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Current AffairsCzech football at low ebb after coach sacked and six players kicked out of squad for drinking scandal
Czech football is at one of its lowest ebbs in years. As well as doing
poorly on the field, the national team has been embroiled in scandal off
it, with reports that players went out partying after losing to Slovakia
in Prague last week. Now the coach has been sacked, the captain has
retired and six players have been expelled from the national squad. More
Sports NewsSports News
In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic’s footballers come in for
some criticism after a toothless performance in a 0:0 draw away to Slovenia
in a qualifier for the 2010 World Cup – but a win over Slovakia on
Wednesday could see them make headway in an open group; Tomáš Verner
comes fourth in the World Figure Skating Championships, after changing his
approach to free skating; and Slavia Prague again face Karlovy Vary in the
finals of the playoffs of ice hockey’s Extraliga.
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In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic have a couple of injury
problems ahead of their first World Cup qualifier, but the good news is
Marek Jankulovski is fit; former Czech manager Karel Bruckner gets off to
a
flying start in his new job as Austria beat France 3:1; the Czech Republic
has taken four medals, including two golds, at the Paralympics in Beijing;
and
there are 12 members of the legendary 1998 Olympic winning team in the
Czech ice hockey league this season. More
Current AffairsCzech footballers making headlines for wrong reasons in wake of Euro 2008
The Czech football team may have come home from Euro 2008 earlier than they
would have liked, but they haven't been out of the headlines. With players
involved in a bar brawl in downtown Prague, and a war of words between
goalkeeper Petr Čech and a senior figure in the Czech football
association, it seems all is not well in and around the Czech side at
present.
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Sports NewsCzechs crash out of Euro 2008
In this Monday’s Sports News: the Czech Republic crash out of Euro 2008
in a scarcely believable manner, as their last Group A game against Turkey
turns into a living nightmare in the last 15 minutes; Czech captain Tomas
Ujfaluši says he and his team-mates were short on luck, and energy;
meanwhile, manager Karel Bruckner – in charge for the final time – rues
the Czechs’ inability to deal with a period of Turkish pressure.
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One on OneRobin Ujfalusi: Magic, Politics and Football in Africa
Robin Ujfalusi is a humanitarian aid worker, football-lover, and now
author. I met him in a cafe the other day to ask him about his new book
"Jak se hraje fotbal v Africe" or, "How football is played
in Africa". The book was written during a three month stay in
Nairobi, where Robin was working with communities, and more specifically,
their football teams. Ujfalusi comes from a footballing background, with
his cousin, Tomas, playing for the Czech national team. In "How
football is played in Africa", Tomas Ujfalusi makes a guest
appearance, writing an introduction to the "football for
development" project that took Robin to Kenya, and a few words about
the book as a whole. But I started at the very beginning, asking Robin
about a quote he uses to open his book, from the Polish journalist Ryszard
Kapuscinski, which makes the bold statement that "Africa doesn't
exist" - I asked him what he meant by this... More
Current Affairs"Inappropriate" party leaves national soccer team players with egg on the face
One million crowns: that is how much the Czech national football team will
have to pay as a fine for inappropriate conduct following the team's loss
to Germany in a Euro 2008 qualifying match on Saturday. What apparently
began as a meeting between players to discuss their disappointing loss at
the team's hotel, turned into a party that lasted well into the early
hours. More
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