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Current AffairsCzechs beat Macedonia 6-1 in World Cup qualifier
The Czech national football squad did it again on Wednesday. Just five days
after their 8-1 win over Andorra in their Group One World Cup qualifier,
they managed to score another six goals against Macedonia, at home in the
town of Teplice. But the Czechs still remain in second place in their
group, after the Dutch beat Finland 4-0. More
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Two records were broken in one football match on Saturday. In their World
Cup qualifier against Andorra, the Czechs won their biggest ever victory,
and Jan Koller became the highest scorer in the history of the Czech game.
We also look at the second division battle for promotion, and at how, in
canoeing, the Hilgert family is becoming a force to be reckoned with. More
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In Sports News: internationals Petr Cech and Milan Baros discuss the new
trend of Czech players joining English clubs; in-form strike Jan Koller
equals the all-time international goals record and scores a goal a game
for Dortmund; Sarka Zahrobska wins the first ever Czech medal at the
Alpine ski World Championships - on her 20th birthday; and the Czech ice
hockey team bounce back from defeat to come second at the Swedish Games. More
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In Sports News: Petr Cech continues to impress, with the Czech
international goalkeeper keeping his 14th clean sheet of the season for
Chelsea on Sunday; Porto are chasing Tomas Rosicky, while Marek
Jankulovski is linked to glamour club AC Milan; Tomas Vokoun departs the
Czech ice hockey league for Helsinki, while Jan Caloun notches up nine
goals in six games after a stint in Russia; almost 100 "hardy
fellows" brave the Vltava river for the annual St Stephen's Day swim.
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Current AffairsFootballer Koller close to record after two goals in 3:0 win over Armenia
On Wednesday evening the Czech football team won their second World Cup
qualifying game in a row, beating Armenia 3:0 in the country's capital
Yerevan. Two of the Czechs' goals came from man-of-the-match Jan Koller,
with the third scored by his Borussia Dortmund team-mate Tomas Rosicky.
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In Sports News: Czech international footballer Tomas Ujfalusi has signed
with Italian club Fiorentina, just days after being appointed captain at
Hamburg; Marek Jankulovski looks close to signing with Inter Milan and
Tomas Rosicky has turned down Champions League holders Porto; Banik
Ostrava face Leverkusen in a Champions League qualifier, while Sparta are
still in with a chance of reaching the competition; decathlete Tomas
Dvorak looks set to miss the Olympics, while canoeist Martin Doktor could
be in trouble after "sleeping through" a drugs test.
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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.
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Czech football league leaders Banik Ostrava have been beaten by bottom of
the table Blsany, while defending champions Sparta slipped up at Ceske
Budejovice, allowing a resurgent Slavia to go second. Milan Baros has
returned from injury in style with a goal in his first league game, while
his Czech international team-mate Tomas Rosicky is out with a broken arm.
In ice hockey, Pilsen whupped Kladno to take the last place in the
playoffs and Czech star Robert Lang has gotten off to a great start at new
club Detroit.
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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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