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Current AffairsTeam USA ends Czechs' dream of gold on "home ice"
This was the ending all Czech ice hockey fans secretly feared: going out
early at the 68th Ice Hockey World Championship. Now, it has happened:
Wednesday night 17, 360 fans at the Sazka Arena watched as the Czechs were
downed by Team USA in a nail-biter filled with plenty of chances and
fast-skating, but also mistakes and missed opportunities. More
Current AffairsCzechs slam Canada in 6 - 2 win at Ice Hockey World Championship
After a week of some Czech players' complaining they weren't getting any
opportunity to measure their skills against tougher opponents, fans saw a
real corker of a game Monday night as the Czechs faced off against
traditional rival Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championship. The two
teams have done battle on countless occasions, but it was the Czechs who
persevered on Monday with an exciting 6 -2 win. They made it look easy
even when events around them almost got ugly. Jan Velinger explains. More
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Banik Ostrava have won their first Czech football league title in 23 years,
triggering huge celebrations in the north Moravian city. Police have
arrested a Synot official and a linesman over allegations of match-fixing.
At the World Ice Hockey Championships, the Czech Republic have won five
games out of five but face their toughest test yet in a game against
Canada on Monday evening.
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The Czech Republic have advanced to the second phase of the World Ice
Hockey Championships, after securing first place in their group with a 5:1
win over Germany in Prague on Wednesday night. The Czech football team,
meanwhile, were beaten in a home friendly by Japan. And boxer Rudolf
Kraj's dreams of a second Olympic medal have been dashed.
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Czechs in HistoryA brief history of Czech ice hockey
In Canada it is referred to simply as "The Game", a national
sport, a spectator passion, and a winter pastime. But, Canadians are far
from alone in their passion: though they may have invented ice hockey,
this sport more than any other, carries similar resonance for the Czechs,
whose own hockey tradition reaches back to the turn of the 20th century.
It may have taken them forty years to become world champions and ninety to
win Olympic gold, but few doubt the Czechs' place in the world of hockey
today. They have stars in the NHL and one of the best goaltenders ever to
play the game. What's more in 2004 the Czechs even produced an opera in
the name of the sport celebrating their 1998 gold finish. Now, not even
the Canadians have that! More
Current AffairsNo ruffles in Czech ice hockey team's rout of Kazakhstan
The 68th Ice Hockey World Championship in Prague is well underway and
Monday saw the Czechs in Game 2 action against Kazakhstan. They won easily
- fans expected no less - and will now prepare to down Germany to secure
top spot in their group.
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The Czech ice hockey team have had mixed results in their last competitive
games before the World Championships, which get underway in Prague on
Saturday. Meanwhile, coach Lener says selecting a squad will not be easy,
with several Czech NHL stars now available. In football, leaders Ostrava
have found their winning touch again, while internationals Rosicky and
Smicer are both back after injury. And in tennis, Iveta Benesova has been
defeated in the final of the Estoril Open in Portugal.
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Prague's new state-of-the-art ice hockey arena saw its first game on
Sunday, when Slavia Prague took on Hame Zlin in the third game of the
Extraliga playoff finals. In the NHL, Patrik Elias was the Czech player
with the most points in the regular season. In football news, Sparta
Prague have played their first game under new coach, and former Sparta
star, Frantisek Straka. Elsewhere, Ostrava slipped up at Zlin while
Olomouc have gone second, at least for a short time.
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Current AffairsLaw on football hooliganism to also address sale of beer during games
While many European countries have been dealing with football violence for
decades, in the Czech Republic it is a relatively recent phenomenon, one
of the more unwelcome imports which followed the fall of the Communist
system. Now legislators are preparing a new law to combat the problem. Jan
Obst is the chairman of the Czech Football Association:
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Sparta Prague have sacked their fourth manager in two years, Jiri Kotrba.
The Czech football league champions are ten points behind leaders Ostrava,
with only seven games to go. In ice hockey, defending champions Slavia
Prague have made a remarkable comeback in the Extraliga semi-finals.
Further afield, Czech star Petr Nedved has scored his 300th NHL goal, and
against a Czech goalie to boot. In tennis, Jiri Novak has been beaten in
the third round of the big-money Nasdaq-100 Open in Miami.
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