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Current Affairs2009 a mixed year for Czech sport
2009 has been a rather mixed year for Czech sport. Perhaps the biggest
single story was the national soccer team’s failure to reach the World
Cup, despite having a relatively easy group on paper. The Czech men’s
tennis team, meanwhile, went on a remarkable run in the Davis Cup, only to
lose to Spain in the final. And in athletics, Barbora Špotáková took the
Czech Republic’s only medal, silver in the women’s javelin, at the
Athletics World Championships in Berlin.
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In Sports News this Monday: the Czechs lose 5:0 to Spain in the final of
the Davis Cup in Barcelona – Radek Štěpánek says the Spanish deserved
their victory; injury-dogged Tomáš Rosický is “devastated” after
picking up a groin strain that will see him sidelined for around a month;
and Plzeň move to the top of the ice hockey Extraliga.
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Current AffairsCzechs’ luck ran out in Davis Cup final, says Tomáš Berdych
The Czech men’s tennis team failed to repeat the success of
Czechoslovakia in the Davis Cup in 1980, losing 5:0 to Spain in the final
in Barcelona at the weekend. Things started poorly when Tomáš Berdych
lost to Rafael Nadal, and got worse when David Ferrer dispatched the
Czechs’ other star name, Radek Štěpánek. When that pairing lost to
Spain in Saturday’s doubles, it was all over, and the Czech coach gave a
run to the relatively inexperienced Jan Hájek and Lukáš Dlouhý for the
two remaining matches on Sunday.
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Current AffairsCzechs seek to defy underdog status in Davis Cup final
The biggest sporting event for the Czech Republic this years starts on
Friday when the country’s men’s tennis team takes on Spain in the final
of the Davis Cup. The Czech team go into the three-day, five match
encounter in Barcelona as underdogs but they have confounded that label
before.
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In this week’s Sports News, Czech preparations go smoothly for the Davis
Cup clash with Spain; Šárka Záhrobská does what she does best in Aspen,
Colorado, with another downhill slalom World Cup victory; and Sparta Prague
catch up to Teplice at the top of the football league, although the
flu-struck league leaders were allowed to make an early start to the winter
break.
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In Sports News this Monday: Michal Bílek loses his first game as Czech
international football coach after fielding a young side against the UAE;
Pavel Nedvěd will take a coaching role at Juventus, according to an
Italian newspaper; and Radek Štěpánek climbs to 12th in the world
rankings after reaching the semi-finals in Paris.
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