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Current AffairsCzech football team ready for Euro 2004, says striker Milan Baros
On Thursday morning the Czech football team left Prague for the European
Championships in Portugal, with fans around the country hoping they can
win the tournament for the first time since 1976. Among the stars of the
Czech team should be striker Milan Baros, who has scored a very impressive
16 goals in 25 international games - not bad for a 22-year-old. Before the
Czech team left for Euro 2004, Ian Willoughby spoke to Milan Baros, and
began by asking him how the Czech team's preparations for the tournament
had gone.
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Current AffairsFootball legend Panenka says Czechs can go far if they advance from group at Euro 2004
The Czech Republic has been gripped by football fever ahead of Euro 2004,
which gets underway in Portugal on Saturday. The only time the Czechs - or
rather Czechoslovakia - won the European Championships was in 1976, when
Antonin Panenka's famous chipped penalty entered football lore. Czech
football fans have high hopes their team will do well in Portugal - but
how does the great Antonin Panenka rate their chances?
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The Czech national football team to face Latvia, Germany and the
Netherlands in 'Group D' at European championship, Euro 2004; Czech
cyclist Jan Hruska takes third in Tour of Germany; and Liberec to host
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In Sports News: Czech Roman Sebrle has beaten his main rival Tom Pappas of
the US in a warm-up for the decathlon at the Olympics in Athens. At
tennis's French Open, the last Czech in the competition, Denisa Chladkova,
has been knocked out, while Martina Navratilova has ruled out appearing at
Wimbledon after an unsuccessful singles return at Roland Garros. And in
football, the Czech national team play two friendly matches this week as
they continue preparations for Euro 2004.
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Current AffairsCentral European football competition was forerunner of Champions League
On Wednesday night millions of football fans around Europe will watch the
final of the Champions League, the biggest, most glamorous club
competition in the history of the game. Few of them will know the story of
Europe's first ever international club competition, and the forerunner of
the Champions League, the Mitropa Cup.
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For the 8th time in ten years the Prague International Marathon has been
won by a Kenyan; Robert Stefko made marathon history by becoming the first
Czech to make the winners' podium by coming in third; the Czech national
football side has entered its final training phase ahead of Euro 2004; at
least one Czech's name will grace this year's Stanley Cup no matter who
wins.
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Czech wins swimming gold. Football season ends with victory for Banik,
tears for Zizkov. Crowd trouble casts a final shadow over a troubled
season. Synot up for sale.
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