
Every Czech football fan remembers Antonin Panenka's decisive penalty kick
against Germany to win the 1976 European Championship. Many of these fans
also supported the team Panenka played with for many years - Bohemians
Football Club, which was one of the top teams in this country in the 1970s
and 80s. Unfortunately, like many clubs in the harsh economic climate of
the post-communist era, Bohemians went bust in this, their centenary year.
But determined fans have - against all odds - saved the club from
extinction. More
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In Sports News: leading Czech kayaker Stepanka Hilgert comes second in a
competition seen as a dress rehearsal for next year's World Championships
in Prague; young high jumper Jaroslav Baba comes second at a Golden League
meeting; two Czechs succeed in swimming the English Channel; is Milan Baros
bound for Schalke?; and Bohemians 1905 play their first match since the
club was resurrected by a group of fans.
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Current AffairsFans club together to revive bankrupt Bohemians football club
The collapse of Bohemians football club at the beginning of what would have
been its centenary year was a very sad development for the Czech game. The
club's bankruptcy was followed by expulsion from the second division, and
it appeared we had seen the last of the green and white Kangaroos. But
Bohemians' loyal fans aren't giving up so easily, and have launched a
campaign to try and revive the club.
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In Sports News: a black day for Czech football as famous Prague club
Bohemians go to the wall; sacked Sparta manager Frantisek Straka proves he
did not take cocaine; the trend of Czech players joining English
Premiership clubs continues; ice hockey star Jaromir Jagr comes home to
nurse an injury: and New York Rangers player Jason Marshall scores his
first goal in the Czech Extraliga.
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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
Current AffairsA day at the races
On Sunday, the same day the world mourned the passing of 72-year-old legendary
jockey and four-time Kentucky Derby winner Bill Shoemaker, the Czech
Republic witnessed its 113th running of the Velka Pardubicka - the
country's most famous, most gruelling, and most prestigious cross-country
steeplechase.
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The Grand Pardubice steeplechase - the biggest event on the Czech
horse-racing calendar - has been won by Maskula. The Czech football team
played Moldova in atrocious conditions and managed to bag three points,
making an ideal start to their Euro 2004 campaign. Jiri Novak reached his
first tennis final of the year, only to be beaten in four sets. All those
stories and more are in Sports News.
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