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In Sports News: the Ice Hockey World Cup came to Prague last Friday and the
Czechs got their first win of the tournament - we talk to Czech stars
Jaromir Jagr and Petr Sykora about the team's chances of going further in
the tournament; in football, the Czech midfield is in disarray ahead of a
World Cup qualifier against Holland; and Czech tennis has a new hero in
Tomas Berdych, who has reached the last 16 at the US Open. More
Current AffairsIce hockey star Jaromir Jagr looking forward to "home" World Championships
The Czech Republic has been gripped by ice hockey fever, with the sport's
World Championships due to start in Prague and Ostrava on Saturday. On the
eve of the competition, the biggest Czech hockey star of all time, Jaromir
Jagr, talks about the Czech team's chance of success, the passion Czechs
have for the sport and how his club team-mates from North America will
enjoy visiting the Czech Republic with their national teams.
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Jaromir Jagr returns to the Czech Rep to train for the upcoming Ice Hockey
World Championships; goalie Tomas Vokoun backstops the Nashville Predators
to an important win over the Detroit Red Wings in the first round of the
Stanley Cup play-offs; Sparta Prague downs Pilsen to keep chances against
Ostrava Banik alive; and Jiri Welsch is set to make NBA history as the
first Czech to ever appear in a post-season NBA game.
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Legendary ice hockey goaltender Dominik Hasek's season is over due to
injury. At 39 can he ever return to the ice? Jaromir Jagr, meanwhile, has
topped a table of the highest earning hockey players of all time. As the
Czech football season resumes, international coach Brueckner will be
missing several key players in a friendly against Italy next week. Young
high-jumper Jaroslav Baba is in fine form, though in the biathlon Katerina
Holubcova has had quite a comedown after becoming world champion last
year.
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Martina Navratilova's last ever match at tennis's Australian Open ended in
defeat in the mixed doubles final on Sunday. Another Czech sporting great,
ice hockey forward Jaromir Jagr, played his 1,000th NHL game on Friday,
though the game could have gone better for the famous no. 68. In football,
Jiri Stajner has joined Sparta Prague on loan from Hanover, while other
Czech players had mixed fortunes as the Bundesliga started again.
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In football, Vaclav Kolousek has finally joined Slavia Prague, after weeks
of negotiations. Tomas Rosicky, meanwhile, is staying at Dortmund, at
least until the end of the season. Czech international coach Karel
Brueckner has come second in a poll of the world's best managers in 2003.
Ice hockey star Jaromir Jagr has been having mixed fortunes at his new
club New York Rangers, and is it the end of the line for another Czech
legend, Dominik Hasek?
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The Czech ice hockey megastar Jaromir Jagr has left Washington for the New
York Rangers. However, Jagr's first game for Rangers saw them being
thrashed in a game the player described as a "kick in the
behind". Jiri Novak bowed out in the third round of tennis's
Australian Open, despite having led 2:0 on sets against Pavel of Romania.
Katerina Holubcova has come second in a Biathlon World Cup event while
Ales Valenta has won the second World Cup event of his career in freestyle
aerial skiing.
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