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This week in Mailbox: World Expo in China, FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
Listeners quoted: Victor Lu, Alex Torbeni, Ferhat Bezazel ben Rabah,
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SpecialEvery team has its fans in Riegrovy sady
Football is, quite literally, the buzz these days, and no less so in
Prague, where Czechs are following the 2010 World Cup wholeheartedly,
despite their team’s absence from the pitches of South Africa. In the
week since the tournament began, one Prague locale in particular stands out
as “the” place to watch the games; not just for Praguers, but also for
the tens of thousands of foreigners who inhabit the Czech capital. In a
special feature for today, Christian Falvey reports from Prague’s
epicentre of football fandom, Riegrovy sady.
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Current AffairsWith own team absent, many Czechs supporting Slovakia at World Cup
The Czech Republic’s soccer players failed to qualify for this year’s
World Cup, and, like Czech fans, will be watching the football extravaganza
on television. But with their own team not there, who will Czechs be
supporting in South Africa? Well, Slovakia has finished top of a poll
asking just that question: that despite the facts the Slovaks perhaps
don’t always cheer for their one-time fellow citizens.
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Current AffairsItalia ’90 a World Cup to remember for Czechoslovak fans able to travel freely after fall of communism
With just days remaining until the World Cup kicks off in South Africa,
football fever is beginning to grip fans around the globe. The Czech
Republic failed to qualify this year, but many will have fond memories of
the 1990 World Cup in Italy, when supporters from Czechoslovakia were
finally able to travel freely to a major soccer tournament.
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In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic’s footballers beat Poland
in Prague but would still need a miracle to reach next year’s World Cup;
Czech manager Ivan Hašek says his charges have given their all since he
took the helm; and at almost 57 years old, legendary Czech jockey Josef
Váňa wins the gruelling Velká pardubická on Tiumen, a horse he himself
trains.
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In Sports News this Monday: Czech hopes of reaching the 2010 World Cup
recede further after a 2:2 draw with Slovakia; striker Jan Koller retires
for good after a disappointing game in Bratislava; the unseeded Petra
Kvitová takes a big “scalp” at the US Open – world number one Dinara
Safina; and the Czech ice hockey squad start an “Olympic” season by
winning their first Euro Hockey Tour competition in many years.
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Current AffairsAtmosphere in Bratislava will be crazy, says Petr Čech ahead of crucial World Cup qualifier
The Czech Republic’s footballers are currently preparing for their most
important match in a long time – a clash with Slovakia on Saturday that
they have to win to keep alive their hopes of reaching next year’s World
Cup. Record goal scorer Jan Koller has come out of international
retirement
for the big game, while playmaker Tomáš Rosický is also back, though
it’s not clear whether he’ll be fit. So what’s the mood like in the
Czech camp ahead of what’s sure to be an intense match in Bratislava?
That’s a question I put to goalkeeper Petr Čech. More
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