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Several football clubs are said to have expressed an interest in picking-up
Liverpool striker Vladimir Smicer; delegates in the Czech-Moravian Football
Association have once again failed to elect a new chairman; the Czech men's
handball team ekes out a 1-goal win against Portugal; ice hockey's Jaromir
Jagr is set to return to Russia's Omsk.
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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: internationals Petr Cech and Milan Baros discuss the new
trend of Czech players joining English clubs; in-form strike Jan Koller
equals the all-time international goals record and scores a goal a game
for Dortmund; Sarka Zahrobska wins the first ever Czech medal at the
Alpine ski World Championships - on her 20th birthday; and the Czech ice
hockey team bounce back from defeat to come second at the Swedish Games. More
Current AffairsFootball legend Panenka says Czechs can go far if they advance from group at Euro 2004
The Czech Republic has been gripped by football fever ahead of Euro 2004,
which gets underway in Portugal on Saturday. The only time the Czechs - or
rather Czechoslovakia - won the European Championships was in 1976, when
Antonin Panenka's famous chipped penalty entered football lore. Czech
football fans have high hopes their team will do well in Portugal - but
how does the great Antonin Panenka rate their chances?
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Martin Hasek, younger brother of ice hockey goaltender Dominik, has joined
the Russian football club Dinamo Moscow. Meanwhile, another former Czech
international, Ivan Hasek, is set to return to Japan, this time as a
coach. The Czech Under 20s team have been having mixed fortunes at the
World Junior Championships. Experienced Czech drivers Karel Loprais and
Tomas Tomecek will be hoping to do well in the famous Paris to Dakar
rally, as will Jana Tylsova, the first woman to ever take part in the
famous race.
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Letter from PragueThe Czech Republic's footballers - unofficial ambassadors to the EU!
You may recall that Radio Prague ran a competition earlier this year in
which we asked who you considered the most interesting Czech, living or
dead. Someone from our Russia section told me something interesting: they
got a few letters in which people chose the Czech football captain, Pavel
Nedved. As almost every single player on the Czech national team plays
abroad, it occurred to me that many people's only connection with the
Czech Republic might be that their favourite team features a Czech player,
be it Petr Cech at French club Rennes, or Patrik Berger at Portsmouth.
Indeed when Vladimir Smicer joined Liverpool - Berger's old club - the
fans had a song which went "he's Czech, he's great, he's Patrik
Berger's mate".
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