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In Sports News this Monday: Rudolf Kraj fails to become the first Czech
professional world boxing champion after his WBC cruiserweight title fight
with Italy’s Giacobbe Fragomeni is halted in the eighth round – Kraj
says the referee favoured his opponent; in football, Sparta Prague get
their first win under Jozef Chovanec; Bohemians 1905 go top of the second
division and celebrate the anniversary of a famous league title; and Czech
ice hockey player Rostislav Klesla accidentally knocks out the New York
Rangers coach.
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In Sports News this week: Speed skater Martina Sablikova wins another world
cup event and breaks a world record in the process; Alpine skier Sarka
Zahrobska wins silver in a world cup slalom race; Sparta Prague are
through to the semi-finals of ice hockey's Extra Liga while their
footballing counterparts suffer a shock defeat.
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Current AffairsRetired Czech tennis star Jiri Novak looks back on long career
A special prize was presented to Jiri Novak on Saturday, at the Golden
Canary awards for Czech tennis player of the year. The award was in
recognition of all that Novak achieved during a long professional career,
which recently came to an end when he played his last tournament, the
Swiss Indoors in Basle. More
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In Sports News: the Czech men's tennis team are back in the elite World
Group in the Davis Cup after a resounding victory over the Netherlands;
Mlada Boleslav are now two points clear in the Czech football league;
Sparta fine Repka for giving the finger to Teplice fans, while disgraced
former Zizkov boss Hornik is back in the game; and hockey goaltender
Dominik Hasek wins on his return with the Detroit Red Wings.
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In Sports News: the Czech football team get off to a good start in their
bid to reach Euro 2008, with two debutants shining in a 2:1 win over
Wales, though Wales manager John Toshack believes match officials made
serious mistakes; Sparta Prague appoint their 16th boss in 13 years -
former star player Michal Bilek; two Czech singles players start the
second week at tennis's US Open; and Czech women's record holder Barbora
Spotakova wins the javelin at the last Golden League meeting of the
season.
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In Business News: the number of applicants per job stands at 5.2, the
lowest figure for eight years; the country's biggest steelworks is to let
1,000 workers go, with more redundancies likely to follow; domestic
car-production was up a phenomenal 85 percent year-on-year in the first
quarter of 2006; the average size of apartments which received planning
permission in May was a full 25 percent bigger than the year before; and
Czech bookmakers report June was their best month ever, thanks to the
World Cup.
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Current AffairsCzech officers discuss experience of policing at World Cup
Thirty-two teams were in action at the World Cup in Germany, accompanied by
millions of fans. Keeping an eye on them were the German police and
officers from many other participating nations, including the Czech
Republic. Some of the Czech police officers at the World Cup are what are
called "spotters" - in plain clothing, they monitored
potentially troublesome fans, who they know from the domestic football
league. Pavel Reich, an expert on extremism in the Czech Republic, was
among them. More
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In Sports News: after the country's early exit from football's World Cup,
questions are being asked about the medical attention received by Czech
players; the performance of manager Karel Bruckner is also in the
spotlight, though he has provisionally agreed to stay on for another two
years; Czech tennis number one Nicole Vaidisova is tipped to do well at
Wimbledon, while the top-seeded Czech man, Tomas Berdych, is suffering
from a back injury.
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