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Czech teams had mixed fortunes in European football action this week, with
Sparta Prague holding AC Milan to a 0:0 draw in the Champions League and
Teplice taking a 3:0 battering from Celtic in Glasgow. The last round of
the ice hockey Extraliga is promising to be dramatic, with Pilsen and
Kladno going head to head for the final playoffs place. And cross country
skier Martin Koukal has been in inconsistent form since returning from
injury.
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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.
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The Czech Republic have been beaten 3:2 by Spain in the first round of this
season's Davis Cup, after Czech number one Jiri Novak suffered a groin
strain. Czech ice hockey coach Slavomir Lener says he was pleased with how
his team played at the Swedish Games, the last tournament before May's
World Championships. Cross country skier Katerina Neumannova has won yet
another World Cup event, this time the 10 kilometre free in the French
Alps. Athlete Roman Sebrle has started the season in style and Czech
footballers made their mark in Europe at the weekend.
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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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Just weeks after joining Sparta Prague, 21-year-old striker Jan Rezek made
a dream debut on Tuesday, when he scored two goals. The next day the
younger Gluscevic brother at the club also made his mark by netting two.
After winning the latest stage of the Dakar Rally, six-time winner Karel
Loprais is currently third overall in the truck category in a Czech-made
Tatra. Jiri Novak is in good form ahead of tennis's Australian Open. And
will Czech ice hockey fans get to see stars Jagr and Lang in action at the
World Championships?
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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.
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In football, leaders Ostrava were fortunate to come away from Sparta Prague
with a point on Saturday, after the most exciting league game seen in the
Czech Republic in some time. Several Czech players found the net in
various European leagues at the weekend, and coach Jaroslav Hrebik has
taken over at Dinamo Moscow. The Czech ice hockey team came second in the
Karjala Cup and the Velka Kunraticka cross country race was held for the
70th time, with one runner saying this was his last year after an
incredible 55 outings!
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Sparta Prague beats Besiktas Istanbul 2-1 in the Champions League. Czechs
are doing well at Swiss Indoor championship. Latest ice hockey Extraliga
results.
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