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In Sports News this Monday: Zdeněk Štybar becomes the first Czech in 19
years to win the Cyclo-cross World Championships, in front of a home crowd
in Tábor; Czech Karolína Plíšková takes the junior title at the
Australian Open; and goalie Tomáš Vokoun sets a new personal record for
shutouts in one season in ice the NHL. More
PanoramaBikram Yoga is becoming more and more popular in Prague
Bikram Yoga, practised in a room heated to 42 degrees Celsius, is one of
the most intensive forms of exercise. Sure to make you sweat, this form of
physical yoga is not for everyone, but at the Bikram Yoga studio in Prague,
the classroom is at capacity most of the time. Its director Tereza
Bonnet-Šenková talks about what the practise entails and what the
benefits of Bikram Yoga are.
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Current AffairsSpecial ombudsman may be introduced to help “clean-up” Czech football
The head of the Czech-Moravian Football Association has said he is
considering a new idea to help combat corruption and injustice in Czech
football - the office of a new football ombudsman. The FA head, who was
elected in the summer with a strong mandate to “clean up” the sport,
has received a slew of complaints on his desk, addressing a number of
issues including charges of allegedly corrupt refereeing, questions which
a
football ombudsman might be better suited to address. More
Current AffairsCzech FA chief recalls sport’s role in 1989 regime change
The world of sport was quick to rally to the calls for change after the
brutal suppression of the students’ march on November 17. Within a few
days footballers and ice hockey players came out in what amounted to a
strike until the country’s destiny was settled.
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One on OneAlan Babický – Respected golf pro on the sport in the Czech Republic
This week’s guest in One on One is Czech golf pro Alan Babický. A
skilled businessman but also former dancer, choreographer and downhill
skier, Babický picked up the sport of golf at the fairly late age of 28.
But within ten years he had built up a solid reputation, even winning the
World Golfers’ Championship in Thailand in 2004 – one of the most
prestigious competitions for amateur players. Recently I caught up with
Alan Babický to discuss his career; the first thing I asked was how much
he knew about golf the first time picked up a club 15 years ago. More
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