Related articles
Current AffairsCzechs beat Germans for first time in 40 years at European Football Championships
The Czech Republic seem to be able to do no wrong at the European
Championships in Portugal, with a win over Germany on Wednesday making
them the only country to win all three of their group games. More
Sports NewsSports News
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.
More
Sports NewsSports News
The Extraliga semi-final playoffs are now under way, and Slavia and Zlin
have set the pace with convincing victories. In football, Liberec and
Teplice struggle against lower-league opposition in the Czech FA cup,
while amateur player Radek Vana wins a Fair Play award for exposing
corruption in Czech football.
More
Sports NewsSports News
Ostrava Banik has opened the spring football schedule with 2-0 victory over
Liberec, while Sparta Prague has kept pace by beating a feisty Opava
side; ice hockey's Pilsen are still fighting to retain a play-off berth;
Bobby Holik's 1000th game in the NHL was marred by a 6-2 loss; and skiing
star Katerina Neumannova had to pull out of a world cup event after her
trainer opted for the wrong skis.
More
Sports NewsSports News
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.
More
Sports NewsSports News
Three Czech football players scored their debut international goals in a
5:1 win over Canada on Saturday that showed the squad's strength in depth.
Meanwhile, the country's Under 21s - the reigning European champions - are
in a good position to reach their Euro 2004, after beating Switzerland
away in the first leg of play-offs. Decathlete Roman Sebrle has once again
been named Czech Athlete of the Year, and 17-year-old Jakub Sindel has
broken Jaromir Jagr's record to become the youngest player to ever score a
hat trick in the domestic ice hockey league.
More
Sports NewsSports News
It hasn't been a great week for Czech sport, with Roman Sebrle's silver in
the decathlon the only Czech medal so far at the World Athletics
Championships in Paris. In football, Sparta Prague have drawn Chelsea,
Lazio and Besiktas in the Champions League. Spare a thought, though, for
Slavia, who battled hard but could not turn around a 3:0 deficit in their
qualifier. And tenth seed Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek are the only Czech
tennis players left at the US Open after the fourth day's play.
More
Sports NewsSports News
Triple-jumper Sarka Kasparkova, who took gold at the 1997 World
Championships in Athens, has failed to make the final this time out.
Meanwhile Jaroslav Baba, 18, says he's happy to have reached the final in
Paris and Vera Pospisilova will be disappointed if she doesn't take home a
medal. Moravian teams Ostrava and Brno have surprised pundits by topping
the Czech football league, leaving their more glamorous Prague rivals in
the shade. Acrobatic ski jumper Ales Valenta has won his first competition
with his new "icy breath" jump and Jiri Novak is the only Czech
seeded at tennis's US Open.
More
Sports NewsSports News
Hurdler Jiri Muzik says he hopes to repeat his success at last year's
European Athletics Championships on the world stage. Meanwhile, Jan
Zelezny in the javelin and triple-jumper Sarka Kasparkova say they will be
in Paris next weekend. World champion Valentino Rossi thrills the crowds
at the Czech Motor Cycling Grand Prix in Brno, Milan Hejduk is Czech ice
hockey player of the year and footballer Patrik Berger scores on his debut
for Portsmouth.
More
Sports NewsSports News
After 16 years without a Czech medal in individual competition, two Czech
biathlonists made it to the podium at the sport's World Championships in
Siberia on Saturday. The Czechs took only one medal at the European Indoor
Atheltics Championships in Birmingham, when Roman Sebrle scored a
disappointing bronze. The line-ups for the ice hockey Extraliga play-offs
have been decided, and in football Sparta stay in front with a win over
Stare Mesto.
More
