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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.
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The Czech number one, Jiri Novak, has won the 550,000-Euro Swiss Open
tennis tournament. After a great run of results, the Czech Republic's
volleyball team have finished in fourth place at the World Series finals
in Madrid. Jana Pechanova has taken silver in the 5 kilometre race at the
World Swimming Championships in Barcelona and boxer Rudolf Kraj has won
the second major medal of his career.
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The Wimbledon tennis tournament in London has not been going at all well
for the Czech Republic's tennis players: of the ten who entered, only two
- Novak and Stepanek - are still there after just three days. The Czech
national football team have risen to tenth in FIFA's rankings, while
Ostrava wonderboy Michal Papadopulos, looks set to join giants Arsenal, if
he can get a Greek passport.
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The Czech Republic have taken their best ever tally - three medals - at the
European Triathlon Championships in Karlovy Vary. Leading Czech athlete
Roman Sebrle has taken part in an unusual event - a complete decathlon not
over the regular two days but in just 100 minutes! The Czech Republic's
men's volleyball team have something to celebrate after reaching the
sport's World League finals in Madrid next month. And in tennis news, Jiri
Novak's coach says the Czech no. 1 may retire next year and Martina
Narvratilova has made a call for smaller tennis rackets.
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13th seed Jiri Novak tumbles out of the French Open, while Czech-born
Martina Navratilova excels in the doubles; Viktoria Zizkov secure last
available spot for preliminary round of UEFA Cup; Roman Sebrle crown of
decathlon at Gotz for record third time; and Patrik Elias scores in a
losing effort by New Jersey in the third match of the Stanley Cup Finals.
All looked at in today's edition.
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Jaroslav Janis is second Czech to become a formula one driver. Juventus'
Czech midfielder Pavel Nedved will miss the Champions League final match.
Czech tennis players have had rather bad luck at Roma Masters and the
Hamburg Masters Series ATP tournaments.
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The Czech Republic's plans to host the 2004 world ice hockey championships
are in serious doubt, as a dispute arises over the building of a necessary
new arena. The Czechs get off to a losing start at the Swedish Games, but
good news for hockey fans comes in the form of Jaromir Jagr's 500th NHL
goal. The draw is being made for this weekend's hotly anticipated Davis
Cup tennis clash with Russia, and Ludmila Formanova is beset by fresh
health worries.
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The Czechs were knocked out in the semi-finals of tennis's Hopman Cup, but
not without Jiri Novak taking a major scalp in the form of world number
one, Lleyton Hewitt. Martina Navratilova is still going strong, and has
just set a new world record. Sparta Prague's Jiri Jarosik has made a
big-money transfer to CSKA Moscow football club, and stands to become the
biggest star in the Russian league. And the leading Czech women's football
player has made a historic move to the United States.
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Skier Katerina Neumannova is one step closer to a pair of belated Winter
Olympic medals, after two disqualified Russian skiers lose an appeal.
Meanwhile, with Neumannova on a career break to have a baby, Lukas Bauer
proves she is not the only Czech cross-country star of international
quality. Tennis ace Jiri Novak has won the curiously-named Golden Canary
award, and the Czech teams left in the UEFA Cup have an uphill battle in
next week's third round second legs. All those stories and more are in
Sports News.
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Czech tennis number one Jiri Novak beat Andre Agassi for the first time
ever at the Masters Cup in Shanghai, though Roger Federer proved tougher
opposition. In football, the police have begun investigating allegations
that a former Zizkov player took a bribe, while two of the best-known
managers in Czech football are reportedly bound for the former Soviet
Union. All those stories and more are in Sports News.
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