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In Sports News: Sarka Zahrobska becomes the first Czech ever to win a world
title in Alpine skiing; Martina Sablikova wins again in the speed skating
World Cup and is in a good position to take the overall title with one
competition to go; the ice hockey Extraliga is hotting up, with five teams
in with a chance making the last three places in the play-offs; and
international football goalkeeper Petr Cech, who came back from injury
last month, continues an impressive run of clean sheets. More
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In sports news this week: Katerina Neumannova is named Czech sportswoman of
the year, while Martina Navratilova is declared a Czech sports legend;
Speed skater Martina Sablikova wins the European championships in Italy;
and
goalkeeper Petr Cech may make an early return to action after being
sidelined with a fractured skull. More
Current AffairsMidfielder Rosicky joins Arsenal
It is official and without a doubt the biggest Czech transfer this season:
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Tomas Rosicky to Arsenal in the English
Premiership. The transfer fee - not officially disclosed has been put at 8
million British pounds - the equivalent of 15 million US dollars.
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In this rather seasonal Sports News: seventy-one hardy fellows (and ladies)
brave the freezing River Vltava for an annual St Stephen's Day swim; former
football internationals take part in an annual indoor tournament; Milan
Baros scores while Petr Cech makes a terrible error; and Vladimir Ruzicka
Jr follows in his father's footsteps, scoring his first goal in the
national ice hockey league at 16.
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In Sports News: in a fantastic weekend for Czech skiing, ski jumper Jakub
Janda and cross country great Katerina Neumannova both win in Finland;
after years of domination by Jiri Novak, this year's Czech tennis player
of the year award goes to rising star Tomas Berdych; Slovan Liberec are
now five points clear in the football league; and Bohemians celebrate
anniversary while Cech sings for Chelsea!
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Current AffairsFan power breathes new life into Bohemians
Every Czech football fan remembers Antonin Panenka's decisive penalty kick
against Germany to win the 1976 European Championship. Many of these fans
also supported the team Panenka played with for many years - Bohemians
Football Club, which was one of the top teams in this country in the 1970s
and 80s. Unfortunately, like many clubs in the harsh economic climate of
the post-communist era, Bohemians went bust in this, their centenary year.
But determined fans have - against all odds - saved the club from
extinction. More
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In Sports News: leading Czech kayaker Stepanka Hilgert comes second in a
competition seen as a dress rehearsal for next year's World Championships
in Prague; young high jumper Jaroslav Baba comes second at a Golden League
meeting; two Czechs succeed in swimming the English Channel; is Milan Baros
bound for Schalke?; and Bohemians 1905 play their first match since the
club was resurrected by a group of fans.
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Current AffairsFans club together to revive bankrupt Bohemians football club
The collapse of Bohemians football club at the beginning of what would have
been its centenary year was a very sad development for the Czech game. The
club's bankruptcy was followed by expulsion from the second division, and
it appeared we had seen the last of the green and white Kangaroos. But
Bohemians' loyal fans aren't giving up so easily, and have launched a
campaign to try and revive the club.
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In Sports News: a black day for Czech football as famous Prague club
Bohemians go to the wall; sacked Sparta manager Frantisek Straka proves he
did not take cocaine; the trend of Czech players joining English
Premiership clubs continues; ice hockey star Jaromir Jagr comes home to
nurse an injury: and New York Rangers player Jason Marshall scores his
first goal in the Czech Extraliga.
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Current AffairsFootball legend Panenka says Czechs can go far if they advance from group at Euro 2004
The Czech Republic has been gripped by football fever ahead of Euro 2004,
which gets underway in Portugal on Saturday. The only time the Czechs - or
rather Czechoslovakia - won the European Championships was in 1976, when
Antonin Panenka's famous chipped penalty entered football lore. Czech
football fans have high hopes their team will do well in Portugal - but
how does the great Antonin Panenka rate their chances?
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