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In Sports News: Tomas Berdych is again named Czech tennis player of the
year; the Czech volleyball team lose their first two games in the last-8
group stage at the world championships; speed skater Martina Sablikova
again reaches the podium in a world cup event; cross country skier
Katerina Neummanova finishes fourth in Finland; and Sparta Prague lead the
Czech football league but have next to no chance of advancing in the UEFA
Cup - or of signing Jan Koller. More
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In Sports News: Roman Sebrle is named Czech Athlete of the Year for the
fifth year in a row, with Barbora Spotakova narrowly missing out on the
crown; Martina Sablikova takes the first ever Czech medal at the Speed
Skating World Cup; Sparta Prague top the Czech football league for the
first time in 18 months; and a goal scored by Czechoslovakia's Oldrich
Nejedly in the 1934 World Cup is finally acknowledged. More
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In Sports News: Lukas Pesek becomes the first Czech to reach the podium in
a motorcycling Grand Prix for 35 long years, while Jan Kopecky equals the
best ever result for a Czech in the World Rally Championship; speed skater
Martina Sablikova sets her first senior world record; Liberec edge ever
closer to winning the Czech football league; Tomas Rosicky shines for
Dortmund; it's semi-finals time in the Czech ice hockey league; and Radek
Stepanek reaches the fourth round in Miami.
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In Sports News: cross country skier Katerina Neumannova wins the Czech
Republic's first medal at the Winter Olympics in Turin; eighteen-year-old
speed skater Martina Sablikova is satisfied with seventh place in her
first Olympics; ski jumper Jakub Janda finishes a poor 13th, while Nikola
Sudova and Lukas Bauer are also disappointed; and - away from Turin -
javelin legend Jan Zelezny has announced he is retiring this year.
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In Sports News: free-style aerial skier Ales Valenta comes a disappointing
16th in his last event before the Winter Olympics in Turin; speed skater
Martina Slabikova is set to be the youngest ever Czech flag bearer at the
opening ceremony; and ice hockey player Petr Prucha is to miss the
Olympics through injury, possibly making room for star winger Patrik
Elias.
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In Sports News: farcical scenes as Sparta Prague are crowned Czech league
champions; Slavia come second and win a shot at the Champions League;
Udinese's coach says they've sold Czech Marek Jankulovski to the mighty AC
Milan; Czech tennis players do poorly at French Open; and Roman Sebrle wins
the decathlon in Gotz for the fifth year in a row.
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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
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Teplice beat last year's finalists Celtic in the UEFA Cup on Wednesday
night, but still went down 3:1 on aggregate; both club's managers give
their verdict on the game. In the Czech football league, Liberec's Dosek
scored a hat-trick against Zlin, while Ostrava have extended their lead at
the top of the table. Pardubice are looking good in the ice hockey
Extraliga playoffs and Czech star Petr Nedved has left the New York
Rangers after six years at the club.
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Czech teams had mixed fortunes in European football action this week, with
Sparta Prague holding AC Milan to a 0:0 draw in the Champions League and
Teplice taking a 3:0 battering from Celtic in Glasgow. The last round of
the ice hockey Extraliga is promising to be dramatic, with Pilsen and
Kladno going head to head for the final playoffs place. And cross country
skier Martin Koukal has been in inconsistent form since returning from
injury.
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