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Current AffairsWorld Cup ends in disappointment for Czech Republic
The Czech football team are on their way home from the World Cup in
Germany, after going out in the group stage. There was great optimism here
in the Czech Republic when they beat the USA in their opening game.
Surely,
people thought, they cannot fail to qualify for the knock-out stages. But
fail they did, after losing to Ghana, and then being beaten by Italy in
their final group game in Hamburg on Thursday afternoon. Where did it all
go wrong for the Czech Republic? More
Current AffairsCzechs shine in World Cup debut against USA
The Czech national squad couldn't have gotten off to a better start in its
debut at the World Cup. From the get-go on Monday the Czech performance
was scintillating, and as Jan Velinger reports it didn't take long for the
team to score the first goal in front of a sell-out crowd of more than
50,000.
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Nicole Vaidisova ousted in
semi-finals of French Open; Ales Hemsky and Jaroslav Spacek help Oilers
win crucial Game 3 in the NHL's Stanley Cup final. More
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In Sports News: the Czech Republic beat a physical Saudi Arabia side 2:0 in
a World Cup warm-up; Karel Poborsky's Ceske Budejovice win promotion to the
Czech first division; Nicole Vaidisova and Martina Navratilova win prizes
in Strasbourg; and Roman Sebrle is forced to pull out of a meeting in
Austria.
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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 Sports News: the Czech ice hockey team have secured a place in the last
eight at the World Championships after an impressive win over Canada; the
last weekend of the Czech football league is mired in controversy, as
Mlada Boleslav reach the Champions League and Plzen narrowly avoid
relegation; Karel Bruckner announces the Czech squad for the World Cup;
Robin Vik wins tennis's Prague Open; and Kenyan-born runner Hasan Mubarak
Shami wins the Prague Marathon.
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Sparta Prague emerge victorious from the ice hockey Extraliga title playoff
series against local rivals Slavia; Devils' Patrik Elias is on form as
injury threatens Jagr's part in the playoffs; Petr Cech misses out on
English Premiership team of the year 2006; Skacel up for Scottish football
award; Jankulovski makes his mark in Milan; Tomas Enge to race in the Indy
Japan 300. All this in this week's sport roundup.
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Victory in the European women's basketball Final Four for Czech team Brno.
Tomas Enge brings home Czech colors in first place at the final A1 Grand
Prix event, Slavia puts Ceske Budejovice on the brink of elimination and
the weekend's football all in this week's sports news.
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