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The weekend's sport had something of a Scandinavian flavour, with ice
hockey's Karjala Cup in Helsinki and of course the Czech national football
squad's first of two play-offs against Norway to qualify for next year's
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In Sports News: after six years Slavia have beaten Sparta in the Prague
derby - we have the reaction of both managers; Czech ice hockey stars are
in fine form in the NHL; and Roman Kresta has achieved the best ever
placing for a Czech driver in the World Rally Championship.
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Current AffairsWin in Finland keeps World Cup dream alive for Czech footballers
There was huge relief for Czech football fans on Wednesday evening, when
the Czech Republic beat Finland 3:0 to secure second place in their group,
and a berth in the play-offs for next year's World Cup in Germany. Anything
less than a win would have spelled the end of a dream for many Czech fans -
they may never again have the chance to support their heroes in such a
competition so near home.
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In Sports News: Sigma Olomouc cause a sensation by knocking Borussia
Dortmund out of football's Intertoto Cup; Milan Baros's future should be
decided this week when he holds talks with Liverpool's manager, while
young Czech striker Petr Mikolanda gets a chance at West Ham; tennis
player Klara Koukalova loses another WTA final; and a Czech postman
completes cycling's Tour de France on a penny farthing bicycle.
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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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In Sports News: farcical scenes as Sparta Prague are crowned Czech league
champions; Slavia come second and win a shot at the Champions League;
Udinese's coach says they've sold Czech Marek Jankulovski to the mighty AC
Milan; Czech tennis players do poorly at French Open; and Roman Sebrle wins
the decathlon in Gotz for the fifth year in a row.
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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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