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29-06-2009 17:32 | Jan Velinger

Ivan Hašek, photo: CTK In Sports News: Respected football coach and former player Ivan Hašek is given a broad mandate as the new chairman of Czech FA; Czech tennis players Tomáš Berdych and Radek Štepánek make it to the 4th round at Wimbledon; In hockey, only three Czechs are chosen in the 2009 NHL draft; and Ondřej Polívka wins the modern pentathlon at the European Championships in Germany.  More

One on OneHockey star Patrik Eliáš: “You can’t get comfortable when you’re at the top”

01-06-2009 17:16 | Jan Richter

Patrik Eliáš The Czech hockey team failed to grab a medal at this year’s World Championship in Switzerland after being eliminated by Sweden in the quarter finals. The disappointment came despite the fact that the Czech line-up included several stars of the NHL, arguably the best hockey competition in the world. One of the players who joined the Czech squad in Switzerland is Patrik Eliáš, the forward of the New Jersey Devils and our guest in this week’s edition of One on One.  More

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01-06-2009 16:10 | Ian Willoughby

Pavel Nedvěd, photo: CTK In Sports News this Monday: one of the greatest Czech soccer players ever Pavel Nedvěd makes his final appearance for Juventus; Sparta Prague secure a place in the qualifying rounds of the Champions League in their last game of the season, while Zlín are relegated; Bohemians 1905 win exclusive rights to the name Bohemians; and the French Open is a real washout with 13 of 20 Czech singles players going out in the first round. More

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18-05-2009 15:09 | Ian Willoughby

Photo: CTK In Sports News this Monday: Roman Bednář is suspended by West Bromwich Albion following a newspaper report that he bought illegal drugs – the player says sorry, while the Czech football manager says the player won’t now be called up for a friendly next month; Bohemians 1905 celebrate returning to the top flight in the Czech league; and Radek Štěpánek should be fit in time for next week’s French Open.  More

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09-03-2009 13:59 | Ian Willoughby

Tomáš Berdych (left) and Radek Štěpánek, photo: CTK In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic beat France to reach the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup in front of a home crowd in Ostrava; Roman Šebrle comes third in the heptathlon at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, with his bronze one of three Czech medals in Turin; Karlovy Vary are the first club into the Extraliga playoffs semi-finals; and 19-year-old footballer Tomáš Necid makes a dream start in Russia with a cup-winning goal. More

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02-03-2009 14:32 | Ian Willoughby

Photo: CTK In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic take just one medal at a controversial Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec; the fans aren’t happy with only three goals scored in six Czech football league games at the weekend; the ice hockey Extraliga playoffs get underway; and the Czech tennis team are in Ostrava ahead of a Davis Cup first round tie with France.  More

Current AffairsCzech tennis player Radek Štěpánek enjoying successful start to year

24-02-2009 16:26 | Ian Willoughby

Radek Štěpánek, photo: CTK The Czech tennis player Radek Štěpánek is so far having a fantastic 2009. He had taken two singles titles in his whole 13-year professional career prior to this season. However, since the start of January the in-form 30-year-old has won two more titles, missing out on a third when he was beaten in the final of the Memphis Championship on Sunday.  More

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23-02-2009 16:50 | Ian Willoughby

Lukáš Bauer, photo: CTK In Sports News this Monday: great success for Lukáš Bauer, who takes silver in the 15 km classic at the Nordic World Ski Championships; unfortunately, the skiathlon doesn’t go quite so well for the leading Czech cross-country skier; the Czech ladies outshine the men shooters at the European Air Weapons Championships in Prague; it’s close but no third ATP title of the season for Radek Štěpánek in Memphis; and the teams chasing leaders Slavia mess up in the first round after Czech football’s winter break.  More

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